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KAW: First bread baking
I made Overnight White Bread from Ken Forkish's Flour Water Salt Yeast. I think I did pretty darn well for someone who has only baked a couple loaves before (with very poor results). I'm going to credit my new kitchen. :) It's very crunchy on the outside, and hole-y and soft and chewy on the inside. Good flavor too!
I did burn the first one a bit. I didn't think to use convection, and I know you have to adjust the temp with convection so I've not done it for the second loaf either. (Recipe makes two). If anyone has any tips, I'm happy to hear.
I did spin the pan half way through for the second loaf though. It's still in the oven. Here's a couple pics and a link to the slideshow below.
Yesterday evening:
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Here is a link that might be useful: Full slideshow
Very beautiful loaf!
I have yet to try the "no knead" type breads.
I'm a classic style girl. (Tight crumb)
His keys are time and temp. There's a Saturday White, assuming people work M-F and might have time to bake on Sat. But then he also explains how to adjust the timing to do it during the work week. He suggests starting with that one or another, but this is kind of the next in line. It ferments longer, so more complexity. Even without butter, there's almost a buttery taste to it, but I think it's more to do with the consistency that I expect this texture bread to be buttery or be eaten with butter, so my mind tricks me (does that make sense?). I was most impressed.
I told MIL they could have the second loaf, but since they went on a day trip, I wouldn't be surprised if DH eats it all before they get any.
All the recipes make two loaves. Some he says you can take the second half and make pizza or focaccia. This one, he said you can make (what I take to be) a pan pizza, which isn't our fave.
So now I'm making pizza dough. :)
As long as you don't mind getting your hands dirty, and CEF, I know you don't, this stuff is easy. The toughest part is being a slave to the timer.
Looks great! I've been baking bread pretty much since my nose cleared my mothers countertop. It's an incredibly satisfying task. Yours looks great. I do have a hint or two for you but take or leave as you wish, you're already getting a good loaf.
You shouldn't need convection for this type of bread. You do need a good hot oven. They way these loaves work is you're creating an oven within an oven. You need a good cast iron pan and it looks like that is what you've got there. However the pan has a glass lid. You'll get better results with a cast iron lid. Glass is not going to hold and throw heat the way cast iron would.
I haven't read your recipe but get the oven nice and hot and put your pan (with lid) into the hot oven for at least thirty minutes before you add the dough to the pan. It's not a bad idea to put the pan in the cold oven, just be sure to leave it in there for the full thirty minutes after it comes up to heat.
Good luck, you may regret this foray though. Once you begin baking bread it is very hard to eat the store bought stuff!
Thanks for the tips Christine. The recipes in the book are designed to be baked in a 4qt, I happen to have a 5 qt (this one) 6 qt (cast iron w/cast iron lid) and 7.25 qt (Le Creuset. I hate to buy another one, but I think I'll buy a 4qt. Then I can bake two at once, one taller, one wider. Since the recipes all make two loaves (for the 4 qt, 5 just doesn't get as tall) I thought about trying more of the dough in the 6qt. I may try that before I buy a 4qt.
The BS takes quite a while to heat. The recipe called for an hour/hour and a quarter to proof. I put the dutch oven in pretty much when I turned the oven on after I set the bread to proof.
I read some things today online where people cut parchment for the bottom. Do you?
I did really enjoy it. I've made dough for pizza. DH is heating up the Big Green Egg. We may have pizza at midnight. I liked making the pizza dough because I liked dividing it and rolling more balls. :)
The pizza dough is the Same Day Pizza Dough recipe.
I use a 4qt. recipe and double it sometimes. I bake that in my 7.25 oval Crueset, that comes out great. I also do small rolls in the big Crueset. When you double you can make one large oval loaf or form two round balls. They'll press together into one as they cook but they'll have a seam so you can separate them and wrap and freeze one while you eat the other.
Pizza was good. I probably would have liked it better in the oven or on the gas grill. The first one we did was Margarita and it was pretty smokey. The mozzarella was really wet and it was pretty soggy, but very tasty.
We were using recipes and techniques from two different books.The Forkish bread book, where I got the dough recipe said don't use cornmeal on the peel, etc. Just use the same flour as you used in the dough. I probably didn't put enough because it was sticky. The Mozza book, I think that's what he was looking at, suggested cornmeal. We used it on the second, pepperoni pizza and it was better. And we both liked what it added too.
