Adventures in Bread Making
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caribou_genIn my search for new, odd adventures, I've decided to try to learn more about baking bread. I've enlisted the help of a couple of different resources:
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buhrger - it was a wee while ago that I moseyed over to his house to assist him. What I mostly remember is "Holy mother of hugeness, Batman! That's a giant mixing bowl and that's a whole lotta dough."
The Tassajara Bread Book - I've made the basic yeasted whole wheat bread recipe so far. It involves a whole lotta waiting and kneading and punching and more waiting. The loaf turned out lovely and dense, but I was blown away by how long it took to make a couple of loaves. No wonderbuhrger makes such vast quantities at a time!
Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day - I first heard about this on CBC - bread that involves no kneading, very little time commitment, and can survive in your fridge for up to two weeks. Sounds pretty intriguing so I picked it up and, tonight, I've made the dough and hopefully tomorrow I'll get a chance to bake it up for dinner.
I think I may need to eventually start doing doing drive-by bread drops if this continues. There is only so much bread I can eat on my own!
buhrger - it was a wee while ago that I moseyed over to his house to assist him. What I mostly remember is "Holy mother of hugeness, Batman! That's a giant mixing bowl and that's a whole lotta dough."The Tassajara Bread Book - I've made the basic yeasted whole wheat bread recipe so far. It involves a whole lotta waiting and kneading and punching and more waiting. The loaf turned out lovely and dense, but I was blown away by how long it took to make a couple of loaves. No wonder
buhrger makes such vast quantities at a time!Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day - I first heard about this on CBC - bread that involves no kneading, very little time commitment, and can survive in your fridge for up to two weeks. Sounds pretty intriguing so I picked it up and, tonight, I've made the dough and hopefully tomorrow I'll get a chance to bake it up for dinner.
I think I may need to eventually start doing doing drive-by bread drops if this continues. There is only so much bread I can eat on my own!
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on 2008-09-09 01:45 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2008-09-09 03:33 pm (UTC)Oh, have butter on hand...
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on 2008-09-09 03:34 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2008-09-09 03:33 pm (UTC)Oh, have butter on hand...
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on 2008-09-09 10:22 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2008-09-09 07:05 pm (UTC)heck, i only make a half recipe. that's three loaves of bread or 48 buns, or some diophantine-linear combination of the two. mom used to always make a full recipe.
There is only so much bread I can eat on my own!
not that i'd object to drive-by breading, but do you have a deep freeze?
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on 2008-09-09 10:23 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2008-09-09 10:25 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2008-09-09 10:32 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2008-09-09 10:37 pm (UTC)[waits patiently for an invitation]
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on 2008-09-09 09:48 pm (UTC)Let me know if you'd like the recipe.
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on 2008-09-09 10:25 pm (UTC)how would it be with maple butter?
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on 2008-09-09 10:33 pm (UTC)