The Fresh Loaf

A Community of Amateur Bakers and Artisan Bread Enthusiasts.

Hello from NZ

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NZBaked

Hello from NZ

Hi TFL,

I am a professional bread baker from NZ. I thought it was probably about time I started contributing to the baking community so have signed up to the forums.

Looking forward to posting some material.

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leslieruf

look forward to your posts

Leslie

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kendalm

Welcome there's quite a few here already !

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TinkMan

Good to see another (almost) countryman here. Look forward to your posts - especially decent flours in our neck of the woods. Lincoln 

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NZBaked

Our flours sure are strong, infact too strong- we have had to remove wheat cultivars from our grist because it is too strong. Even with this, the last load we got from the mill was @13% protein.

It is strange to think that in the 70's our flour was considered too weak and unsuitable for bread. Goes to show what the selective breading program has achieved.

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kendalm

Having moved to USA as a teen one thing my whole family noticed immediately was that bread had not flavor here and tasted of anything sugary - I've only been back to oz twice in 30 years but mother goes often and every time I ask her to brig back flour. It may be strong bit tastes great - we used to go to a wheat farm in WA as when I was really you - the absolute middle of nowhere - great times but our family friends who owned that farm also remarked that australian flour has to endure harsh conditions to survive so maybe that's the reason ?

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NZBaked

Our flours sure are strong, infact too strong- we have had to remove wheat cultivars from our grist because it is too strong. Even with this, the last load we got from the mill was @13% protein.

It is strange to think that in the 70's our flour was considered too weak and unsuitable for bread. Goes to show what the selective breading program has achieved.

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pmccool

Looking forward to hear more from you. 

Paul

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Ford

Welcome to the Fresh Loaf.  We look forward to your posts, questions, and answers..  Floyd Mann is our host

Ford