視力のために毎日 乾燥枸杞を食べていますが、今日はクコの実とカボチャの種を食パン用のシンプルな生地に混ぜ込んで焼きました。生地を成形したら最終発酵へ。今日は暖かいので常温で１時間以上放置。その間、タイガの早めの午後散歩に出かけました。
I eat dried goji berries for my eyesight every day. Today, I prepared bread dough with goji berries and pumpkin seeds. The dough is the plainest type that I use for simple buns. After shaping the dough, I left it for the final proofing. Since it was a warm day today, I let the dough rise in room temperature for over an hour. Whilst waiting for the dough to rise, we went out for an afternoon walk.
The typhoon No. 32 has left without making landfall, and it was a very pleasant afternoon. We first walked through the privately owned woodland that is open to the public, which lies closer to us than the Johoku Park. This place is less known to the public and we never meet anyone.
竹林の中にサザンカが１本だけ立っていて満開です。
A lone sasanqua tree in full bloom, standing among bamboos.
サザンカは香りの無いツバキと違い香りが強いものが多いので、私はこの時期 サザンカが咲いている民家の横を通る際 鼻をピクピクさせて歩きます。
Unlike camelia flowers which have no scent, many sasanqua varieties have distinct fragrances. During this time of the year, I always try to detect the scent when I pass by a private garden with sasanqua trees in bloom.
林を通ってドッグランの方角へ歩きます。
城北公園へは、いつもとは反対側から入りました。ここはケヤキやイチョウの黄葉が綺麗な林ですが、まだ始まったばかりです。
We entered Johoku Park from the opposite side to our usual approach. This woodland becomes very beautiful in late autumn with Japanese zelkovas and ginkgo trees turning yellow - it is a little too early for that yet.
We headed for the dog park which lay beyond the woods.
ランに着くと、大型犬用のエリアには２頭いただけ。この子は初めて見る子で、アラスカン・マラミュートのホクト君、11か月だそうです。とても懐こくて優しい性格です。
At the dog park, there were only two pooches in the area for large breeds. This individual is new to us. He is an 11 months old Alaskan Malamute, named Hokuto, with a very affectionate and gentle disposition.
もう1頭は、カンタでした。
The other pooch was Kanta.
カンタは９歳になったので、ランに来ても走り回ることはしませんが、他の子たちを眺めているだけでも満足そうなので、飼い主さんは毎日のように連れて来るそうです。タイガはランの利用者として登録していないので、外から眺めました。
以前のカンタなら、自分の近くで騒ぐ子がいたら叱っていたのに、今は性格が丸くなりました。
焼き上り。
Done.
十分 冷ましてから切ってみました。期待したほどクコやカボチャの種の赤と緑色の効果が出ませんでしたが、食べると美味しかったです。
ホクト君はエネルギーが有り余っているので、一人でも楽しそうに走り回っています。
Kanta is 9 years old now. He no longer runs about energetically but is content to watch others play. So, his mom brings him here almost every afternoon. Taiga is not registered as a dog park user, so we watched them from the other side of the fence.
Hokuto is full of energy and was happy to run on his own.
Kanta used to scold any dog that was making commotion close by but now he has become a mild gentleman.
カンタたちを眺めていたら、白柴のオモチちゃんが通りがかりました。オモチちゃんは若輩者には礼儀を要求するので、はしゃいでいるホクト君をランの外から叱りつけていました。
As we were watching Kanta and Hokuto, Omochi, a female White Shiba Inu, came along. Now, Omochi is very fussy about younger individuals' manners and demands respect from them. So, she started shouting at Hokuto who was minding his own business and enjoying running.
家を出てから1時間近く経ち、そろそろパン生地のことが心配になってきたので帰ることにしました。日差しはもう夕方っぽいです。
It was close to one hour since we left home, and I was getting worried about the bread dough. So, we headed home in the sunlight which already looked like fading.
帰宅すると、ちょうど良い具合に発酵が進んでいました。
Coming home, I found the dough close to ready for baking.
溶き卵を塗って中央にクープを入れたら、180℃で30分焼きます。
After putting egg wash and scoring, I baked the dough at 180℃ for 1/2 hour.
焼き上り。
Done.
When the bread was cool enough, it was tasting time. The red and green colour effect from goji berries and pumpkin seeds was not as much as I had expected, but the bread tasted quite good.