DH said he wasn't thrilled with the dough on the first pizza, but he liked it better with the second. It's a simple recipe. The dough recipe in the Mozza book is a LOT more complex. He said he want's to try that next time. I may let him make that one. :)
Easiest pizza dough recipe. Can be made and used in 20-30 minutes or let to a slow rise in the fridge over night or a few hours. I usually make two bowls at the same time before I start frying the sausage, making the sauce and grate the cheese. It rises under a towel for an hour or so while I get the other stuff done.
1c warm water
Fork full of honey or 1/2 T sugar
2 1/4t yeast
Mix with the fork and let set a few minutes till foamy.
Pour in about 3 T of Olive Oil and one teaspoon of salt. Mix with the fork well.
Stir in 3 c flour. Finish with hands to get a smooth dough. Not to much kneading needed.
Works as a thin crust, thick, "pie", calzone, bread sticks. Grilled or baked.
425 for thick and pie, 450 for thin.
Mine was from the book. There are lots of similar (and different) recipes at the link below.
The bread I made was overnight, so there was VERY little yeast, it was the time that made it grow. There was a little more water too (to feed it, I'd say).
The pizza recipe was same day. So you bloom the yeast, it takes more yeast and less water.
The bucket method is similar to the one in the No Knead Crusty White. The dutch oven cooking is similar to the Absolutely No Kneed Crusty Chewy Bread.
There are a lots here I want to try.
Here is a link that might be useful: KA Flour No-Knead
See Terri, that's why I like the book...it's VERY specific. I don't know what warm water is. :) I do know what 90-95ÃÂ water is.
And I'm always confused re: different yeasts.
I've got a few packets of Fleischmann's Active Dry Yeast that I picked up before we got (or maybe before I read) the book. Then in the book he mentions Saf Instant Yeast (or maybe he didn't mention the brand and a friend did). Anyway, I got that and have used that so far.
What yeast do you use?
I do keep the temperature the same when I'm doing a large loaf, I just add five-ten minutes to the covered cooking time. When I'm doing rolls I cut the covered cooking time by about five minutes. The uncovered time doesn't vary, they all seem to brown up nicely in about 15 minutes. I'd keep an eye out the first few times though as ovens vary.
Red Star Active Dry from Costco in the 2lb package. One package last me about a year.
Being that you are a math girl, I understand your need for specifics. I'm a "feel" and "eyeball" girl.
I've also been baking many years.
I am glad to read you are baking bread though. There is just something so satisfying to doing it.
I use semolina on the pizza peel. It has a higher burn point than corn meal so it stands up to pizza oven temp better.
Your bread looks gorgeous cal quail!
Looks like the recipe is after Jim Lahey's Sullivan St. Bread baked in the Le Creuset published in the NYT in 2006. That was much discussed here on a few past threads.
I've been baking bread for a scary long time and have done everything from cheese to sourdough. To me, these the no-knead is the easiest and best because it teaches pretty much what you need to know about how bread dough works.
Would be interesting to compare the recipes. I'm linking the NYT video and recipe below.
If anyone wants a nice pizza dough, let me know. I do mine in the Cuisinart and then throw it into a plastic bag. It gets an overnight rise in the fridge and can left 2 nights until you're ready to bake. It also made good ciabatta.
Here is a link that might be useful: NYT Sullivan St bakery bread
This is a step up from the Lahey ny times article (that was seminal at the time). Lahey really gave me the confidence for this type of bread but Forkish has given me a full picture of the technique and I love his accuracy. Forkish's is a book that I have really learned from - not just a bunch of recipes like a lot of cookbooks. I love this book! Can't wait until my kitchen is done and I can continue my bread making journey!
Here's someone doing the bread I did.
Here is a link that might be useful: someone baking bread on their blog


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Roy Halladay completed a moderately fair rehab effort with the Phillies' Class A club on Tuesday night and did so with no ill effects. However, the biggest story out of Lakewood, NJ may have been that the ace right-hander seemed to declare that the recent switch at the managerial position for the big league team was long overdue.
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December 3, 2013
"This is a game of emotion and violence. Even if you don't fully understand, enjoy watching these warriors on the field." — Announcer Fabio Dos Santos.
Uberlandia, Minas Gerais, BRAZIL — A warm summer Saturday in Brazil. The field is freshly lined. Fans of both teams take their places, wearing the shirts of their favorite teams. the players stretch and prepare for the match ahead. As anticipation builds to a fever pitch, the game begins.
The kickoff …
… is returned to the 25-yard line before the returner is tackled.
