Any Home Bakers Here?

[ronott1]

I kept part of the sponge I had from baking the last loaf a few days ago. I fed it some flour and sugar and kept it in the fridge. Today I used some of that sponge, took kickstart a loaf of whole wheat bread. It turned out to be a decent loaf.
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Nice bread!

 

[ronott1]

If you do enough digging, you can find information that claims everything is bad for you. Moderation is the key in everything.

Yesterday I found someone that claims that eating eggs will cause diabetes. I have found claims that diabetics should avoid caffeine and claims that caffeine is good for diabetics.

A lot of the claims are based on whatever snake oil is being sold LOL!

Even some of the science was biased, eg the sugar and oil studies from the 60s and the margarine vs butter in the 40s

 

[Sequel]

A lot of the claims are based on whatever snake oil is being sold LOL!

Even some of the science was biased, eg the sugar and oil studies from the 60s and the margarine vs butter in the 40s

I guess it depends on who is financing the project.

 

[N F C]

Planted a Amish paste tomato seed that got here yesterday afternoon ..
Have a leftover of miracle grow potting soil for last year ... so 6 seeds planted and watered

Hope they do well for you Penny!

 

[N F C]

View attachment 2095941Moving can be a lot of work!

That car is going to need new shocks!

 

[blackandtan]

Baked again this weekend; hoarders had bought out baking yeast from every store I tried a few weeks ago, only one had a few little jars of pizza yeast left so I thought why not.
The results:
It mixed well and smelled good as it was rising; I noticed the the dough was a little stiffer this time around but that might have been something I did? Anyway, I usually lose some height between the second rise and baking but not this time! I have two nice loaves, texture seems good and the inside is very soft and stretchy, probably my best batch so far and while I’d like to chalk that up to the bakers skills lol, maybe it’s the yeast!
Long story short, pizza yeast works

 

[ronott1]

I guess it depends on who is financing the project.

That was one of the things were were told to check to determine the validity of a study when I was working on my degree. I do not think many news story authors check into that

 

[ronott1]

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Baked again this weekend; hoarders had bought out baking yeast from every store I tried a few weeks ago, only one had a few little jars of pizza yeast left so I thought why not.
The results:
It mixed well and smelled good as it was rising; I noticed the the dough was a little stiffer this time around but that might have been something I did? Anyway, I usually lose some height between the second rise and baking but not this time! I have two nice loaves, texture seems good and the inside is very soft and stretchy, probably my best batch so far and while I’d like to chalk that up to the bakers skills lol, maybe it’s the yeast!
Long story short, pizza yeast works

Yes! nice bread!

Flour has varying amounts of moisture in it. The amount of flour is always a range in bread baking. You will learn by feel how much to use. If a recipe calls for three cups or flour, start with two cups and add flour half a cup at a time and then a quarter cup at a time until you get to the stiffness you know will make good bread. And then knead until you get the window effect when stretching the dough

 

[N F C]

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Baked again this weekend; hoarders had bought out baking yeast from every store I tried a few weeks ago, only one had a few little jars of pizza yeast left so I thought why not.
The results:
It mixed well and smelled good as it was rising; I noticed the the dough was a little stiffer this time around but that might have been something I did? Anyway, I usually lose some height between the second rise and baking but not this time! I have two nice loaves, texture seems good and the inside is very soft and stretchy, probably my best batch so far and while I’d like to chalk that up to the bakers skills lol, maybe it’s the yeast!
Long story short, pizza yeast works

Nice looking bread!

 

[blackandtan]

Nice looking bread!

Thanks!