{"id":1159,"date":"2013-09-15T20:22:43","date_gmt":"2013-09-15T18:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tonmeister.ca\/wordpress\/?p=1159"},"modified":"2013-09-15T20:24:09","modified_gmt":"2013-09-15T18:24:09","slug":"opening-a-door-to-a-new-hobby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tonmeister.ca\/wordpress\/2013\/09\/15\/opening-a-door-to-a-new-hobby\/","title":{"rendered":"Opening a door to a new hobby?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So, I&#8217;ve always had a hankering to learn how to make a good crusty French bread. For about 10 years or so, I&#8217;ve looked at recipes and even tried a couple, and either ran away in fear, or failed miserably. Then everything changed. I found a video on wimp.com by an entertaining French baker named Vincent\u00a0Talleu. In 8 minutes and 45 seconds, he edu-tains how to make a simple loaf of french bread. So I watched it and I thought &#8220;That doesn&#8217;t look too scary &#8211; I can do THAT.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the video &#8211; in case you&#8217;re interested&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Easy bread\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5QpQ9Kd3t5I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>So, this past Friday night I made the dough &#8211; almost exactly the way he shows (I cheated and used dough hooks in a hand mixer &#8211; sue me&#8230;). Saturday morning I baked the bread in a 5 litre stainless steel pot.<\/p>\n<p>The result looked like this&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"thumbnail\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tonmeister.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/first_french_bread-001-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1160\" alt=\"first_french_bread 001 (1)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tonmeister.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/first_french_bread-001-1.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tonmeister.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/first_french_bread-001-1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.tonmeister.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/first_french_bread-001-1-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>which, I have to say, made me insufferably pleased with myself.<\/p>\n<p>It tasted great &#8211; and I wasn&#8217;t the only one who thought so. My wife said so, and, just for proof &#8211; the kids said it&#8217;s the best bread they&#8217;ve ever tasted &#8211; and they hate EVERYTHING!<\/p>\n<p>So, I sent an email tanking Vincent &#8211; and got a nice email back.<\/p>\n<p>Next step: Croissants!<\/p>\n<p>Here endeth the weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, I&#8217;ve always had a hankering to learn how to make a good crusty French bread. For about 10 years or so, I&#8217;ve looked at recipes and even tried a couple, and either ran away in fear, or failed miserably. Then everything changed. 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