This is not your pai's football.
To say Brazil is a soccer-crazed nation is as much an understatement as saying they enjoy dancing. "Who is your team?" is a required question when meeting someone (My Brazilian team is Cruzeiro. Which is my father-in-law's team. Which meant it was an easy choice). The game is religion and a big part of Brazilian society.
Yet on a Saturday evening, here were a bunch of Brazilians aged from 18 to 45, putting on shoulder pads and helmets and preparing to grind it out for 40 minutes. It is, to say the least, a surreal vision.
The game featured the Uberlandia Lobos against the Lusa Rhynos, two of the more than 20 organized American football teams throughout Brazil playing in the "Touchdown Tournament," the semi-official "commission" of American Football. Jeovanir Silva, the President of the Lobos, as well as an offensive lineman, has been the main cog in bringing American football to this city of 600,000 residents.
"We are pioneers of the game here in Brazil," said Silva. "It is our job to promote an teach the game."
But while Silva and other Brazilians deserve credit for promoting the game, pursuing sponsors, and raising the country's awareness of the game, one entity can take credit for planting the seed – ESPN.
Prior to the game, there was an expectation that many of the players had either studied or spent a significant amount of time in the United States, where they were able to gain an appreciation of American football (such is the case with my wife.) Instead, nearly all players pointed to watching NFL games on ESPN (which is available via cable or satellite tv here).
Uberlandia's diminutive strong safety Joaquim Garcia – the team's defensive captain, who makes up for his lack of size with the highest football IQ on the field – is one such player. Having spent his life watching the game on ESPN, the 20-year-old is now one of the country's top players.
"I remember I was very young and watched an NFL game and gave always loved it since," said Garcia. "It is amazing to get to play."
Garcia's girlfriend, Kim, sits in the stands along with approximately 100 other surprisingly football-savvy fans. Looking through the crowd, one is never likely to see so many people in sporting jerseys that don't have names like Neymar or Kakà on the back. Here, fans proudly wear jerseys of NFL players like Brady, Manning and Brees. And in the crowd sits Kim Garcia, looking for all the world like Brazil's first football widow.
"I know the game pretty well," said Kim Garcia. "We watch games all weekend. Every weekend."
The game itself was both beautiful and heinous. Turnovers abound. Penalty flags are like a plague of yellow locusts. Both teams suffered from the same problem – having learned the game via watching the NFL, the players wanted to play NFL-styled offenses. The running game – the main staple of beginning football players – was utterly abandoned by both teams in place of passing games that led to a total of seven interceptions for the game.
Nonetheless, there were tremendous bright spots. Both teams played with passion, and as the game progressed, you could see true "football players" emerge. Big hits were met with thunderous applause from players and fans alike. Uberlandia running back Eduardo de Souza scored on a nifty 25-yard camper that ended with him somersaulting into the end zone.
In the end, an early safety was enough to give the Rhynos a hard-fought 8-7 victory. Despite the loss, Silva continues his work in making Uberlandia one of the top teams in the nation. The club has received a smattering of media attention, started a youth team and continues to invite any potential players that want to come out and give American football a try.
In the end, the game is about the players. And leaving the field, bloodied but unbowed, Joaquim Garcia lets you know his feelings for the game with one popular Portuguese word.
Jameis Winston hides out on Google as Randall Cunningham
November 21, 2013
Currently the subject of a rape case investigation, Florida State QB Jameis Winston has apparently taken to hiding out on Twitter in his best Randall Cunningham mask.
Oh well, you know what they say about Black quarterbacks.
For Tommy Morrison & others, a fading limelight leads to madness
September 3, 2013
Being a sports fan means never aging. It means that year after year, youth is recycled and everyone is again a 21-year-old looking to make his or her mark. The dream of sports is one of beauty and youth and endless possibilities.
The nightmare is so often what happens when those beautiful young athletes become a little older, a little slower and a little less beautiful. For even the most successful athlete, 40-years-old is about the limit. Then life begins. And life can often be unpleasant for these formerly beautiful young men.
Boxer Tommy Morrison is the latest tragedy to come from the sports world. Morrison died yesterday at the age of 44, most likely of AIDS-related illness, despite long denying he was HIV-positive or that the HIV virus even existed. From all reports, his final years were spent in hospitals and in a fugue of conspiracy theories.
