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    Bread - What are you baking today…..

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    • GilesG
      Giles
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      I've just mixed a poolish…..

      So time for a beer….

      "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 the first stretch and fold… cheers

        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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        • SeulS
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          I love all of this shit… Cheers and happy baking, y'all!..

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          • ROmanR
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            Tomorrows bread hopefully will be a potato bread.

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            • GilesG
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              More Poolish white…

              The one on the left was proofed in a banetton, the one on the right was proofed with no forming-aid, just shaped and placed on baking parchment with a cloth over it.

              I think I prefer the look of the free-form....

              "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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              • N
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                Bread for this week- experimentally 100% spelt, white and whole, even including the starter. Tastes fine though I doubt I’d be able to tell a difference from wheat if pressed. Also as organic spelt flour is about twice the cost of wheat, not sure I’ll repeat this one all that often.
                Still fun to try. I’ll post the details in a day or two if anyone wants to try it. Calling it the devil’s loaves, as I used exactly 666 g of water (66%) for hydration!

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                • ChapC
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                  Yes please @neversummer very much interested…

                  My today’s bake

                  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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                    A pair of white Poolish - no bannetons used….

                    "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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                    • jordanscollectedJ
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                      Those look phenomenal @Giles, you are baking some great Bread.

                      Next 2 loaves get and I and an H scored in them.

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                      Wabidashery

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                      • neph93N
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                        @Giles:

                        A pair of white Poolish - no bannetons used….

                        And mine just turned up [emoji1]

                        In other news I’m being ambitious today and bulk fermenting to sets of dough…

                        A spelt dough with my new spelt based starter...

                        And a wholewheat with my old rye starter:

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

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                        • GilesG
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                          V nice indeed

                          "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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                            Not bad, not bad…. Mr Hipster Baker... Spelt wow, that’s super hipster... next step is Kamut Khorasan or Einkorn

                            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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                            • SeulS
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                              Chia seed!..

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                              • GilesG
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                                Puy lentils….

                                "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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                                  Working on some more dutch oven sourdough. I really need a proofing basket, and Im learning that I need to cut deeper into them to get a good line. It never really works out right.

                                  Pretty happy with that crumb though

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                                  • SeulS
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                                    That looks absolutely fantastic from where I'm sitting, mate…

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                                    • GilesG
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                                      Agree, and there is a school of thought that suggests letting the loaf "explode" naturally is better…..

                                      Also, (nicked from the web) no banneton necessary.....

                                      "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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                                        I’ve been using glass bowls, ceramic bowls, colanders, whatever is to hand and about the right shape and side. Check a towel and some flour in and it works a treat.

                                        That being said my newly arrived bannetons were used this morning.

                                        The spelt loaf, from spelt starter was over-proofed. I’m a bugger for pushing the envelope, but I hate the idea of under-proofing. A decent amount of surface tension contributed to a bit of oven spring though. Happy enough, and it tasted good.


                                        A wholewheat loaf as well this morning. These were proofed in mixing bowls…


                                        This was super tasty bread. My rye starter has developed for weeks now and the taste it imparts to bread is getting better and better.

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

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                                        • GilesG
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                                          This thread makes me smile so much….

                                          "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:

                                            Agree, and there is a school of thought that suggests letting the loaf "explode" naturally is better…..

                                            And they look much better too… imho... but my f....... breads don’t „explode“ naturally 🤷🏼

                                            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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