Well, we’re hooked.  The white was gorgeous – too salty, but that’s my fault for not following the recipe properly; it said “coarse” salt, and I used bog standard cooking salt.  The second loaf was, if anything, even nicer than the first.

I tried making some brown last night, to this recipe. I mixed the flour half and half with some six seed wholemeal that we had in the flour bin, and sprinkled some pumpkin seeds on the top before baking.  I should have done that at rising stage this morning, I think, as they all fell off!

We’ve just had some of it for lunch with a bijou fry up – local eggs, bacon and black pudding – and it was a gorgeous texture, although a little sweet for us.

I’ve ordered both the books from Amazon (the third one isn’t out here yet), and I fear for our waistlines … And I see that the completely unused food waste bin* kindly provided by Hull City Council will do very nicely as a dough store.

* We have a proper compost bin for veg waste, and we don’t waste anything else – there’s just the odd bare bone left.