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Have you ever eaten an actual Dogfish?
aka Mudshark?

@Fast14riot... never had Dogfish IPA. I've been drinking High Altitude Malbecs lately. Hi Times Liquors in Costa Mesa brought a bunch, for under 12 bucks a bottle. Yum.

@Cal Weldon

I've been there... many times.

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There's a motel in Seattle, Washington, called the Edgewater Inn . . . The Edgewater Inn is built out on a pier . . . so that means that when you look out your window you don't see any dirt, it's . . . got a bay or something out in your backyard

Mud Sh-sh-shark

And to make it even more interesting, in the lobby of the aforementioned motel there's a bait and tackle shop where the residents can go down and, whenever they want to, rent a fishing pole and some preserved minnows and schlep back up to their rooms, open the window, stick their little pole outside and within a few minutes actually catch a fish of some sort that they can bring into their motel room and do whatever they want with it, you know what I mean?
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Mud Sh-sh-shark

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Right now listening to Penguin In Bondage.... Roxy & Elsewhere...

Dummy Up!

..."You mean if I smoke that, it's the same as this
As if I was at college?
Roll it on up!
Roll it on up!
Roll it on up!
Give me that!...

No no, the college degree is stuffed with absolutely nothing at all
You get, you get nothing with your college-degree..."
 
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Just went and peaked at it. Its been bulk fermenting just about 27 hours now, is at 130% rise. It will get shaped and into baskets for proofing. I can proof it as little as 2-4 hours or I can do a cold retard for another 18-24 hours. I find that after about 3 days it loses its structure a bit.

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Yes a different fish. The part I didn't like was the pre-prep. You need a purpose made spiked board in order to skin it. You then filet it and soak it in acid for 24 hours in order to neutralize the high alkalinity venom that it uses (through its spines on the fins) to irritate other predators.
 

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Same board is used for skinning catfish. But you never get the smell off those pliers you use to grab the skin!

Just dumped out the special bread dough and did a pre shape on it, gotta rest a little bit, then fin shaping and into proofing baskets. I'm really wanting to bake this now after smelling it, so yes, its going to get baked today!
 
Sneek peek at the now proofing Diablo bread. Preshape and final shape before proofing. Did one batard and one boule. In the oven with just the light on keeps them around 80°F (26-27°C) which moves them right along.

Got 5 loaves total proofing right now, two 500gr loaves of Diablo Bread, one 500gr and two 250gr mini loaves of plain sourdough. Oven is going to be on for a while today!

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Tonight is ‘Hockey Day in Canada’ so there won’t be anything exciting coming down the pipe tonight. We have plenty-o-leftovers.

Go Ducks.

Great beer at the Pond... great times, except for the one time that my wife spilled a pint of ice cold IPA down between my legs..... she hit the cup, sitting in the cup holder, with her elbow and it dropped onto my lap.
 
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Go Ducks.
The lame Ducks are playing the lame Sharks tonight. You might want to ask your cat to step in.
You might also note that has nothing to do with Hockey Night in Canada, but what the heck, who isn't charitable when it comes to hockey?

Great beer at the Pond...
Not here. If you want to enjoy a beer night at the arena, you might as well take out a second mortgage.

except for the one time that my wife spilled a pint of ice cold IPA down between my legs
Aw, it probably just cooled down your ultra-manly side for a bit. Nothing a shower and a good 'sorry honey' from the Mrs. couldn't fix.
 
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