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Breaking Bread on a Sunday Afternoon

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TRex
TRex Posts: 2,714
edited November -1 in EggHead Forum
Haven't done bread in a while, so mixed some dough up last night and set it up for a 20 hour rise. Baked it tonight - had it for dinner with some red wine - a little personal communion, if you will - I thought it was appropriate.

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I have to wonder if the disciples had something this good in mind when Jesus said, "I am the bread of life."

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Happy sabbath.

TRex
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  • Richard Fl
    Richard Fl Posts: 8,297
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    You visiting someone? Thought the condo/apt folks killed the egg at you place, or did you move? Or do we not discuss it?
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  • FlaPoolman
    FlaPoolman Posts: 11,677
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    Thats some good lookin bread. I can't turn water into wine but I'll trade you some fish. :) .
    Pat
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  • tn slagamater
    tn slagamater Posts: 623
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    Beautiful Bread..... Sourdough, perhaps ? Looks great. Your Egg tools are great.
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  • tn slagamater
    tn slagamater Posts: 623
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    Beautiful Bread..... Sourdough, perhaps ? Looks great. Your Egg tools are great.
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  • tn slagamater
    tn slagamater Posts: 623
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    Beautiful Bread..... Sourdough, perhaps ? Looks great. Your Egg tools are great.
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  • Mike in Abita
    Mike in Abita Posts: 3,302
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    Good lookin cook. You put the perfect thing on it too.

    I know I would regret it but I think I could eat the whole thing in one sitting. :woohoo:
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  • egret
    egret Posts: 4,170
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    Nice post, Jason. Bread and wine on this special day is most appropriate.
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  • usc1321
    usc1321 Posts: 627
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    Very nice looking bread! would have gone nicely with the chili last night. Thanks for sharing :);)
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  • BENTE
    BENTE Posts: 8,337
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    that looks AWESOME!!!!!!!!

    so i have to ask::::: When is the Bread page going to show up on House Of Faulkner?????


    reason i ask is you have been experimenting with it and i know you have some secrets you are not sharing with the group...... and that does not bode well with the whole "CULT" thing.... soooo share with the masses (hope that is not in bad taste with the whole "thing" with cults in the news if so :pinch: )

    happy eggin

    TB

    Anderson S.C.

    "Life is too short to be diplomatic. A man's friends shouldn't mind what he does or says- and those who are not his friends, well, the hell with them. They don't count."

    Tyrus Raymond Cobb

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  • Scotty's Inferno
    Scotty's Inferno Posts: 624
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    Slagman, I don't know if you saw my post on the other forum. Nice to see you around again, Scott
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  • Beli
    Beli Posts: 10,751
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    God blex....TRex...... since we seem to be on a religious post.....:silly: ....nice idea, what wine did you have with it??......No cheese????? no ham???????.........
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  • TRex
    TRex Posts: 2,714
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    Hey Richard - no, still in the same apt. Just cooked this bread in the oven - had to improvise and adapt, as one of our fellow posters says.

    Cheers,

    Jason
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  • TRex
    TRex Posts: 2,714
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    I'll gladly accept your fish and bring the wine!

    cheers,

    jason
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  • TRex
    TRex Posts: 2,714
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    Well, yes and no. This is the simple no-knead bread recipe, using 100% white bread flour - but I do two long rises for a total of at least 20 hours of rise, which does add a sourdough flavor to the bread, albeit not as strong as if you had used a sourdough starter.

    Cheers,

    Jason
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  • TRex
    TRex Posts: 2,714
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    You would regret it, Mike. I've eaten I think 5 slices once - I think the second time I cooked this bread - and I felt more than a bit uncomfortable. I usually eat a few slices then take it to work to share - goes bad quickly anyway.

    Cheers,

    Jason
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  • TRex
    TRex Posts: 2,714
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    Cheers, my friend. Indeed.

    jason
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  • TRex
    TRex Posts: 2,714
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    You mean like this?

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    :woohoo: :ermm:

    Goes well with chili indeed, my friend!

    Cheers,

    jason
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  • TRex
    TRex Posts: 2,714
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    It's there, buddy, two pages worth:

    http://www.houseoffaulkner.com/noknead.html

    I made some slight adjustments to the original recipe, but only very slight. It just works so well as is. I have of course experimented with different percentages of whole wheat flour and enjoyed those results too, but not perfected them - the best advice I can give is to use the 1.5 cups of water as a guideline, not a hard measurement. I always start with about 1.25 cups and then just keep adding water until the dough just pulls away from the sides of the mixing bowl into a nice ball. Any more water than that and the dough will be too wet, any less and too dry. This of course affects your ability to form it after the last rise as well as the cooking time, the latter of which is extremely sensitive to water content, I have found. Also, these days, when I bake the bread using the two loaf pans I usually go 35-40 minutes covered followed by 20 minutes uncovered, which gives a total baking time of 5-10 minutes longer than the original recipe calls for, but that's because the surface to volume ratio of the loaf is smaller when using the loaf pans than when using a dutch oven.

    So, that's all I know. More to come on the whole wheat varieties - I haven't been completely pleased yet - may try an extra ingredient and see if it improves the rising . . . stay tuned . . .

    Cheers,

    jason
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  • TRex
    TRex Posts: 2,714
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    No cheese or ham, my friend. Just warm bread, country-style real butter, and cheap wine (2 buck chuck from Trader Joe's). Simplicity can be so satisfying.

    Cheers!

    jason
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  • BENTE
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    thanks i guess i need to look around your site before i go and speak LMAO ;)

    happy eggin

    TB

    Anderson S.C.

    "Life is too short to be diplomatic. A man's friends shouldn't mind what he does or says- and those who are not his friends, well, the hell with them. They don't count."

    Tyrus Raymond Cobb

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  • Broc
    Broc Posts: 1,398
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    Must have been inspired by either the Pope's visit, or the Dalai Lama lecturing in Michigan... Oh ,yeah! Don't forget Passover! Lotta bases covered today!

    As for the bread and wine stuff... goes back thousands of years to the Ancient Egyptians... [although the AEs really preferred beer!]... the Babylonians talked about it, also.

    But -- what can I say -- great minds, and all that... We did no-knead at our house too, to go along with the NY strips...

    Ciao!

    ~ B
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  • usc1321
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    Touche' my friend. It does look great with the chili!! I'll will have to make some soon and post to make you proud B)
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