[TheForge] Re: Fw: Artwork

[Jerry Frost]

From: "Mike" <mspencer at tallships.ca>


>
>
> Peggy uses one of those old mixers -- a galvanized 
> pail sort of thing
> with a hook-and-crank that clamps onto the top. And 
> her bread is
> great.  Maybe the wood stove baking offsets the 
> deleterious effect of
> all that late 19th c. high tech. :-)
>

Hand cranked still allows you to feel the dough. That's 
the important part, if it isn't right it doesn't feel 
right and you can feel what it needs to be right. Hand 
kneeding is one of the joys of baking bread. It also 
brings back good memories, I remember when I graduated 
from punching it down to kneeding. My mother and 
grandmother baked batches of 11-13 loaves at a time. 
They timed it so it got out of the oven after dinner or 
we'd just eat bread. Mmmmmmm.

>> I started baking bread again and both Deb and I are 
>> hoping we don't
>> baloon out as a result.
>
> Just skip those recipes that say "Take a cup of 
> butter...". :-)
>
>
> - Mike
>
Skip the butter? Good gravy, one of the best things 
about home made bread is you can soak the toast through 
with butter and it's still crunchy. I usually replace 
the shortning with butter and butter the loaves before 
and after baking.

Skip the butter indeed.

Frosty
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