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    Bread - What are you baking today…..

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    • ChapC
      Chap
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      Baguette… hopefully

      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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        Randomish announcement -

        I think, for the first time ever, I have managed to get a decent amount of surface tension into my dough.  At least I was happy with it  🙂

        It's a 4-hour proof, so quite some time to wait and see if I am right or not….

        "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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        • GilesG
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          @Chris:

          If holding your Dick makes your thumb bleed, you're doing it wrong.

          You did notice that it is a 10" dick, didn't you…..?

          "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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          • GilesG
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            Re my dough tension, I'll never know.  It stuck like crap to the bannetons…FARK.......

            "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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            • GilesG
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              Could have been so much better….

              "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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              • GilesG
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                But, it has a great crumb to it, and tastes sublime…...

                "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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                • K
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                  So yesterday morning I made my first few loafs, actually 4 because I didnt like how the first one looked the finished productis in the pictures. Second batch of 2 looked so much better than the first.  I did just a basic bread while I wait on some sourdough starter.

                  I gotta say for my first attempt, although ugly it wasn't that bad[emoji38][emoji38]

                  Book came in a few minutes ago too, fresh from Amazon. Thanks for the enable to pick it up. I'll be looking at that shortly

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                  • GilesG
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                    Looking good…..

                    "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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                      That shitty little thing was a complete failure… not sure what went wrong... I guess everything  😃

                      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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                        It's cooked…..Look on the bright-side....

                        "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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                          Yeah… and if need a brick and currently have none on hand...

                          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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                            I had a failure today. My last bake has been hailed by all who tasted it as the best bread they’ve ever had and I wasn’t going to argue. So I took out some starter yesterday evening to make a new levain. Fast forward to this morning and I’m preparing the other ingredients. I take out the levain and there is a mass of brown, beer-like, stinky, liquid on top. It wasn’t like that last time. Can I assume something got in there that shouldn’t have?

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                            We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

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                            • GilesG
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                              Q. My sourdough starter has dark liquid on top. Did I damage it?
                              A. The dark liquid is a form of naturally-occurring alcohol known as hooch, which indicates that your sourdough starter is hungry. Hooch is harmless but should be poured off and discarded prior to stirring and feeding your starter. If hooch is forming on your starter regularly, increase the feeding frequency and/or move the starter to a cooler spot (70-85ºF), to slow things down.

                              "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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                                Yeah… I was thinking I’d read that before or maybe you had told me. But it didn’t look or smell good. I think the temps and/or the age of the starter are the issue. At least I know now. Thank you G.

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

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                                • K
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                                  @Chap:

                                  Did anyone here who has an Egg (the BBQ one!!!) tried to bake bread in it? We did Pizza several times on a pizza stone in ours with great results… tihinking about giving bread a try.

                                  I've got a BGE and I've been thinking about this. I feel like it may add some cool flavors to it. If you do it let me know how it goes

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                                  • N
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                                    New starter in the works, 100% spelt. I’m essential so still working but why not experiment a bit? This is at day 5 I think?

                                    And this weeks bread, white sourdough with a touch of whole wheat. I’m working through a 50 lb bag of bread flour, so this will probably be the main recipe I make (or others that are predominately bread flour with some added specialty grains) until I can find ap at the stores.

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                                    • ChrisC
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                                      @Giles:

                                      @Chris:

                                      If holding your Dick makes your thumb bleed, you're doing it wrong.

                                      You did notice that it is a 10" dick, didn't you…..?

                                      No, didn't notice. Those small ones can be tricky, I guess.

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                                      • neph93N
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                                        @neversummer that is all looking trés nice. I need to try some different starters I think. Spelt up next.

                                        My levain for today’s bake is looking better this morning. Rye starter fed with bleached white flour. I’ll be using the same flour on a 10:1 ratio with some «dala» landshvete.

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

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                                        • GilesG
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                                          Interestingly, my Forkish starter is a lot, lot dryer than many I see…..Two hours after its last feed....

                                          "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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                                            @Giles:

                                            Interestingly, my Forkish starter is a lot, lot dryer than many I see…..

                                            What is the ratio? 50/50? The type of flour has an enormous affect. 50/50 with organic dala wheat or rye, is gives a totally different consistency to 50/50 with finely ground, bleached white.

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                                            We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

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