tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374783908598391491.post4536814616226219105..comments2023-11-05T19:13:56.161+08:00Comments on Handmade by Carolyn: BreadCarolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03156106727490224625noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374783908598391491.post-54906151896478961072012-12-30T04:46:46.517+08:002012-12-30T04:46:46.517+08:00Wow. Yeast off blueberries? Wow, I'm seriously...Wow. Yeast off blueberries? Wow, I'm seriously impressed.<br />Yay for fresh bread!Alessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16605755512224178329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374783908598391491.post-52603480331282637692012-12-21T03:03:13.133+08:002012-12-21T03:03:13.133+08:00I totally love this! I have a scientific bent and ...I totally love this! I have a scientific bent and experimented with making my own starter a few years ago. Rye flour also quickens the bacterial stages, and after a few days the right conditions to reproduce whatever local yeast it catches. It went through all these crazy smells and my husband thought I was rotting something in the house every time I opened it up but eventually it turned into this lovely starter. I totally baby mine and have kept it in the fridge for 5 years now. Starter makes the loveliest pizza dough, too ;). That spinach cheese toast, yummmm.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00404449004824638306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374783908598391491.post-53045691669106437722012-12-20T08:31:32.404+08:002012-12-20T08:31:32.404+08:00That was fascinating - I had no idea about the bl...That was fascinating - I had no idea about the blueberries. You learn something new every day! That's some tasty looking bread! Reethihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08154089319915500996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374783908598391491.post-67686093977467442522012-12-20T08:30:42.949+08:002012-12-20T08:30:42.949+08:00That was fascinating - I had no idea about the bl...That was fascinating - I had no idea about the blueberries. You learn something new every day! That's some tasty looking bread! Reethihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08154089319915500996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374783908598391491.post-87526262839982014672012-12-19T00:24:45.595+08:002012-12-19T00:24:45.595+08:00my goodness. That looks amazing!!my goodness. That looks amazing!!Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09929299128040779462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374783908598391491.post-79775767114779163102012-12-18T20:59:29.011+08:002012-12-18T20:59:29.011+08:00Mmmm, I love homemade bread! I'm also spoiled ...Mmmm, I love homemade bread! I'm also spoiled in having grown up on it, mostly because my mom has suffered from a plethora of food allergies and intolerances for as long as I can remember. She's gotten worse over the years and can no longer have anything with yeast or gluten, but when I was a kid the major thing was no corn products. Since that includes basically all the bread at the grocery store, we got to reap the benefits. :)<br /><br />I never would have thought of using blueberries for wild yeast...my beer-making brother would enjoy that. (Too bad he doesn't like fruit! :D)Beckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09913795373618902575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374783908598391491.post-50243658475184817222012-12-18T09:01:43.137+08:002012-12-18T09:01:43.137+08:00Wow, the blueberries for yeast, how fascinating. ...Wow, the blueberries for yeast, how fascinating. We bake the almost no knead bread of Cooks Illustarated fame. I've never blogged about it but mine looks like just like this one http://www.crumblycookie.net/2008/03/16/almost-no-knead-bread/ mmmm, I'm making myself hungry!Jane Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10236298438179825569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374783908598391491.post-24418020090092659592012-12-18T07:10:49.368+08:002012-12-18T07:10:49.368+08:00We bake our own bread too :-D I use the breadmake...We bake our own bread too :-D I use the breadmaker and make up my own 'premixes' - I was pretty excited to discover that I can buy flour at a bakery supply joint for 80c/kg so I knuckled down and worked out a mix now we are saving squillions hehe. <br /><br />I tried the artisan bread in 5mins a day method but the steam generated killed the thermostat in our rental oven and now we have our own house I'm scared to try it out! I'd love to have a go at my own sourdough though.Clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03293118986621010393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374783908598391491.post-84661447434056018252012-12-18T02:48:28.688+08:002012-12-18T02:48:28.688+08:00That looks lovely!That looks lovely!Alexandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08693247118826431089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374783908598391491.post-13077917868690754272012-12-18T02:35:11.320+08:002012-12-18T02:35:11.320+08:00Looks lovely! I didn't know about getting yeas...Looks lovely! I didn't know about getting yeast from blueberries. I make bread but I've never had any success getting a yeast starter. This is impressive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374783908598391491.post-14622891817262107562012-12-17T23:35:36.362+08:002012-12-17T23:35:36.362+08:00If you want to do some further reading on bread ba...If you want to do some further reading on bread baking with starter, I