What have you made lately?

[prodromos]

looks tasty!
I've got some bread on the rise at the moment. With electricity being what it is, I find myself looking around for things to cook while it's hot. (Having lasagna for dinner, so putting a loaf in for breakfast tomorrow)

That reminds me of what a Butcher in Thessaloniki told me about the village he came from. After the village bakery had finished baking on Saturday, all the villagers would bring their different meats wrapped in brown paper and put them into the oven. They would return after Church on Sunday morning where everything would have cooked perfectly in the latent heat of the woodfire oven.

 

[Dewi Sant]

That reminds me of what a Butcher in Thessaloniki told me about the village he came from. After the village bakery had finished baking on Saturday, all the villagers would bring their different meats wrapped in brown paper and put them into the oven. They would return after Church on Sunday morning where everything would have cooked perfectly in the latent heat of the woodfire oven.

Yeah, I remember hearing something similar with common ovens in Britain too in the pre-Industrial period. Rather than each household having an oven, the community would share one, each loaf would be sealed with the family mark so they could be identified post-baking. I don't know how it was financed*, either through the parish tithe or some community tax.

*the fuel, construction, and maintenance of the common bakery

 

[RileyG]

Is knitting or crocheting hard? I'm a guy, but I need to keep my hands and mind occupied so I do not go stir crazy. I am thinking about ordering a kit online.

Blessings

 

[ArmyMatt]

Is knitting or crocheting hard? I'm a guy, but I need to keep my hands and mind occupied so I do not go stir crazy. I am thinking about ordering a kit online.

Blessings

it’s definitely a skill to have

 

[ArmyMatt]

Is knitting or crocheting hard?

a buddy from college would crochet, and it looked pretty impressive to me.

 

[RileyG]

a buddy from college would crochet, and it looked pretty impressive to me.

thanks

 

[RileyG]

it’s definitely a skill to have

Definitely something I am interested in learning. thanks

 

[ArmyMatt]

thanks

no problem

 

[ArmyMatt]

Definitely something I am interested in learning. thanks

nice

 

[prodromos]

I knitted a scarf before my teens. I didn't do a very good job as I didn't keep tension uniform and dropped a few stitches resulting in a few holes in a scarf of varying width.
One of my old school friends impressed me. We used to catch the same train in to work and she would use the time to knit, making herself a pullover or making baby socks for a friend. She was always making something.
My Mum did a lot of knitting and eventually my Dad bought her a knitting machine. She had done a dress making course in her late teens and knew all about pattern making, so she often made her own clothes. If she saw a knitted dress she liked, she would make a quick sketch and jot down some notes, then a few days later she was making her own version of the dress on the knitting machine.

 

[d taylor]

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Cousin gave me piece of Walnut Wood during Thanksgiving. Here is what i made with it, i guess it can be a mirror frame or for a picture, etc.. I actually have enough wood for one more frame, which i am working on now.