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Flatbread

This is a Turkish flatbread (bazlama). It's thick and spongey. Makes 6 regular or 9 small. Takes 1 day. Ingredients 160 gm water 160 gm milk 10 gm yeast 500 gm flour 8 gm salt 18 gm oil Method Combine water and milk in jug and warm to 35 C. Add liquid to bowl. Add yeast and whisk. Add flour and salt and mix. Knead in bowl until it's a lump. Add oil and knead in bowl until dough is smooth. Back in bowl, cover and rest until 2-3 times bigger. Divide into pieces (6 or 9). Shape into balls and cover for 30 mins. Flour bench, roll each into circle 5 mm thick. Use two pans and bake on medium or low heat or they go black. Notes 10/5/2023 Probably the best flatbreads I've done. The proper way to bake is cook one side on medium then when bubbles appear flip it over. It's meant to inflate massively too but mine don't. The problem is the fat bubbles burn easily and it looks crappy so next time try continually flipping. Also try making 9 smaller ones.

Write-EventLog

You can create dummy sources in the application log if you want to test alerts. In this example I needed to test an event logged on an Azure AD Connect server so needed the Directory Synchronization source. Create the source: New-EventLog -LogName Application -Source "Directory Synchronization" Now you can create events: Write-EventLog -LogName Application -Source "Directory Synchronization" -EventId 106 -EntryType Error -Message "test" -Category 0

Sourdough rye & wholemeal loaf

Makes 1 loaf. Takes 2 days. Ingredients 100 gm sourdough starter 225 gm water (35 C) 150 gm rye 150 gm wholemeal 6 gm salt 30 gm mixed seed Method - Day 1 Prepare starter. Method - Day 2 Butter the tin Warm water Add starter to bowl, add water and mix Add both flours and seeds and mix Put on bench but don't knead, just mix it well (it shouldn't be too sticky) Spray dough & hands with water and shape into loaf and put in tin Kick off kettle, when done pour a little bit of water in bottom oven tray (cold weather only) Put tin in oven, rest for 4 hours Bake 40 mins @ 200 C with steam Notes 31/5/2023 Turned out great. Used 138 gm of starter but doesn't seem to matter.  It cracked on top so next time try a slash.