Random Thoughts - Part Deux [NO POLITICS]

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by DarkPira7e

I had totally forgotten. SO I got some of those hairy cows, but my neighbors only have rap and pop music. The cows trampled my fence, left hoof holes in my deck, and made me spill my coffee. Sons of...

My neighbors WILL be paying for this.

Dude I told you specifically that it was sax music.
Actually their favourite is highly appropriate for that thread.
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-2kcPK79vY[/ame]

[cjd]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

So, to recap my quest here for recipes I got:

Humfrz- racoon stew,
Tcoat - soylent green,
cjd - pie crust and shepherds bread.

Btw, thank you @cjd for getting me on the bread kick. My sourdough baguettes are looking sweet.

That looks fantastic! My most recent

Single loaf: shepherds bread, double loaf: sourdough (chocolate chunks and plain)

Now I'm all hungry

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by cjd

That looks fantastic! My most recent

Single loaf: shepherds bread, double loaf: sourdough (chocolate chunks and plain)

Now I'm all hungry

How do you get the shepherds loaf so tall?


Those look beautiful!

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

OK Who locked the stock market thread?

Nooooo!

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

Nooooo!

Right? It was already in off topic. Not like anyone was being rude. So disappoint.

[cjd]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

How do you get the shepherds loaf so tall?


Those look beautiful!

Probably any of 3 things:
1. We buy bulk yeast (from King Arthur Flour) and freeze it in an air-tight container once opened. While out of date, it still works better than the packets you get at the grocer
2. This was baked in a ceramic dish with lid (similar to dutch oven)
3. Practice


Possibly the flour matters, which is also King Arthur.


They're as delicious as they look!

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by cjd

Possibly the flour matters, which is also King Arthur.

The King Arthur site is the best. Lucky's here carries their flour and I just got some KA all purpose. Up till now I've been using Gold bread flour.


Yea, I can only get packets at my stores, I'll have to order some bulk yeast online.


Practice, I hear that.


Do you use a stand mixer or hand kneed?


Warm bread out of the oven is heaven.

[cjd]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

The King Arthur site is the best. Lucky's here carries their flour and I just got some KA all purpose. Up till now I've been using Gold bread flour.

Yea, I can only get packets at my stores, I'll have to order some bulk yeast online.

Practice, I hear that.

Do you use a stand mixer or hand kneed?

Warm bread out of the oven is heaven.

All this is by hand. We do use a stand mixer for some breads (wife made a buttermilk bread over the weekend in the mixer). KA all purpose for the shepherds, and a combination of KA bread flour and whole wheat for the sourdough. The sourdough doesn't even get kneaded - total process takes nearly all day, and the elasticity is built through a series of stretch/folds every 45min or so.



King Arthur ships, and sells bulk yeast... I love their rising buckets and bread whisks. They also sell 00 flour (double-zero) which makes an amazing tuscan style pizza crust.

[spike021]

There's currently a guy in my office at work who I've seen before but never really heard speak.

And as I'm listening to him speak to someone over the phone, I thought.. "huh... that voice sounds reeeally, eerily familiar..."

@Tcoat he sounds just like you.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

How do you get the shepherds loaf so tall?


Those look beautiful!

You use real shepherd.

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by spike021

@Tcoat he sounds just like you.

Lots of extra vowels? Ououtue and abootoue, eh?

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by spike021

There's currently a guy in my office at work who I've seen before but never really heard speak.

And as I'm listening to him speak to someone over the phone, I thought.. "huh... that voice sounds reeeally, eerily familiar..."

@Tcoat he sounds just like you.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by spike021

There's currently a guy in my office at work who I've seen before but never really heard speak.

And as I'm listening to him speak to someone over the phone, I thought.. "huh... that voice sounds reeeally, eerily familiar..."

@Tcoat he sounds just like you.

Get him castrated or send him back up North - stop that gene pool from spreading south -


humfrz

[humfrz]

Where is everybody today??

Soon I will be off to the M-60 machine gun range. Ratta-tat-ratta-tat-ratta-tat. No, maybe it will be to go to the plant into the hammer mill building. Ratta-tat-ratta-tat-ratta-tat.

So, I really have an appointment to have what done?

Guesses??


humfrz