My Tomato Plants are Growing and so are the herb, veggies and flowers 6/02/2012

Some of my tomato plants are growing enough that I staked them now. I didn’t get to purchase any straw to keep the weeds down and the moisture in, but think I found a farm that will sell me some straw. Hopefully some of the critters in my area of the world won’t mow down the tomato plants and other veggies. I also now planted squash and zucchini. My perennials are growing fast. I enjoy it so much watching them bloom. There are always weeds to be taken care of, but that gets me outside which is good. I just love playing around in the dirt. I guess I am a hands on person in that I also like to play around with pizza dough in the same way. Hopefully some of the tomatoes will go for pizza sauce and some of the veggies and herbs can be used for pizza dressings.


I love spring and summer, except when it is too hot.

Norma

Progess of the Lehmann NY Style "epoxy" pizza 5/29/2012

The NY style “epoxy” Lehmann dough pizza turned out well. The temperature inside market today was hot and about 92 degrees or higher at my stand. The dough was left to sit out and warm up for about 1 ½ hrs, or longer, which might have been too long at that high of the temperature, and the dough proofed a lot in that amount of time, but after flouring the dough ball a little it was a breeze to open. The “epoxy” Lehmann dough pizza had decent oven spring, good moistness in the rim, and a nice crispness on the bottom crust. The taste of the crust was also good. I don’t think I would have needed to add the extra sprinkles of IDY in the final dough.

I sure don’t know where the idea of Jimmyg will take us in using the “epoxy method” to make different styles of pizzas, but it sure is interesting.


Norma