Comments for Apron Stringz

Comment on When, What, Why, How by Bella

Bella — Sat, 18 May 2013 08:11:18 +0000

Awesome to hear such honesty……as much as I love to read blogs, they do tend to make my mothering and life in general feel somewhat inadequate by comparison. Thank you for having the guts to tell it like it is. Best wishes to you and your family. x

Comment on When, What, Why, How by Ally

Ally — Fri, 17 May 2013 22:06:56 +0000

Ah, I knew someone would pull me up on my selfishness. Sorry. Guess I thought there should be at least one dissenting voice on the closure of such a great blog! Thanks so much for the email CJ. I’ll be in touch!

Comment on When, What, Why, How by Kylie

Kylie — Fri, 17 May 2013 06:52:36 +0000

Motherfucker. Sorry, I wish I could force your hand on to the keys each week and make you blog, but yeah, having a blog about mothering that makes me feel like I don’t need to feel like an arse because I’m not the only one is a selfish motivation. Instead I’ll keep to the paved smooth road of silky mothering of five and beautiful and well staged photos for inspiration.
Meanwhile, you fucking rock, and no one drops an f bomb like you do. Your Fam Damily saying has gone fucking global.
I love you, and you can come back any time you like. x

Comment on Mastering Sprouted Wheat Bread by Laura C

Laura C — Thu, 16 May 2013 16:47:09 +0000

Whoops, I meant flour. Been gardening a bit too much lately!

Comment on Mastering Sprouted Wheat Bread by Laura C

Laura C — Thu, 16 May 2013 16:44:19 +0000

Yes, that sounds like it was the issue. Thanks for the clarification. I was trying to follow your advice and use as little flower as possible so I only used 3/4 cup and all I had was whole wheat flower on hand. The loaf came out a bit dense but with a really nice flavor. I will def. try it again with more flower.
Great recipe!

Comment on Mastering Sprouted Wheat Bread by Calamity Jane

Calamity Jane — Thu, 16 May 2013 04:27:04 +0000

hi Laura, it sounds like your dough is just too wet. needs more flour. i assume you have already baked this loaf, and i am guessing that it was denser and heavier than it needed to be…? try again, but add plenty of flour. you don’t want a stiff dough, but you do want a DOUGH. if after the second rise it appears too wet, it’s totally fine to add more flour at that point.
being wet and floppy is not a sign of having not risen (necessarily) in fact, a very wet dough, if OVER risen, falls all apart, but in a wet way. making it impossible to pick up as you say. this situation still can be saved by adding some flour!
hope you weren’t put off, try, try again! and the flax seeds not getting ground up is fine. they are slippery little buggers. as long as everything else looks right, should be good.

Comment on Mastering Sprouted Wheat Bread by Laura C

Laura C — Wed, 15 May 2013 22:28:16 +0000

Just trying this recipe for the first time this week. Thanks, it looks yummy! One problem I am having is that after the 1st rise (2 hrs under plastic in a bowl on my counter approx. 65F) the dough is still very sticky and gloppy. I was not able to “roll it up” and place it in the bread pan and instead transferred it in sections and patted it down gently in the pan. I am now doing the second rise in the pan and wondering if it was not warm enough during the first or if I did not grind up the grain fine enough. I did it in a food processor but could still see whole flax seeds. The lentils and wheat appeared broken up fairly well and the consistency appeared similar to your photos.

Any suggestions are much appreciated!

Comment on When, What, Why, How by Jo

Jo — Mon, 13 May 2013 08:21:55 +0000

Well, it was nice to meet you. Hope it all goes well.

Comment on When, What, Why, How by dixiebelles

dixiebelles — Mon, 13 May 2013 06:18:15 +0000

Stop her? There is no stopping CJ!! But why, for our own selfish reasons we should expect CJ to continue blogging & put aside all the goodness she has found in the real world these last couple of months??

There is no replacing Apron Stringz, but when you run out of archives, perhaps go & check out Renegade Mothers blog.

Comment on When, What, Why, How by Calamity Jane

Calamity Jane — Sun, 12 May 2013 22:14:01 +0000

aww. mavis. i’m blushing. i’m so glad you found the blog. even if i don’t keep writing, there is lots of goodness to be had here. i was… er.. prolific… when i was at it.
breathing fire is one of my top favorites. i have re-read it to myself for comfort, several times.
funny, when i first got into blogging i had found and gotten obsessed with a blog by a woman in france who subsequently quit the business, and i was equally devastated. bereft.
but! here’s my email address, i love to hear other people’s stories. we can be friends outside your head too–
scarletfevir at yahoo dot com