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November 23, 2011 - 4:33pm

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An evaluation of bread braiding videos

Bread braiding videos

Due to my interest in learning how to braid bread dough I examined a series of videos on
the subject and the following is my evaluation of them.

Caveats

Although sometimes it is easier to understand a sequence of stills this comment focuses
only on videos and on the braiding of the dough, not on its intrinsic quality.

Title	URL	Availability for downloading	Quality of video	Ease of understanding the information presented
Braid a six-strand (flat) ……	http://www.ehow.com/video_2341036_braid-six_strand-challah-bread-loaf.html	Yes	Pro	Good
Braiding a Six Strand …..	http://chaitimeblog.wordpress.com/2006/09/03/video-braiding-a-six-strand-challah/	Yes	Amateur	Good
Challah Braiding (Pt 2)	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rp1CVy6BROQ	Yes	Amateur	Good
Challah bread	http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to-make-challah-286444/view/	No	Pro	Good
Plating challah or bread in six….	http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to-plait-six-strand-challah-177474/	Yes	Amateur	Not good
Challah with Ciril Hitz	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUZEz4elX8E	Yes	Pro	Good
Dough shaping techique	http://thebakersguide.com/how-to-braid-a-4-strand-challah-bread	Yes	Pro	Good
Braiding challah.Maggie Glezer	http://www.finecooking.com/videos/braiding-challah.aspx	No	Pro	Good
How to make braided bread	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peBLtCEOlA0	Yes	Pro	Not good
Margaret’s four strand….	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8K6SHj43lY&feature=related	Yes	Amateur	Good