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Not too shabby, slightly (10 C) cooler bake, but a bit longer.

A loaf of crusty, artisanal bread rests on a cooling rack.

#bread #brot #sourdough #LievitoMadre #Sauerteig

Today visit was a little frustrating.

Nice exhibits, appropriately labelled, starting with Roman period earthenware and continuing to contemporary and technical ceramics.

How clay is dug, how a potters wheel is used, how stoneware is burnt, including a very nice replica Kannenofen.

Of course Bartmänner are also on display.

Several ornate, brown ceramic jugs with embossed designs and facial features are displayed in a glass case.

Some of the connections to Siegburg, Raeren, Frechen, Cologne are mentioned, but, of the complex trade that carried the finished wares all over the world, no mention.

Of how the decorations on the stoneware aimed at a growing affluent group of lesser nobility, clergy and trades and let the potters compete with cheaper earthenware and more expensive pewter, no word.

A wall features multiple shelves filled with rows of vintage, brownish stoneware bottles, creating a visually striking display.

There is a whole wall of stoneware bottles. There is a mention, that they were produced to order for Portuguese wine, English gin, sparkling water… But again, no mention of the trade routes.

The website is better, but has no links to sources. Still, if you are close, a fun morning or afternoon.

#historycycle #RhenishStoneware #photography #fotografie @photography@fedigroups.social

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Location: Keramikmuseum Westerwald
Height: 294,3
Coordinates: 50,44 - 7,66
Weather: 14 °C and cloudy #checkin

Today in the #RhenishStoneware quest we are in the south eastern corner of the stoneware region.

After the Spanish Netherlands happened Protestant potters moved south, already a little earlier Siegburg potters also went south because their forrests were depleted. They met local and Cologne/Frechem potters who also like the clay, abundant wood and quick connection to the Rhine and hence the Alter Markt in Cologne.

So #Höhr-Grenzhausen #historycycle

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Location: Höhr-Grenzhausen
Height: 297,4
Coordinates: 50,43 - 7,68
Weather: 12 °C and cloudy #checkin

Crust ☑️ Crumb ❓

Have to wait till it cools

A rustic loaf of bread with a dark crust rests on a cooling rack.

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

Focaccia alle patate

A rectangular focaccia topped with thinly sliced potatoes and rests on a cooling rack.

#focaccia #bread #brot #sourdough #LievitoMadre #Sauerteig

Getting the hang of this,

weekly bread done. Wheat, rye and old bread

A freshly baked artisanal loaf of bread rests on a cooling rack, showcasing a beautifully browned crust and decorative scoring.

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