27.9.09
7.9.09
Bread Reckoning
I'm doing way more baking than blogging. Last night I took a leviathan challah out of the oven. It is delicious and I learned a lot about manipulating dough for braiding--my hair-braiding skills are excessively sub-par, so I was worried; I am better with dough.
But it's one of the most successful breads I've baked so far, along with the bagels, focaccia, pizza dough (I've lost track of how many pizza doughs I've made), and white sandwich bread. There were two Vienna loaves that came out really well a few weeks ago. We haven't bought bread in aeons. There is always a bag of portioned doughs in the freezer ready to become pizza. Bruce gets to listen to me shout excitedly about gelatinization and oven spring. Really, good stuff all around for all!
My baguettes need work and most of my whole-wheat attempts come out very heavy (sorry Dana!), but this is not uncommon.
What this all comes down to is adding Bread Snob to my list of Food Snobberies. It joins Coffee Snob, Salt Snob, Cheese Snob, and Beer Snob, among others.
What Snobberies do you harbor?
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