Danger HXB!

Well today was Hot X Bun day using an adapted Andrew Whitley recipe. The dough wasn't as easy to handle, and didn't come together as easily as a normal (i.e. just flour, water, salt kind of normal)  bread recipe, on saying that it was all ok in the end and they turned out great. Just need to sample them with a bit of real butter -yum!

Before

After

Second Bread club day

Had the second of our bread club 'lessons' today. We all made a Walk Mill 100% wholemeal tin loaf and one made rolls instead.
Hot Cross Buns next time - hurray!

First day of the Bread Club!

Snow didn't stop play and 6 of us gathered to learn, share, chat and laugh at the Bread Club.The club is a trial to see how things go, and maybe iron out any 'problems' before holding the bread club in our future hub in Macclesfield.
We were a mixture of people, some of us having made bread before and others not.
We made a Walkmill White tin loaf - using local flour (hence the name Walkmill white)and fresh yeast.
The idea was to give the dough time to taste, by that I mean a 'sponge' was made the night before and then the rest of the ingredients were added the next morning. This method needs time- like kids do! rather than effort to achieve flavour. Why make loaf hard when it can be easy!

If there is room and you want to join us just shout up.......................!

Something's Happening!

After a bit of silence in the blogging department recently there is some news for you all!
We have been offered a disused cafe for a community venue.
It needs some refurbishing work doing, and we will have to find some pennies from nice friendly funding people, but hopefully around March/April 2012 we could be open for -
Food prep classes

Bread making classes
Distribution of the food4maccdirect's produce
Also as a venue for other community groups etc........

Our first local food meal!

We have joined forces with The Snowgoose on Sunderland Street to bring together a local food meal, of soup, pumpkin bread, herb scones, chutney and cheese - get down quick and see if there is any left!

Using Walk Mill flour (from near Chester), free range eggs from Medhurst Green farm Congleton, chutney from local pears, and a trio of local cheshire cheeses - Burts Blue, Mrs Bourne's mature Cheshire, and Golden Brie!

Even more flyers

Been at the very busy local Treacle Market in Macc handing out freshly pressed apple juice made from apple and pear trees in and around Macclefield - Most of which would have gone to waste otherwise!

At the same time I was handing out more flyers about the  food hub idea, people still think it's a good one!

First day out with the flyers!

Today we were in Macclesfield town centre handing out freshly pressed Macc apple juice(using local apples picked from trees in and around Macc) and foodie samples made from local flour, homegrown veg and local veg from Cuttlefords.

The feedback was really positive about having a food hub in Macclesfield - hurray!

No we are not handing out wine and chocolates it's food samples and apple juice - honestly!

A happy customer I'd say and all for free!