Last weekend was World Animal Day. We celebrated with a special breakfast. Archie's mini bagel weighed less than 1 gram. The recipe is available on the glutenfreebaking subreddit.
Archie the dwarf hamster is a long boy, but he prefers to curl up on the floor. Sitting on the floor is my favorite position, too.
Most rodents can fit though very tight spaces because they don't have collarbones. They also have spines so flexible that they can do a U-turn in a tunnel.
Ok that's my off-topic positivity. Have a great day, and Archie says hi.
I was recommended to post here, does a real miniature count? :)
To give you an idea of scale: Archie the dwarf hamster weighs 60 grams, whereas I weigh 60 kilograms. A human is 1000 times larger than a dwarf hamster.
If you enjoy baking bread, then you can read about the loaf on r/Breadit.
I was recommended to post here. :)
This is Archie the dwarf hamster, holding a snack with his teeny tiny fluffy fingers.
If you enjoy baking bread, you can read about the loaf on Breadit.
Recently there was a discussion about baking mini loaves for your pet. Here is the subsequent hamster tax. Enjoy!
The loaf is "Quick Crusty Boule" from Aran Gogoya's book "Bakes Simple". It's based on sorghum flour, rice flour, buckwheat flour, tapioca starch and potato starch. I adjusted the recipe by omitting the salt. It's not as tasty, but it's healthier for the rodent.
I am a beginner without bannetons, so the regular loaf is proved in a collander with a teatowel, and the mini loaf is proved in a spoon or scoop with a cloth.
Trying to shape a mini loaf is a challenge! Any advice is appreciated. Also I'd appreciate advice on my loaf, if you have experience baking gluten free. I'm not getting much rise or oven spring.
To keep the crust soft and thin on the mini loaf, it was baked at only 200 degrees without an enclosure. The regular loaf was baked in a cast iron Dutch oven.
Archie is a dwarf hamster: sixty grams of pure chaos. His hobbies are: food, sleep and high-speed parcour. The inni-mini peanut butter sandwich weighed only 1g, and he didn't manage to eat half of it!
Lastly, a disclaimer, in case the rodent police come for me:
* Baked goods are an occasional treat; your hamster should not be eating starches daily.
* Do not feed your hamster foods that contain salt or refined sugar.
