We’re back from our trip to the Kona Coast on the Big Island of Hawai’i. Since we spent a lot of time in the ocean, and another large part out enjoying the sights and flavors of the islands, there were not a lot of occasions for baking. Plus, though our friends’ house where we stayed has a well-equipped kitchen, it isn’t well equipped for baking.
Well, I quite failed to get around to blogging last weeks' ciabatta attempt, and now here it's Saturday and I have another bake to describe.
Hello,
I wanted to try making this bread for Mother’s Day.
I upgraded the WYSIWYG editor on the site today. It now has a spellchecker (yay!) and should work on newer versions of IE. I think.
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Thanks!
-Floyd
For the one or two of you following my continuing work with triticale, the Great Triticale Crisis of 2011 had me down to my very last bag of tribble food which finally I decided to mill.
I was researching deck ovens at Empire Bakery Equipment, but I found some DIRT CHEAP plastic proofing baskets. Yeah, they're not reed baskets, but they'll due. I thought I would pass it along! :o)
Many have made similar breads, notably:
http://noelsbread.wordpress.com/2010/02/24/blueberry-hazelnut-bread/
http://www.farine-mc.com/2009/06/apple-blueberry-bread-with-spelt.html
Bialy (from Wikipedia): Bialy, a Yiddish word short for bialystoker kuchen, from Bialystok, a city in Poland, is a small roll that is a traditional dish in Polish Ashkenazi cuisine. A traditional bialy has a diameter of up to 15 cm (6 inches) and is a chewy yeast roll similar to a bagel. Unlike a bagel, which is boiled before baking, a bialy is simply baked, and instead of a hole in the middle it has a depression.
Yeast Water & Other Wee Beastie Bubbles (No Math)
There is a Chinese proverb, of which, I am very fond:
The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names.
a Highly Active Culture of Apple Yeast Water
After having delicious lobster rolls with New England style buns at RM seafood in Las Vegas, I became obsessed with soft, toasty rolls with just the right amount of crunch. I decided to buy a New England hot dog bun pan (of course, the buns can be made with an ordinary sheet pan, but I just felt like purchasing a unique piece of equipment).
