Scoakat's Blog

I was looking through the pictures I took last week and found there weren't many.  I truly did just try to take it easy, and apparently ...

My wife's latest choice for me to make from King Arthur's Big Book Of Bread - Cacio E Pepe Rolls. This appears to be a recipe remini...

Basic flat bread has become a staple in our household, we always have some on hand in the freezer.  We use it for homemade gyros, sandwiches...

I've been busy this past week, resting and recreating takes a lot of time and effort.  I'm on my first real vacation in a year since...

I got a wild thought last week to make my own mozzarella cheese.  I either looked up or saw a video in my feed that I watched, and it just s...

I haven't really been in a writing mood recently.  I managed to post about the pavilion, but there are a few other topics I've been ...

Slowly but surely spring is springing around here.  While no trees have leaves yet, there are buds, some plants are coming up and the grass ...

When I got home Friday afternoon I found myself surprised that I saw plants starting to come up.  It's been a relatively mild winter and...

A week ago our dishwasher died, the pump stopped working.  This one lasted almost exactly 7 years, and the one prior lasted only 5 years, bu...

King Arthur's 2025 Recipe of the Year For the second weekend in a row I made King Arthur's 2025 recipe of the year, a big and bubbly...

Well, time to break the seal with the first new post of 2025.  The holidays have come and gone, and we've settled back into daily life h...

Two batches of baguettes yesterday. Flatbread made today. A fresh batch of pizza sauce made. And not made today, but homemade pizza dough fr...

Yesterday they installed two No Parking signs near the top of our street and the next one over.  Today they installed more down both streets...

Happy Thanksgiving weekend, everyone.  A much needed 4 days off from work here. I wasn't feeling the best yesterday, but I traveled down...

 It's late, but I wanted to share the latest update, however small.  Yesterday, temporary no parking signs showed up all along our side ...

It's shameful how I've been neglecting the fire pit this year, but fall is here so I think it will be easier to get out there more n...

I picked up our latest split half of beef this morning, along with some other meat candies.  The 1/4 cow was $906.54 for 136.8 pounds, about...

We had gyros some time ago from a delivery restaurant.  I got the regular gyro meat and my wife hasn't cared for their chicken version s...

Happy Independence Day, everyone.  (Those in this country, anyway.)  I don't have a lot to say right now, I'm just enjoying a day of...