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Spooky Sourdoughs!
Tonight I did some interesting scoring on my sourdough bread š
Thanks @davedickeyyall for the prompt!
Jack O Lanterns
I've never done these types of designs on bread but I sure have carved a pumpkin, well I found out it's not exactly the same. Though the pumpkins did turn out the best imo...you'll see š
#2
3rd Pumpkin
#4 I tried for a Vampire pumpkin
He's not scary but he definitely sucks lmaoooo
Ok now let's move into some designs that didn't turn out so great š
Spider Webs
Turns out I don't really know what a spider's web looks like. I could have looked at some pictures but that would take all the fun out of it, right? Lolol fuck me...
After baking...
Smh ....
And my piece de resistance...
Spiders!
My son's told me the look like ticks.
They're right! Again, I thought I knew what a spider looked like...
Well at least ticks are scary, so it's not a total loss š
It will certainly be exciting to see how the customers take this...
I wonder which ones will sell first š¤
Next batch I'm definitely going to look at some pictures first. Lesson learned.
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they all turned out great.
But your sons are right š your spiders look like ticks,
For me #2 was the best š and l bet it would sell first š
What a fun approach to baking!
Are you running the farmstand as well as doing all this baking, or did you hire someone to manage it?
That vampire pumpkin line had me cackling, and the pumpkins are the winners for sure lol. From a customer eye those jack o' lantern cuts will fly first, the spdier ones read as ticks which is still creepy enough for October :) A light dust of rice flour before scoring and slightly deeper eye slits can give more contrast after bake, definitley helps.
Thanks Winston! The little market is self serve honour system š Works really well, I just open it up in the morning, stock it and empty cash from the little lock box a few times a day and then lock it up at night. It's perfect because I can do all my work and errands and homeschool the boys and not have to be out there or pay someone.
Any theft that occurs is peanuts compared to my lost time or paying wages.
Hehehe I love your honesty!
Oh wow, that's amazing! I know Canadians are supposed to be "nice" but this is on a whole new level.
The shoplifting in Boston is out of control. I've had my life threatened on several occasions confronting unruly and dangerous customers.
We had an elderly man come in and ask for a free cigarette. We don't have single cigarettes available, but the boss gave him -- for free! -- a cigar. The man stormed out and smashed the picture window. $2000 of damage! "What did you do that for," we asked. He yelled back, "I don't like cigars!"
We've been advised, by police officers, that it's time to get concealed carry permits and go armed. I think it's time for a new job! (Although my boss says the 60s and 70s were much worse.)
Wow, that's terrible and shocking, what an ungrateful wretch!
I find it hard to imagine the 60s and 70s being worse lol, did he give examples?
Well, there was a bus station across the street back then, and the playboy club (the whole Boston "Combat Zone" was in full swing), and break-ins and regular fights. You could tackle a shoplifter in those days and the police would support you. We did keep a .45 in the drawer then too.
Oh, and there was a gang-related firebombing of the flower shop next door, which caused the sprinkler system to come on and flood our entire store. It led to a complete insurance write-off of our inventory.
That flower shop location is now a Starbucks, so things have gentrified a little...
Ahhh wow ok, that's a little more crazy, but maybe I'm a bit crazy...it sounds kinda fun in a badass way š¤
Those jack o'lanterns turned out good.. how did the cocks go?
Lmaoooo š¤£ I ate em!
Good Girl.