Well I've been on TFL for a while, posting a few comments, asking questions, answering the very few I might know something about, but mostly I've just been enjoying all the pictures of great bread craftsmanship. So I thought it was time I learned to post images myself.... just in case I feel something fantastic pops out of the oven.

I'm posting these loaves just because they were handy/recent. They came out very tasty. I usually make a multi-grain dough, always keeping a starter/biga in the fridge. The mix is about 1/3 Bread flour, the other 2/3 is  whole wheat, Barley and Rye. I only use general measurements till the dough looks good to me.

The only ingredients other than water are a bit of honey, some salt and yeast.

 I'm a longtime baker but  one interesting factor I recently changed was lowering the temp in my oven from 495 degs  down to 425. I feel that the higher temp makes a very hard crust very quickly and somehow impinges some of my oven spring.  Whatever the reason, the crust on these loaves was crunchy enough but not rock hard and extra tasty.

Well the image posting process seems okay, not difficult. Let me know if this doesn't look right or if something could be better.

Thanks for all the helpful information and learning opportunities. 

Maurdel

I am mostly a lurker, and have no wish to offend the posters who so generously share their experiences and amazing knowledge of all things bread! I am truly grateful to you all for your contributions! I really love receiving a daily email that tells me about new posts, and many of these have a great description about their content in the title... however sometimes it is frustrating that some have such vague subjects. Some recent examples: "have you seen this"  "coming out of hiding" "cozy and comforted" "even in France"

I hesitated to write this, however I hope that it will just serve as a reminder and not seem a scolding, which I have no right to do! Mainly I just don't want to miss anything, but my computer is slow, and it is time consuming to click through to every link just to see what it's about, if not evident from the title...

Many thanks for considering this request!