I just wanted to say thank you for the inspiration – I bought your books about 10 years ago and have made countless amounts of bread from all kinds of sources, and your books and your advice remains the best guiding light. Great work!
2021-03-07 You’ll Wholly Flip For These Pancakes! Sadly, my doctors are encouraging me to cut back on carbs, especially on white ones. So, I am taking a deeper dive into home ground whole wheat. First out the gate, I revisited our sourdough discard pancakes. I replaced the all-purpose flour with freshly milled whole wheat …
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Lookin’ Through a Window Pane Disclaimer – this page is a place holder and will be added to in coming days. VIDEOS!! will be added Many bakers talk about “pulling a windowpane”. Why do we want a windowpane? What IS a windowpane? And how do we create one? And, does it really matter all that …
2020-07-26 – If It Wasn’t For Bad Luck! Hello Bread Heads! Class notes – The LONG awaited better Internet connection is here at our house! As a result, we are starting to offer classes again. We are delighted! Our current game plan is to send a “care package” to students in the USA containing all …
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My Sourdough Starter Is Slow, What Should I Do? A recurring problem many sourdough fans face is that their starter slows down, or it loses it characteristic flavor. This is relatively uncommon in commercial bakeries because they use their starter on a daily basis, and because the starter is used so frequently that the acidity of the starter stays under control. …
2019-08-04 Discarded Sourdough Waffles Other matters have grabbed my attention of late, as a result, this will be a short post. Sorry about that! This is another recipe from the rec.food.sourdough faqs. Last time, it was pancakes, this time it’s waffles. I really don’t know whether I like pancakes or waffles more – probably whatever …