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    Iron Heart Fall/Winter 2025 Live Reveal - Thursday 12th of June at 1700BST

    Bread - What are you baking today…..

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    • ChrisC
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      That is a nice looking load of bread you've made, Reuben.

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      • neph93N
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        Thank you sir. Just ate a load of it along with my bodyweight in cheese…

        In other news, my starter has just gone batshit crazy…

        Very promising for tomorrows bake.

        “Some of those that work forces
        Are the same that burn crosses”

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        • ROmanR
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          Bread looks great Reuben.

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          • ChapC
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            After overnight proofing in the fridge I baked this wholemeal bread this morning

            God has blessed you richly, so get down on your knees and thank him. Don’t forget the less fortunate or God will personally kick your ass. I’d love to do it for him, but I can’t be everywhere. Willie Nelson

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            • GilesG
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              @neph93

              Flouring the bannetons:

              Not very well shaped dough in the bannetons (it was so sloppy, I had major problems shaping, so I am not sure if I have enough tension in the dough):

              With their shower caps on:

              Bonus pic.  Pre-fermented dough added to the rest of the ingredients for baguettes.  The mixed and kneaded dough will now sit in the fridge for 18-36 hours, before shaping (which I am very apprehensive about :P) and baking:

              "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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              • ChapC
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                Will bake baguette today after the dough resting 42 hours in the fridge… watched shaping baguettes videos the entire morning  😃

                God has blessed you richly, so get down on your knees and thank him. Don’t forget the less fortunate or God will personally kick your ass. I’d love to do it for him, but I can’t be everywhere. Willie Nelson

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                • neph93N
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                  Lovely, Thank you for that @Giles  very helpful. I’m starting a new bake a minute. Scored some flours made from ecological heirloom wheat grains yesterday (massive score on the hipster scale). Going to mix it with regular fine wheat flour and see what occurs.

                  “Some of those that work forces
                  Are the same that burn crosses”

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                  • GilesG
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                    @neph93 and @Chap vying for hipster of the lock-down award…..

                    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                    • ChapC
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                      @neph93 and @Chap vying for hipster of the lock-down award…..

                      Reuben and I ??? Who does put shower caps on his proofing doughs???

                      God has blessed you richly, so get down on your knees and thank him. Don’t forget the less fortunate or God will personally kick your ass. I’d love to do it for him, but I can’t be everywhere. Willie Nelson

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                      • GilesG
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                        Do you want me to send you some…..I have 100's  😃 😃 ?

                        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                        • ChapC
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                          @Giles:

                          Do you want me to send you some…..I have 100's  😃 😃 ?

                          Yes please… already asked Michaela, but she doesn't have any.... still wondering why you have so many shower caps  😃

                          God has blessed you richly, so get down on your knees and thank him. Don’t forget the less fortunate or God will personally kick your ass. I’d love to do it for him, but I can’t be everywhere. Willie Nelson

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                          • ChapC
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                            @Chap:

                            @Giles:

                            Do you want me to send you some…..I have 100's  😃 😃 ?

                            Yes please… already asked Michaela, but she doesn't have any.... still wondering why you have so many shower caps  😃

                            "And please don't  forget to add some shower caps to Jens' next order Adam"  😃 😃 😃

                            God has blessed you richly, so get down on your knees and thank him. Don’t forget the less fortunate or God will personally kick your ass. I’d love to do it for him, but I can’t be everywhere. Willie Nelson

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                            • GilesG
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                              I bought a bag of about a 100 off eBay, but as you will know, they're not really needed on my bonce…

                              "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                              • ChapC
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                                Ready for baguettes 🤞🏻

                                God has blessed you richly, so get down on your knees and thank him. Don’t forget the less fortunate or God will personally kick your ass. I’d love to do it for him, but I can’t be everywhere. Willie Nelson

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                                • ChapC
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                                  God has blessed you richly, so get down on your knees and thank him. Don’t forget the less fortunate or God will personally kick your ass. I’d love to do it for him, but I can’t be everywhere. Willie Nelson

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                                  • neph93N
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                                    Wow… that all looks amazing @Chap [emoji1417][emoji1417][emoji1417]

                                    I’m in the middle of a prep more a bake tomorrow morning. Number of interesting things going on.

                                    My first leaves were made using 150g of rye starter, 150g wholemeal flour and 850g fine, white wheat flour. I probably had too much water and it was a wet, sticky, elastic dough.

                                    For this second dough I wanted to try some of my new hipster flour. I don’t know if it is what you’d call a heritage grain, but it is made from wild wheat types that have been used for hundrede of years. They are organically grown and stone milled at some little farm in in the back of beyond. I have two types and today’s is finely ground. It has that high protein content that @ROman mentioned.

                                    I used 500g of that and 500g of regular fine white with the same amount of starter and water as before. The dough has a very different quality, easy to work, not as wet. In fact very firm and thick. But the odd thing is, it’s rising like regular bread made with dried yeast. It’s rising between folds, there are big ass bubbles forming, and if it was a normal dough I would have shaped and baked by now.

                                    It should be mentioned that my starter appears to have taken on super powers. It’s going mental all the time. I’m thinking that and the old school flour is resoonsible. It is very cool. My concern is that even in the fridge it may not survive the proofing and collapse in the course of the night.

                                    After a fold:

                                    30mins later

                                    “Some of those that work forces
                                    Are the same that burn crosses”

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                                    • GilesG
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                                      My first 100% sourdough, I got fuck all oven spring  ???

                                      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                      • neph93N
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                                        How do you mean 100%? Bet it’s going to be tasty though.

                                        “Some of those that work forces
                                        Are the same that burn crosses”

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                                        • ChapC
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                                          God has blessed you richly, so get down on your knees and thank him. Don’t forget the less fortunate or God will personally kick your ass. I’d love to do it for him, but I can’t be everywhere. Willie Nelson

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                                          • ChapC
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                                            More flûte then baguette but for the first attempt quite ok I think

                                            God has blessed you richly, so get down on your knees and thank him. Don’t forget the less fortunate or God will personally kick your ass. I’d love to do it for him, but I can’t be everywhere. Willie Nelson

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