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That was unexpected

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Rolled up the dough first in one direction than again after a 90° turn.

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\"A

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#brot #bread #sourdough #LievitoMadre #Sauerteig @brotbacken@fedigroups.social

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Strawberry jam, apricot jam

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Two batches of #jam or, as we say in .de and .at #Marmelade </note: spelling is correct>

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\"Several

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Also started a batch of fermented cherry Roma tomatoes (no picture)

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#cooking #photo

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With a little help of (my) malt

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I’ve started adding some inactive rye malt to my dough. In this batch 30 g (+ 30 g old bread, 30 g wholemeal rye + 210 g wheat (550er) @ 80% hydration).

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\"A

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#brot #bread #sourdough #LievitoMadre #Sauerteig @brotbacken@fedigroups.social

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Focaccia con pere e gorgonzola

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\n\"A\"A\n

#focaccia #sourdough #LievitoMadre #Sauerteig @brotbacken@fedigroups.social

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Yesterdays pizza, tasty

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\n\"A\"Two\n

#pizza #sourdough #LievitoMadre #Sauerteig @brotbacken@fedigroups.social

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Well, a three weeks break, but I still got it!

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\n\"A\"A\n

#bread #brot #sourdough #LievitoMadre #Sauerteig #Molke #whey @brotbacken@fedigroups.social

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Some more #flowers #macroesk

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Location: Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler
\nHeight: 106,4
\nCoordinates: 50,54 - 7,14
\nWeather: 27°C and Sunny\n#checkin

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Am reading

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oh my, has our view of history changed since he wrote this book. Especially our knowledge about the dissolution of the Roman Empire no longer ascribes it to moral decay that even the...

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Location: Ehrenbreitstein
\nHeight: 178,5
\nCoordinates: 50,37 - 7,62
\nWeather: 24 °C and Sunny\n#checkin

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Location: Koblenz
\nHeight: 76,1
\nCoordinates: 50,35 - 7,59
\nWeather: 23 °C and Sunny\n#checkin

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The trade and history of the Sarwoerter in medieval Cologne: zahr.koeln

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Location: Sinzig
\nHeight: 81
\nCoordinates: 50,54 - 7,25
\nWeather: 25 °C and Mostly cloudy\n#checkin

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Location: Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler
\nHeight: 96,5
\nCoordinates: 50,54 - 7,14
\nWeather: 29 °C and Mostly sunny\n#checkin

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Location: BAP-Stadion
\nHeight: 62,2
\nCoordinates: 50,94 - 6,88
\nWeather: 29 °C and Mostly sunny\n#checkin

\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.zahr.koeln/2026/07/10/location-bapstadion-height-coordinates-weather.html","date_published":"2026-07-10T16:33:14+00:00","author":{"name":"Thomas Zahr","url":"https://zahr.koeln/activitypub/crumblingbiscuit","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F44%2F13262.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"crumblingbiscuit"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-10 16:33","date_timestamp":1783701194,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mendeddrum.org/@Tho99/116896642341579269"]}},{"id":"93769428","content_html":"

Location: Köln-Deutz
\nHeight: 55,4
\nCoordinates: 50,94 - 6,99
\nWeather: 29 °C and Sunny\n#checkin

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I can have 80% hydration

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Yay me! A measuring mishap involving gravity led to this magnificent result. Quite chuffed.

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\"A

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#bread #brot #sourdough #LievitoMadre #Sauerteig @brotbacken@fedigroups.social

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Today: Flora, Cologne \"\"\"\"\"\" : zahr.koeln

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Location: Köln-Flora, Schaugewächshäuser
\nHeight: 47
\nCoordinates: 50,96 - 6,97
\nWeather: 23 °C and Cloudy\n#checkin

\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.zahr.koeln/2026/07/05/160132.html","date_published":"2026-07-05T14:01:32+00:00","author":{"name":"Thomas Zahr","url":"https://zahr.koeln/activitypub/crumblingbiscuit","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F44%2F13262.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"crumblingbiscuit"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-05 14:01","date_timestamp":1783260092,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mendeddrum.org/@Tho99/116867733893798699"]}},{"id":"93387512","content_html":"

