http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Help, I'm knackered.... en Wed, 10 Jun 2026 11:25:28 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5327&page=2#post-58334 Sat, 25 Feb 2012 21:11:17 +0000 Instography 58334@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>For a lovely variation on your soda bread, head over to Real Foods and get some barley flour. Has a nice nutty taste to it. I use it half and half with white or wholemeal. </p> <p>Natural yogurt is a good alternative to buttermilk. If you want to really spoil yourself, try a mix of double cream and whole milk.</p> <p>The recipe I use (Dan Lepard's from Baking with Passion) has 30 minutes at 230C. If you find it's damp in the middle, try cutting into it more - right to the bottom. Or press it out flatter before putting in the oven. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5327&page=2#post-58324 Sat, 25 Feb 2012 18:31:22 +0000 Nelly 58324@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Robert, mine was sadly not perfect this time, but trial and error I guess - want to persevere with the wholemeal, so will try and repost when I have a nailed on recipe - It will just be a time adjustment.</p> <p>When I took some (white) in to the office the other week, there was general disbelief that I had baked it at all (!), and also that it (and butter/jam) arrived there via bike (why, I dont know). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5327&page=2#post-58323 Sat, 25 Feb 2012 18:24:47 +0000 Roibeard 58323@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Arrggghhh - you guys are just cruel - I can smell the bread from here...</p> <p>Robert </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5327&page=2#post-58317 Sat, 25 Feb 2012 16:32:30 +0000 Nelly 58317@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Dave, just done some more research - think that it is because I used wholemeal (previously used white) bread flour.</p> <p>White flour is pretty much 18 mins, tap the bottom of the loaf, if it sounds hollow, job done.</p> <p>Apparently wholemeal will take longer, and the trick is to skewer it after 20 mins, and then every few mins until skewer comes out clean. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5327&page=2#post-58316 Sat, 25 Feb 2012 16:18:37 +0000 DaveC 58316@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ours was a little damp in the middle but we toasted it. yummy. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5327&page=2#post-58315 Sat, 25 Feb 2012 15:32:09 +0000 Nelly 58315@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Think I took mine out too early, still a bit soft in the middle, gotta pop it back in - now who said it was idiot proof.......... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5327&page=2#post-58314 Sat, 25 Feb 2012 15:27:20 +0000 DaveC 58314@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>We've just eaten in with marg &amp; home made plum jam on. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5327&page=2#post-58313 Sat, 25 Feb 2012 15:24:39 +0000 DaveC 58313@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ahh. I can't resize on the mobile. but I'm sure you get the picture. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5327&page=2#post-58312 Sat, 25 Feb 2012 15:23:46 +0000 DaveC 58312@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><img src="http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p86/Dave_Crampton/2012-02-25133840.jpg"> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5327&page=2#post-58311 Sat, 25 Feb 2012 15:19:57 +0000 DaveC 58311@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Just made some of Nelly's bread and waiting for photo to upload to photobucket so I can post the results here.<br /> <img src="http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p86/Dave_Crampton/2012-02-25135204.jpg"> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5327&page=2#post-58310 Sat, 25 Feb 2012 15:19:33 +0000 Nelly 58310@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7205/6928386483_fb8912482b.jpg"></p> <p>Wholemeal, warm, soda bread - with home made soup </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5327&page=2#post-58309 Sat, 25 Feb 2012 14:59:23 +0000 Nelly 58309@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Dave, hope it tastes ok - I have just popped a wholemeal version in the oven - will upload mine as a comparison in a bit! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5327&page=2#post-58308 Sat, 25 Feb 2012 14:44:17 +0000 DaveC 58308@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Just made some of Nelly's bread and waiting for photo to upload to photobucket so I can post the results here. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5327&page=2#post-57418 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:57:58 +0000 chdot 57418@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>Ali Moodie (@Sideshow_Al)<br /> 2/20/12 8:41 AM<br /> @CyclingEdin @BBCScotWeather #EdTravCyc don't mind the baltic conditions but the wind!! Came to a standstill on the #forthroadbridge</p> <p>" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5327&page=2#post-57416 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:46:32 +0000 minus six 57416@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Gearing up for the old FRB high wind traverse in a few minutes time... but its not so bad on the heavy winter bike and full panniers. </p> <p>For general commute weariness, i find those nuun active hydration tablets do seem to put something back into my legs. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5327&page=2#post-57415 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:41:56 +0000 Nelly 57415@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Dave, for what its worth, after todays wind, I arrived in the office convinced that:</p> <p>A- someone had poured sand in my BB<br /> B- i was suffering post viral fatigue<br /> C- it was very windy</p> <p>suspect C, but general puggled-ness half way in prompted other thoughts.</p> <p>weather, eh? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5327&page=2#post-57414 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:26:20 +0000 DaveC 57414@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I put last weeks fatigue down to my blood donation on Wednesday. I've had a rest though and am on the bus today as ifs blowing a hoolie over tje bridge. Just spotted a few familiar faces on the bridge struggling into the wind. