{"id":16370,"date":"2015-10-18T20:26:15","date_gmt":"2015-10-19T02:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/?p=16370"},"modified":"2015-10-18T20:26:15","modified_gmt":"2015-10-19T02:26:15","slug":"weekend-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/2015\/10\/weekend-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Oct15\/WeekEnd2562.jpg\" target=\"Large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Oct15\/WeekEnd2562.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Saturday started with sunshine&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Oct15\/WeekEnd2564.jpg\" target=\"Large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Oct15\/WeekEnd2564.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and a loaf of bread.  This bread &#8230; it is a continuation of my pursuit of the perfect pumpernickel\/dark rye.  This one is very, very close.  The flavor is perfect, the crust is crisp, the interior crumb just needs a bit more rise before baking.  Still, it made a great Reuben, wonderful toast with butter and jam.  Sliced very thin and toasted worked for lox, cream cheese and capers. (The beginning: <a title=\"Dark Rye\" href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/?p=15570\" target=\"Dark Rye\"><font color=\"#424ff1\"> Dark Rye<\/font><\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>After a trip to town, I spent the rest of the day snuggled up in bed with Bear and Auggie watching PBS Mystery &#8230; allergy stuff from the very dry woods got to me again and I gave up on the outside chores.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Oct15\/WeekEnd2570.jpg\" target=\"Large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Oct15\/WeekEnd2570.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But, Sunday dawned cloudy, cool and with a wee bit of rain, so feeling much better I started on an Apple Crumb Pie.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Oct15\/WeekEnd2571.jpg\" target=\"Large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Oct15\/WeekEnd2571.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A new pie crust recipe as well as a new filling recipe: <a title=\"Mel\u2019s Apple Crumb Pie\" href=\"http:\/\/www.melskitchencafe.com\/apple-crumb-pie\/\" target=\" Mel\u2019s Apple Crumb Pie\"><font color=\"#424ff1\"> Mel\u2019s Apple Crumb Pie <\/font><\/a>  There is a link to the crust in the post and on the crust post a video tutorial.  The video is so much fun as Mel&#8217;s 3 year old daughter assists &#8211; AND I learned a couple of pie crust tricks as well.<\/p>\n<p>After getting the pie in the oven for a 60-90 minute bake, I decided to tackle the kitchen cupboard hardware.  Both the knobs and pulls (see <a title=\"Hardware: Part 1\" href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/?p=16298\" target=\"Hardware: Part 1\"><font color=\"#424ff1\">Hardware: Part 1<\/font><\/a> and <a title=\"Hardware: Part 1.5\" href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/?p=16313\" target=\"Hardware: Part 1.5\"><font color=\"#424ff1\">Hardware: Part 1.5<\/font><\/a> ) arrived last Monday.  I tried not to think about them and gradually decided on&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Oct15\/WeekEnd2575.jpg\" target=\"Large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Oct15\/WeekEnd2575.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Knobs.  And I was happy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Oct15\/WeekEnd2580.jpg\" target=\"Large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Oct15\/WeekEnd2580.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>No second guessing, no more dithering &#8211; I liked the way they looked.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Oct15\/WeekEnd2583.jpg\" target=\"Large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Oct15\/WeekEnd2583.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Done.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Oct15\/WeekEnd2584.jpg\" target=\"Large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Oct15\/WeekEnd2584.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Knobs on doors, pulls on drawers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Oct15\/WeekEnd2585.jpg\" target=\"Large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Oct15\/WeekEnd2585.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And Pie!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Oct15\/WeekEnd2592.jpg\" target=\"Large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Oct15\/WeekEnd2592.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is a great pie: deep dish apple with a streusel topping. <\/p>\n<p>The weekend projects went well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday started with sunshine&#8230; &#8230; and a loaf of bread. This bread &#8230; it is a continuation of my pursuit of the perfect pumpernickel\/dark rye. This one is very, very close. The flavor is perfect, the crust is crisp, the interior crumb just needs a bit more rise before baking. 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