Bread Machine Pizza Dough
Well loved recipe annotations
My friend Sherri just got a bread machine. I used bread machines daily for about a decade (plural – I went through about 3 machines, maybe they build them better now). Since my son has been diagnosed with celiac disease I’ve retired my newest machine. But talking to Sherri reminded me that over the years I invented the best bread machine pizza dough (really). So I pulled out my old copy of the black & decker recipe book, with my annotations. Here’s the recipe:
1 bottle of beer
2 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp honey
3 1/2 cups flour (combination w/w and white, measurement is for Canadian flour, I think U.S. flour you’ll need to add a wee bit more)
1/2 cup cornmeal
1 1/2 tsp yeast
Follow your bread machine directions for dough cycle, and make pizza! Another tip from the old Italian my ex-husband used to deliver pizza’s for as a teenager — combine Edam and Mozzarella cheese, and when you put the sauce on the dough, put as thinly as possible. Then when you have all the other toppings and cheese on the pizza, put generous dollops of sauce on top. That way you get the saucy flavour, without soggy crust and the annoying “toppings sliding off the crust” thing happening!
Of course now I’m becoming an expert on gluten free pizza crust (this is my favourite, roll it out as thin as possible).
Summon Discovery Layer and Zotero!
In the next few days we’re set to launch “One Stop Search” at the University of Manitoba Libraries. For a preview on how Summon and Zotero work together, I’ve done a very quick video. If you’re not convinced that Zotero is amazing, maybe this will do it!
I’m also really looking forward to the Zotero Evangelists workshop I’ll be attending in Seattle at the end of Februrary.
Cool! Very Cool! Scan a Book and Find Out Local Libraries that Have the Title Using WorldCat.org « ResourceShelf
Good to know that I wasn’t the only one that thought this was a great idea!
Summon Implementation at University of Manitoba
My colleague at the University of Manitoba has inspired me to tweet about the Summon implementation at the University of Manitoba Libraries. Tania Gottshalk is tweeting about Electronic Health Records.
At the University of Manitoba Libraries we are just in the middle of implementing the Summon discover layer from Serials Solutions. We have our catalogue records loaded, connections to our journals and A&I databases that are “summonable” working. What’s not working yet is links to our catalogue and the proxy links are dodgy (more testing required!)
I’m working with SerSol (Serials Solutions, SS has nasty connotations) on usability testing, and this week we’ve completed tests with three students. My plan is to publish the results of the testing.
My past twittering has been from my personal life, which frankly, isn’t that exciting (but in case you’re wondering we won our curling game last night).
So if you’re wondering how the Summon implementation is going at UML, follow me.
Hodgson Mill – Gluten Free Banana Bread
Leslie had his first paid babysitting job last night, came home with $35 bucks and a big smile. Thanks Mirium! Rod is forcing me to think about Christmas presents, so later today we’re going shopping. Me. Shopping in November for Christmas. What’s next? Picking my clothes off the floor? Which has got me thinking about what I really want – a rustic pine table to match my chairs. The table we have is serviceable, but needs restoration, and was a wedding present from my first wedding in 1983. Time to move on, don’t you think?
As a treat for my celiac son, banana bread is in the oven . . .
Hodgson Mill – Gluten Free Banana Bread.
- used canola oil instead of butter
- mesquite flour instead of soy
- added dried cranberries
Reese’s Inspired GT Cake
Inspired by Baking for John blog post
I made the cookie part into a bottom crust and decoared with Reese’s candy instead.
Thanks Paul Peters at University of Manitoba Libraries for the great idea!
Mobile Library Circulation App
Inspired by the the red laser app, could we create a mobile self-checkout with an iPhone app?
With red laser you hold up your iPhone to a barcode (say you’re shopping for an expresso maker and you found one in Costco but you’re wondering if you can order somewhere else cheaper) and voila you get price comparisons. In the screen shots I used a book from our library’s new book shelf.
So what if you could create an app that did the same with your library barcodes? Find reviews of the book you’ve got in your hand? Check it out? (I know what about security, let’s ignore that for now). Sounds like a great idea for Hackfest at Access 2010 in Winnipeg.
Thanks to Mike Ellis at University of Manitoba for showing me red laser!
UWinnipeg Library new web look
University of Winnipeg Library has launched a new look. Built with Plone, it matches the look and feel of the main campus site, without using the same content management system. Congrats team!
Groover’s Paradise: I Just Want Some Affection
Groover’s Paradise: I Just Want Some Affection.
A song about a librarian named Karen!
Cellphones taking over cyberworld from PCs – Winnipeg Free Press
And how’s your library web page look on a small screen? Developed an app to search your stuff yet? Demanding that vendors are smartphone friendly?