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5327&page=2#post-57412 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:12:08 +0000 crowriver 57412@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Liz, I find that cycling actually helps with any SAD effects: can't beat exercise in the fresh air and a bit of sunshine! I do think there's been viruses, bugs etc. doing the rounds when we had warm weather during our 'early Spring' recently. Maybe also that because the weather has been okay this winter, not so much ice and snow, that we're all out on the bikes a lot more than we have been the past few years. Unexpected levels of winter exercise may have helped to knacker out a few folk? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5327&page=2#post-57383 Sun, 19 Feb 2012 18:41:03 +0000 Claggy Cog 57383@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Also this time of year seems energy sapping and I must say that as the days lengthen and getting some sun is helping enormously. I think your body is working harder to keep warm if you are out in the cold/wet and you are probably burning more calories than you think. A cold can knock you off kilter if you do not get some rest. Also there is SAD and I found the year before last a slightly defeatist attitude made me feel very tired. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5327&page=2#post-57368 Sun, 19 Feb 2012 15:21:11 +0000 crowriver 57368@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@gembo, yes, I also wondered if I had a bit of post-viral fatigue yesterday. I was ill the week before last for several days, thought I had fully recovered but perhaps fitness levels suffered a bit. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5327&page=2#post-57361 Sun, 19 Feb 2012 12:37:05 +0000 gembo 57361@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Soad bread is magic</p> <p>DaveC - any chance viral/post-viral rather than overtraining? Just a thought if you have been pushing it whilst also run down? Same solution regardless of cause - Take It Easy. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5327&page=2#post-57333 Sat, 18 Feb 2012 19:51:36 +0000 crowriver 57333@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yeah, I got a bit knackered in the second half of <a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1587&amp;page=5&amp;replies=127#post-57332">today's CTC run</a>. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5327&page=2#post-57232 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:33:01 +0000 Nelly 57232@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>OK, here goes - </p> <p>300g wholemeal spelt flour (or any bread flour, really)<br /> 5g sea salt<br /> 10g baking powder<br /> 230ml buttermilk (If you dont have buttermilk, put normal milk in a jug, add a tablespoon of lemon juice, leave for 5 minutes and thats homemade buttermilk!)</p> <p>Method</p> <p>Preheat the oven/baking sheet to 230°C/gas mark 8. While it preheats (and your milk is souring), weigh the dry ingredients into the bowl and blend together.</p> <p>Add the buttermilk and, using a spoon, mix the ingredients together for about 2 minutes. The moment all the ingredients have mixed together and you have a sticky dough, flour your work surface and tip the dough onto it. Then, cupping the dough between your floury hands, shape it into a round and place directly onto your baking sheet.</p> <p>Using a scraper / knife, cut a cross deeply into the dough and bake for 15-20 minutes, until your soda bread has a great golden crust and sounds hollow when tapped on the bottom.</p> <p>Adapted from a 'fabulous baker brothers C4 recipe' and made more idiot proof by me.</p> <p>Enjoy :-) </p> <p>It really is a doddle, lovely warm, and last a few days. p.s. you can use normal flour in an emergency - consistency is different, but still quite nice. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5327&page=2#post-57231 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:20:27 +0000 chdot 57231@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"I have a very simple soda bread recipe if anyone wants it"</p> <p>CCE can cope. </p> <p>(Won't be the first recipe) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5327&page=2#post-57230 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:05:49 +0000 Nelly 57230@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I have a very simple soda bread recipe if anyone wants it, 5 mins prep, 18 mins cooking, no "ran out of time" excuses ! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5327&page=2#post-57228 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:43:05 +0000 crowriver 57228@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Whoever said cyclists were a bunch of tofu knitting eco hippies? :-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5327#post-57206 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:17:56 +0000 amir 57206@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Even better, bake your own bread. Shop bought bread contains a surprising level of salt. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5327#post-57204 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:46:06 +0000 wingpig 57204@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There'll be quite a long lead time between ingesting the butter in the rolls and it being made available to your legs. Bread is quite bulky and stomach-heavy as far as carb sources go so make the bread count by making it as grainy and seedy as possible. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5327#post-57202 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:41:28 +0000 SRD 57202@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>fat and sugar are okay, yes, but better not as additives to savoury meals to sell them cheap to punters. eat fat and sugar as cake! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5327#post-57200 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:30:04 +0000 Stepdoh 57200@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Fat and sugar is *okay* definitely needs more carbohydrate though. White rice isn't very complex. </p>