bulk yeast storage?
i have 50lbs of instant yeast and need some ideas on how to store it. i keep a bucket in the cooler for current use but there is no room for the rest. thought i might place in gal. bags and shrink-wrap. i should be able to keep these on a 'cool dry' shelf almost indefinitly?
b
Percentage of ripe levain used in building a levain for a formula
When I made Dan DiMuzio's Baguettes with Liquid Levain, I was puzzled by his formula for building the liquid levain.
100 g bread flour
100 g water
66 g ripe levain
This formulation yields 200 g ripe levain plus an additional 66 g of levain leftover to build the ripe levain for the next batch.
What puzzled me was why Dan chose 66 g so I asked what was so magical about that number. Dan's reply was most interesting so I asked him if he would mind making the response on a post that we all could read.
Dave's Killer Bread
We hit the farmer's market for the first time this year and seeing Dave's Killer Bread booth made me think that although there's been threads about the great bakeries we have in Portland, no one's ever mentioned Dave's. Here's a guy who had hit rock bottom and made a remarkable recovery. It's nice to hear a positive story for a change.
His breads are KILLER, really good. They are available in many local grocery stores. Here's his story..
http://www.daveskillerbread.com/story.shtml
Betty
Greetings ^^ FROM VIRGINIA
Hello Everyone!
I just joined this place like 5 minutes ago..
I was looking around in google about bakery, because I'm so interested in Bread
Well..not just bread but pasteries and cake decorations and all THE WHOLE THING
but the problem is ?? I don't know ANYTHING and trust me when i say Anything <<
I've baked a bread like twice and tested stuff out, but half came out awesome and half was just plain nothing..
Gluten and protein contents
I'm using Progressive Baker bread flour by Horizon Milling. I bought it in a 50# bag, and there is no information on the bag about protein or gluten content, except the list of nutritional info for 1 cup of flour. It says one cup has 12 g of protein. How do I figure it all out.
I can get King Arthur Special - Unenriched bread flour from this same source. Would that be a better over all choice? I also have whole wheat and rye flours (50# each), so I don't want but one kind of other bulk flour. The space thing is killing me. Thanks for your advice.
Syb
Difference in stretch and fold intervals
I've seen several of you experienced bakers include in the details of your baking a statement that you autolysed and then did a stretch and fold three or four times at twenty minute intervals. Researching a few sourdough bread formulas, I read to wait forty-five minutes between the stretch and folds. Please explain. Thanks.
Syb
Hi from North Georgia
I've been popping in and out for quite a while now, asking for and receiving the best information available anywhere. Thought it was about time I introduced myself and explain why I have developed such an obsession with baking.