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https://permies.com/wiki/152738/Year-Grid-Kitchen-Kate-Downham

The official release date is 25th May!

You're invited to join in the launch celebrations by cooking a recipe from the book and posting about it as a reply to this thread, or by tagging #offgridkitchenbook on Instagram.

First stop on the book tour - Permies book giveaway! From the 24th to the 28th of May all posts made in the cooking forum will be eligible for a chance to win one of four paperback copies of A Year in an Off Grid Kitchen.

Next stop on the book tour - a guest post about how to cook on a wood cook stove, hosted by Practical Self Reliance: https://practicalselfreliance.com/wood-cook-stove/

This wiki will be updated as more book tour stops are announced.
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I made a recipe!

I'm so pleased with how they turned out... my previous sourdough experiments outside of bread have not been so nice. I have brought them in for a morning tea at work, hence the nice presentation.

I made the Sourdough Chelsea Buns from the "Cinnamon Buns, Fruit Buns and other Sweet Sourdough Buns" section. I used my own sourdough starter, and organic whole wheat flour.

Very happy to be a Kickstarter supporter of this book, I imagine I'll be making lots of things out of it
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Rebecca Widds wrote:
I made a recipe!

I'm so pleased with how they turned out... my previous sourdough experiments outside of bread have not been so nice. I have brought them in for a morning tea at work, hence the nice presentation.

I made the Sourdough Chelsea Buns from the "Cinnamon Buns, Fruit Buns and other Sweet Sourdough Buns" section. I used my own sourdough starter, and organic whole wheat flour.

Very happy to be a Kickstarter supporter of this book, I imagine I'll be making lots of things out of it



Those look really good! Thank you for sharing.
 
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I made one too!

This pic taken what seemed like minutes after the very large loaf came out of the oven... thinking I'm going to have to get into a bread-making routine, though it would be nice to figure out a better way to cook it than the electric range, now the woodstove's off for the season. Add it to the list!

It rose a lot, but not much in the centre. I had to bake it earlier than I wanted to because it had adhered to the lid of my French loaf baker. I got it unstuck and sort of pulled away from the edges, but it baked up into the lid - had quite a time getting it free. I'll do a little tweaking for next time, but all in all, I'm very pleased with how it turned out. As was my daughter, the Carb Hound.

Next Pizza and Movie Night, I'll be trying the sourdough pizza crust - hopefully my gluten-sensitive friend will be able to eat it and I can stop making a separate one for her every week.

I'm really going to enjoy exploring this book - thanks Kate!

Okay, turns out I don't have the marbles atm to figure out how to get the picture from my computer to this post, so it'll have to keep till I have the opportunity to dig around in the couch for more. Time to get out into the blackfly-free-blustery and finish Strawberry Bed the First. And move chicks from the brooder. And, etc ad infinitum...
 
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Laura Rutherford wrote:I made one too!

This pic taken what seemed like minutes after the very large loaf came out of the oven... thinking I'm going to have to get into a bread-making routine, though it would be nice to figure out a better way to cook it than the electric range, now the woodstove's off for the season. Add it to the list!

It rose a lot, but not much in the centre. I had to bake it earlier than I wanted to because it had adhered to the lid of my French loaf baker. I got it unstuck and sort of pulled away from the edges, but it baked up into the lid - had quite a time getting it free. I'll do a little tweaking for next time, but all in all, I'm very pleased with how it turned out. As was my daughter, the Carb Hound.

Next Pizza and Movie Night, I'll be trying the sourdough pizza crust - hopefully my gluten-sensitive friend will be able to eat it and I can stop making a separate one for her every week.

I'm really going to enjoy exploring this book - thanks Kate!

Okay, turns out I don't have the marbles atm to figure out how to get the picture from my computer to this post, so it'll have to keep till I have the opportunity to dig around in the couch for more. Time to get out into the blackfly-free-blustery and finish Strawberry Bed the First. And move chicks from the brooder. And, etc ad infinitum...



Thank you! I’m glad to hear that you’re baking my recipes.

Loaf tins seem to vary a bit in size, so it may be that you could take out a cup of dough next time and make crackers or pancakes with it, and it would fit in your loaf baker better. One thing about these recipes is that once you’re used to the feel of making the dough, you can experiment with different batch sizes and find a size that works best for your loaf baker.
 
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I now have a guest post over at Practical Self Reliance! Thank you Ashley for hosting!

https://practicalselfreliance.com/wood-cook-stove/

 
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