Day: April 21, 2018

Saturday (21-April-2018) — New Jersey

Backyard Springtime Nature in New Jersey.

Chipping Sparrow at a bird feeder. Image taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 600 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 125, 600 mm, f/4, 1/400 sec). (David J Mathre)
Chipping Sparrow at a bird feeder. Image taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 600 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 125, 600 mm, f/4, 1/400 sec). (David J Mathre)
Chipping Sparrow at a bird feeder. Image taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 600 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 360, 600 mm, f/4, 1/400 sec). (David J Mathre)
Chipping Sparrow at a bird feeder. Image taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 600 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 360, 600 mm, f/4, 1/400 sec). (David J Mathre)

Saturday (21-April-2018) — New Jersey

Home Cooking. Rye, Oatmeal, and Maple Syrup Bread.

Whole Wheat & Oatmeal Bread Recipe: Oatmeal (1 cup); Rye Flour (1 cup); Sorghum (1/2 cup); Sprouted Wheat Flour (1 cup); Flax Seed (1/4 cup);  brown sugar (2 tbs); maple syrup (1 tbs); dry milk (1/4 cup); salt (2 tsp); egg (1 large); walnut oil (2 tbs); water (1 1/3 cup). Above ingredients added to the Panasonic Bread Bakery. Yeast (2 tsp) added to yeast hopper and the unit set for Whole Wheat Bread (Rapid) and started. Three hours later, the loaf of bread was removed and allowed to cool. This time the bread rose only 75%. Next time need to increase the sugar (maple syrup). The bread was very dense, and moist (almost gummy) in the center.