Comments | mightywombat: Cooking geeks, behold!

mightywombat

Cooking geeks, behold!

Feb 10, 2010 21:52

So, this weekend I decided that I wanted to try my hand at a home-baked loaf of bread. We got some flour and yeast and, already having the other two ingredients on hand - water and salt - forged ahead with my plan. Many thanks to my friend Dave who, as a professional cook, had some sage advice about making bread. He gave me a really simple recipe ( Read more... )

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onceupon February 11 2010, 03:19:01 UTC

Just say NO DAMN WAY to raisins.

mightywombat February 11 2010, 04:15:22 UTC

Seriously? The first thing I thought when I saw it had raisins in it was, "Eh, we can leave those out..."

This is SO INTERESTING. onceupon is actually allergic to soy, and possibly some of the other ingredients, but maybe I can cut this recipe in half and try it out. She's not *deathly* allergic to these things...

Most of all, I just love the smell of bread as it rises, even before you bake it. Bread dough is one of my favorite things... Mmmm... yeasty!

morlith February 11 2010, 14:56:08 UTC

If you're making whole wheat bread, make sure you look into oatmeal bread too! We make our own bread all the time! =D

Another thing you can do is make herb bread (especially with that basil around! YUM!) if you're interested.

Having a box full of dirt in a house full of cats presents an unexpected challenge. There is now dirt all over the floor and a severely chastised cat under the table in the living room

Oh, dear. Our cats love plastic shopping bags and cardboard. *sighs*

mightywombat February 12 2010, 20:10:43 UTC

I am definitely planning on progressing to adding grains and other stuff to the loaves eventually, but right now I'm working on "perfecting" my technique. Once I've got the basics down I'll start trying to get fancy.

shilea February 12 2010, 20:12:30 UTC

Did you try the no-knead recipe? That was my first try and I really liked it. And YAY for TFLoaf.

mightywombat February 12 2010, 20:33:43 UTC

But I *like* to knead bread! Why would I make a no-knead bread?

monkeyman March 1 2010, 16:29:03 UTC

*waves* Hey, this is Deej ... we met at Christi's place the other night (and of course, you guys gave me a ride home). Hope you don't mind my cyber-stalking. ;)

mightywombat March 1 2010, 17:05:07 UTC

Of course you're welcome to stalk! Stalk away. I may return the favor even.