tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3896642794207631523.post1385705589446919713..comments2024-03-25T09:57:45.669+00:00Comments on A SLICE OF CAKE: AUTOMATIC GRANARY LOAFJeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09726164724131916224noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3896642794207631523.post-56098337820928406112013-10-29T11:59:35.998+00:002013-10-29T11:59:35.998+00:00That looks like authentic French bread, Jean, so w...That looks like authentic French bread, Jean, so well done to Nick. I love the thought of an automatic bread programme for the oven. Unfortunately my French oven is far too basic for such refinements. :-( Here I'm afraid I use my bread-maker.Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3896642794207631523.post-14489018887512085972013-10-29T08:57:55.223+00:002013-10-29T08:57:55.223+00:00Gaynor, when I was at university, there was a gene...Gaynor, when I was at university, there was a general view that knowing where to look something up was better than remembering it wrong. <br />When I was working, I always felt it better and safer to say to people "I don't know the answer to that, I'll find out and let you know", rather than try to appear that I knew everything.<br />Of course nowadays, the internet has made the answer to everything fairly instant, but you still have to know where to look for reliable information, there's more rubbish out there than ever got into a text book.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726164724131916224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3896642794207631523.post-34514973713809809782013-10-29T08:52:39.546+00:002013-10-29T08:52:39.546+00:00Tim, I will point Nick in the direction of your ti...Tim, I will point Nick in the direction of your tip for beer and walnut oil ....... they sound delicious.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726164724131916224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3896642794207631523.post-59711155608942187402013-10-29T00:11:59.862+00:002013-10-29T00:11:59.862+00:00And then remember that you didn't turn off the...And then remember that you didn't turn off the big oven when you swopped ovens!!<br />Every time!!!Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3896642794207631523.post-84691511784086062612013-10-29T00:09:46.354+00:002013-10-29T00:09:46.354+00:00Therapy it is...
even when using the breadmaker t...Therapy it is... <br />even when using the breadmaker to do the first bit with the dough. [Yes, <i>I cheat!!</i>]...<br />then it is knock it back by hand and put it in the bread tin.<br />Leave to rise in the big oven at 30 Centipedes for around an hour...<br />when it looks right, on with the oven part of the micro-combi at 240C.... <br />when up to temp, swop the loaf from one oven to the other... <br />close door and immediately cancel the 240 and reset to 200... <br />set for 50mins and remove from tin after 45 so that the bottom has time to crisp.<br />Very similar to your settings...<br />and I no longer use butter...<br />Vigean's "Frooty & Knuts"... 50ml and reduce water or beer by 20ml [in fact a 250ml bottle of beer works just fine!]<br />[Or for a luxury... 50ml of straight walnut oil... especially in grainy loaves!]Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3896642794207631523.post-44626151698715114012013-10-28T07:41:48.215+00:002013-10-28T07:41:48.215+00:00Gaynor, he doesn't really have the time, it...Gaynor, he doesn't really have the time, it's more like therapy !!Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726164724131916224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3896642794207631523.post-58676744055404449572013-10-28T07:26:18.529+00:002013-10-28T07:26:18.529+00:00What a beautiful looking loaf, there's nothing...What a beautiful looking loaf, there's nothing better than bread that you made yourself.Paulahttp://paulashomemadelife.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3896642794207631523.post-3046061039994103222013-10-28T06:25:44.291+00:002013-10-28T06:25:44.291+00:00Wasn't it Einstein who said something like &qu...Wasn't it Einstein who said something like "never commit to memory anything that you can look up"?<br />Bread making is a promise to my retired self. Shame on me if Nick can find the time to do it!GaynorBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12971753467966206018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3896642794207631523.post-88800580012878551082013-10-27T20:04:56.118+00:002013-10-27T20:04:56.118+00:00I never bother to remember recipes either. That...I never bother to remember recipes either. That's what recipe books are for.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06472449597146519943noreply@blogger.com