#photography #fotografie #macroesk\n@photography@fedigroups.social

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\n\"A\"Several\n

Sometimes a 300 mm lens comes in handy

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Location: Köln - USB
\nHeight: 52,9
\nCoordinates: 50,93 - 6,93
\nWeather: 21 °C and partly cloudy\n#checkin

\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.zahr.koeln/2026/07/03/location-kln-usb-height-coordinates.html","date_published":"2026-07-03T09:55:32+00:00","author":{"name":"Thomas Zahr","url":"https://zahr.koeln/activitypub/crumblingbiscuit","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F44%2F13262.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"crumblingbiscuit"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-03 09:55","date_timestamp":1783072532,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mendeddrum.org/@Tho99/116855442203170923"]}},{"id":"93302932","content_html":"

So, how is my “research” going?

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The answer is “perhaps” - new sources are going into my stash (Obsidian), information piles on, BUT, the goal remains elusive.

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The goal remains, spent my retirement time cycling with my camera to places where trading goods of medieval Cologne had been produced, traded or used.

\n www.zahr.koeln","summary":"","url":"https://www.zahr.koeln/2026/07/02/so-how-is-my-research.html","date_published":"2026-07-02T10:34:03+00:00","author":{"name":"Thomas Zahr","url":"https://zahr.koeln/activitypub/crumblingbiscuit","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F44%2F13262.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"crumblingbiscuit"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-02 10:34","date_timestamp":1782988443,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mendeddrum.org/@Tho99/116849932982802710"]}},{"id":"93065330","content_html":"

Best forming, we’ll not talk about the cuts (‘twas the angle, always the angle).

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BUT I like colour and the smell.

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\"A

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#bread #brot #sourdough #LievitoMadre #Sauerteig #Molke #whey @brotbacken@fedigroups.social

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Well, my research is going poorly. What research I hear you ask? Well, short version I want to cycle to the production sites of medieval Colognes trade goods…

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www.zahr.koeln/2025/11/0…

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The first trade goods were Rhenish Stoneware goods. And it went quite well, apart from a few museums being closed for...

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at the moment the mood is slightly frustrated and slightly hopeful.

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My next #historycycle research is not progressing well. I had selected the making of harnishes in Cologne as the topic, as there was an important guild for that and mentions in some of my books of the export to eg. England, Netherlands,...

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@DJDarren happy to help ;-)

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@help a somewhat confused question. When I copy markdown from uploaded photos, some have a alt text pre filled and others don’t. I haven’t found a description of this feature, what triggers the generation of a image description?

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@manton @help

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Did something change about the treatment of photos after October ‘23?

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I see more washed out photos since about then and have not changed my photography workflow.

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See this post from October

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www.zahr.koeln/2023/10/0…

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And this one from May

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www.zahr.koeln/2024/05/1…

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Thanks

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@help thanks, seems I was to early (for once) …

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@crumblingbiscuit @manton - how can I disable cross posting to Mastodon for individual posts?

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@help - how can I disable cross posting to Mastodon for an individual post?

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@manton oh - post edit now works, neat

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@crumblingbiscuit @menton only 4/7 pictures made it to mastodon, is this a limit, or did I goof?

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@manton it now happened twice. Photos attached, alt text added, posted, only one in post. How long to wait until upload finished?

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@manton does the beta only allow one picture?

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@manton Hi, is there a way to preserve hashtags when crossposting to mastodon apart from putting them at the front?

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@help posted the photos again, of four, three ended up on the blog

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@help I just posted, or rather tried to, 6 photos in the beta, alt text and all. Only one made it to the blog.

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@help phew, at least it wasn’t me then, 😉, thanks

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@help how do I edit a post in the beta version? I can’t find it.

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@sod thanks, ‘twas the A-record 104.200.22.214 never noticed ‘cause the blog worked

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@help using a different client I can see a 503 when I search for the user name

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@help the cname is: crumblingbiscuit.micro.blog.zahr.koeln

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@help will investigate, thanks

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@JohnPhilpin mayhap @Manton needs to do something manually for „old“ accounts

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@JohnPhilpin Sorry, misunderstood @crumblingbiscuit

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@crumblingbiscuit using the beta version of micro.blog

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@JohnPhilpin @tho99

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@help I have a mastodon friendly user name set, but can’t follow myself. Is it me?

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@manton thanks for the update

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