I remember when Morrison arrived on the boxing scene. A more perfect example of Midwest American good lucks and personality will never be found. If you knew boxing, you knew Tommy was limited. But you also knew he could punch and that he came to fight. Morrison actually accomplished more than he should have, as he smartly out-boxed a slower George Foreman for some type of version of a heavyweight title. Morrison made some money in the ring and entertained fans, but a weak chin meant he'd never rise to greater heights, however, and a then a diagnosis of HIV changed everything.
And like so many before him, Morrison's life outside of athletics was one of madness.
The stories of athletes – especially fighters and football players – falling apart after sporting retirement are everywhere. As but one example, for Mike Webster, life after football meant a brain-injured stumble through a life that would end early. Whether it is from brain injury, financial distress or personal demons, however, the life of a former athlete is often one of struggle, physically and emotionally.
Mind you, some athletes find success off the playing field. But for every Magic Johnson – who thrives off the court despite his famed battle with HIV – there are 25 Websters and Morrisons.
But regardless of the plight of the once-worshipped, for sports fans, every year is one of renewal. Did you see Jameis Winston yesterday? So young, so gifted. The world is his.
And so the new replaces the old in sports, as it must. For sports fans, it's an eternity of watching young men excel. For the young athletes, however, it is but a blip of time that will eventually lead them to an uncertain future.
Future dead Syrian child says Obama must act now
August 30, 2013
DAMASCUS, Syria — Speaking in front of his soon-to-be destroyed home, soon-to-be-killed-by-an-errant-missile Mustafa Zuabi, 9, said he thinks U.S. President Barack Obama will be justified in his soon-to-come-attacks on Syria.
"Obama put himself in a pickle," said Zuabi, whose body will not be found. "He drew a line in the sand against Assad. He has to act."
While the UK has seen its government thwart military action in Syria, sources say Obama is steadfast in carrying out the attack. This comes despite a U.S. public that as grown skeptical of military usage, as well as evidence and intelligence that have yet to be confirmed about whether Syrian President Assad carried out the chemical attacks on his own people.
Despite this, Zuabi said Obama will be correct when he carries out a small scale attack that will kill a "small number of Syrian citizens," including Zuabi.
"With the budget clashes upcoming, Obama can't afford to appear weak on the international stage," said Zuabi. "This could have serious implications in the 2014 and 2016 elections.
"Face it, the GOP will attack Obama, regardless," added the soon-to-vaporized Zuabi. "But weakness is not something a Democratic president can portray. Ask Jimmy Carter.Obama has to blow something up, regardless of what anyone says. Otherwise e loses political capital."
MLK would have loved my blog
August 29, 2013
Friends, his blog has come under fire recently for being, among other things, "Insipid," "Sophomoric," and "Largely unattended." These allegations wound me, and I feel it is time for a response.
That response is this – MLK would have loved this blog."How do I know this? Well, check out this quote from MLK, which I found in 10 seconds via Google:
"We will never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police brutality."
I think that about says it all right there, and anyone who debates me on this point not only is going against MLK, they are also saying they condone police brutality on African-Americans. So just shut up already.
My amigos, these are rough times we live in. But my blog is awesome because it has the backing of MLK. Whoever that is.
Google translate Classics: Who's on First translated to Latvian then back to English
August 12, 2013
Abbott & Costello's classic "Who's On First?" bit, translated to Latvian, then translated back to English. The English version is on the right side. Click the volume button on the bottom-right of the text box to let the Google translate voice speak the entire bit. It makes it way better.
Click here for English to Latvian translation.
Click here for English to Lativian back to English.
I had a dog named Duchess
July 30, 2013
The world will never know how much goodness and how much love it has lost.
I took Duchess from the cradle to her final breath.
And she paid me back by loving me completely and protecting our family.
You'll never know how much was lost when she had to go home.
But I know. And my heart will never stop breaking.
I miss you, Duchess. I always will. Thank you for being such a big part of my life.


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N.H. Man Accused Of Setting Sub Fire To Stay In Jail
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A civilian worker accused of setting a fire that caused $400 million in damage to a nuclear-powered submarine has been ordered to stay in jail pending trial.
Casey James Fury, of Portsmouth, N.H., faces up to life in prison if convicted of two counts of arson at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine.
The 24-year-old defendant had asked to be released on home confinement, but a magistrate judge says Fury poses too great a risk to society.
The Naval Criminal Investigative Service says Fury confessed to setting a fire inside the USS Miami while it was in dry dock May 23, as well as a second blaze outside the sub on June 16.
It remains to be seen if the fire-damaged sub will be repaired or scrapped.