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    Giles
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    Joined: 22 Sept 2009

    @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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      Chap
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      @Giles:

      @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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        Giles
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        Joined: 22 Sept 2009

        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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          Chap
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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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            Chap
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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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              Giles
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              Joined: 22 Sept 2009

              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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                Chap
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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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                  Chap
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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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                    neph93
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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

                    «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
                    We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

                    • Dame Vera Lynn
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                      Giles
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                      Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                      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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                        neph93
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                        How do you mean 100%? Bet it’s going to be tasty though.

                        «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
                        We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

                        • Dame Vera Lynn
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                          Chap
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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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                            Chap
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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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                              Chap
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                              Joined: 24 May 2016

                              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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                                Giles
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                                Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                I used all Levain.  Some recipes call for a mix of dried or fresh yeast and Levain (a hybrid leavening dough).  My last loaves were made with a Poolish made with a tiny amount of dried yeast and then the rest of the flour, water, salt and Levain was added to the Poolish….

                                "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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                                  Matty123
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                                  Great job chap. I see you remembered to score them!

                                  Maybe so. Maybe not

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                                    Chap
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                                    @Giles:

                                    I used all Levain.  Some recipes call for a mix of dried or fresh yeast and Levain (a hybrid leavening dough).  My last loaves were made with a Poolish made with a tiny amount of dried yeast and then the rest of the flour, water, salt and Levain was added to the Poolish….

                                    The wholemeal I did this morning was a Levain only too… trust you Levain! They look amazing G!

                                    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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                                      Giles
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                                      Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                      Those baguettes are a work of art…..

                                      Oven spring or not, mine tastes amazing.....

                                      "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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                                        Chap
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                                        Now look at that bread…. true artisan hipster bakery congrats!

                                        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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                                          neph93
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                                          So my first bread was 100%?

                                          Amazing work gentlemen. I have some catching up to do.

                                          «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
                                          We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

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