Jenn Dolari @dolari@driveinsaturday.org

Today's Trip: Bellingham and Lynden. Lynden loves its windmills. Bellingham loves to honk at you for any minor inconvenience.

Today's Trip: the ghost town of Park, WA

Tin Roof on tap!

They. Have. Fried. Catfish.

Struan Bread, Round 3.

This time, I followed the directions until my instrincts said "don't do that," used buttermilk for the dairy instead of the yogurt, and instead of having it rise five times, I did four, with the fourth rise being a bench rise.

The oven...the oven was well monitored, preheating for an hour while I dialed in the correct temperature (350F in oven seems to be 300 on the dial). But I made SURE it was the right temp, and it baked for the full amount of time in the recipe instead of being ready in half the time.

Also, I noticed the ingredients list listed sesame seeds, but the instructions mentioned poppy seeds. Again, not the most reliable recipe. So I decided (1) to go ahead and put sesame seeds on it and (2) use an eggwash to stick the seeds to the bread better. And it worked beautifully.

The end result...It doesn't seem as fluffy as the last loaf (I'm not sure how as it's it "taller" than the collapsed bread), but isn't really dense like the first loaf (I still think there's too much punching down of the dough). Not as wet as the last loaf, but not as dry. But you know what? It's bread! It's actually very good, and I'm calling this a success, adding it to my regular routine, and moving forward. Might make some cornbread next time....

It's nice making your own bread. REAL nice making GOOD bread.

#cooking #baking

Does it come in Jack Daniels Zero Sugar?

Poured out some ibuprofin for my continuing neck pain, and suddenly a wierd pill popped out of the bottle. First I thought that it was one of my (numerous) meds...but it wasn't. So that's scary.

I did look up the pill online in case my bottle was contaminated, but it turns out that it's just non-gel ibuprofin, so it was probably a pill that got in the bottle.

But holy cow, that's a worrying thing to see.

Never EVER turn down a chance for waffles. EVER.

#SecondLife

I remember this angle so so so well. When I had my "Ten Minutes on the Bridge" moment at Star Trek: The Experience in Los Vegas, I spent a lot of time behind the arch where the picture was taken. I was actually too scared to go up front for too long cause "That's not where my station was." ❤️

I really wish I could share the picture, but it has someone else in it, and honestly, I'm not looking real good in the pic. :)

Go watch the video walking you through the new Enterprise D set and the immaculate care they put into it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewF5hbJXMtE

I've always had problems with neck and shoulder pain (that "crick in my neck"). I'm on Day Three of it, so it's time to break out the personal massager....

Decided to catch the new Night Court cause I loved the old one and, Holy Cow, Melissa Rauch is TINY.

As much as digital TV is an improvement over analog, I do miss being able to watch weaker signals when it gets cloudy.

"But, Jenn, it's always cloudy in Seattle."

I know, I know.

When I was very very young and far more feral, I used to call Lieutenant Farrell here "Ensign Skull" cause my baby brain thought his face looked like a skull.

I was kind of a jerk as a kid. Lieutenant Farrell's probably a nice guy....

My personal Starfleet Museum....

Remember that episode where Geordi turned into a giant teddy bear and rode the Enterprise like a horse? That was awesome.

83 in the house. 😭 If I knew we weren't getting cold later in the next few days, I'd install the A/C.

Damn. ChatGPT has a sense of taste!

It's here....

I ran into Redmond today for a dental appointment, and decided to give Five Guys a second try. My first Five Guys burger was cold and had turned into a solid slab of fat, which didn't exactly enamor me. So I tried it hot.

Actually a fairly good burger! Close to Whataburger in flavor, but not quite there. But it has a problem: it's far too gooey. It's a hamburger paste once you're about halfway through the burger. Also, no way I ccan finish even small fries, and I don't like wasting food.

If it weren't for those two things, it'd probably be my Whataburger surrogate up here.

I look at this crumb structure in the heel of the bread where it didn't collapse and think, yeah, I think it's the oven that caused the bread to collapse. This looks like real bread.