recommend wildyeastblog.com. I tried making a starter once, but it grew mouldy before I got to using it :'( However, seeing pictures of such a wonderful bread sure inspires me to try again!carduelisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374783908598391491.post-30625051496340100792012-12-17T19:51:15.245+08:002012-12-17T19:51:15.245+08:00You're welcome, and thank YOU for the comment!...You're welcome, and thank YOU for the comment! Please let me know how you get along with making your own starter! :)Carolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03156106727490224625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374783908598391491.post-77093676032747412912012-12-17T19:42:31.900+08:002012-12-17T19:42:31.900+08:00Thank you Gerlinde :)Thank you Gerlinde :)Carolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03156106727490224625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374783908598391491.post-47492050189078545562012-12-17T19:12:05.134+08:002012-12-17T19:12:05.134+08:00Oh no, how awful! Thanks for the warning, we'...Oh no, how awful! Thanks for the warning, we'll be careful :)Carolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03156106727490224625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374783908598391491.post-83724457379291800232012-12-17T19:10:05.795+08:002012-12-17T19:10:05.795+08:00Hi lisa; yes, my children are the same! The bread...Hi lisa; yes, my children are the same! The bread has that distinctive sourdough flavour, which is a quite different flavour from the dried-yeast bread I usually make in my breadmaker. Craig also experiments with a mix of flours like rye which also changes the flavour and adds tonnes of seeds and what-have-you to the loaves as well, because our family likes our bread quite heavy.<br />Please let me know how you get on!Carolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03156106727490224625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374783908598391491.post-6631850612158773112012-12-17T19:04:31.072+08:002012-12-17T19:04:31.072+08:00Hi flowergarden; I googled and found that the auth...Hi flowergarden; I googled and found that the author of 52 Loaves, Williamn Alexander has his own blog, with loads of recipes for different breads, and plenty of info about building your own levain .... http://breadblog.williamalexander.com/<br />probably well worth checking out :)Carolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03156106727490224625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374783908598391491.post-66675485299557845852012-12-17T18:04:02.314+08:002012-12-17T18:04:02.314+08:00Very, very impressed. I am not fond of the kitchen...Very, very impressed. I am not fond of the kitchen and wouldn't dream of bothering to make bread ever, not even in a breadmaker. So hats off to the husband.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374783908598391491.post-53876688346542189082012-12-17T11:24:38.791+08:002012-12-17T11:24:38.791+08:00I read that book a few years ago and have been mak...I read that book a few years ago and have been making bread with my home-grown starter ever since! I made mine from the wild yeasts on apples from my grandparent's farm (so I know they weren't sprayed/washed, etc.) Very tasty! Just be careful of the steam generation step of the recipe... I cracked the glass in my oven door and had to replace it! :(Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00863805225271084025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374783908598391491.post-54674713420431942962012-12-17T09:36:42.321+08:002012-12-17T09:36:42.321+08:00Yum! It's not sewing, but still yum (:Yum! It's not sewing, but still yum (:Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17756048999067152284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374783908598391491.post-61989435607774354952012-12-17T03:40:53.691+08:002012-12-17T03:40:53.691+08:00i've been making our own bread for quite a whi...i've been making our own bread for quite a while now, to the point where my children refuse to eat a store bought loaf. they will literally lick the peanut butter and jelly off and throw out the bread if it wasn't made by me. anymore, i'm with them. the stuff sold in stores tastes nothing like actual bread and considering it takes pennies to make a loaf, i can make time for that. did not know that about the blueberries, i'm so very curious! does it taste different than when using instant or active dry yeast? i'll have to give this a try sometime!lisa g.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09891757600316953288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374783908598391491.post-17745919711617649082012-12-17T03:09:18.441+08:002012-12-17T03:09:18.441+08:00I'd love to see your husband's recipe, if ...I'd love to see your husband's recipe, if you wouldn't mind sharing it. I go through bread making stages (I do, I don't) but haven't had much luck starting my own levain despite many cookbooks that explain how.flowergarden129https://www.blogger.com/profile/09720289234972793971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374783908598391491.post-78774039660906743972012-12-17T02:34:59.449+08:002012-12-17T02:34:59.449+08:00Well - you and your family are just sooooo darn cl...Well - you and your family are just sooooo darn clever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374783908598391491.post-87332666741461686662012-12-16T22:10:46.453+08:002012-12-16T22:10:46.453+08:00Good to know how to make a starter with blueberrie...Good to know how to make a starter with blueberries. I will put that in my apocalypse file! Now I want to make bread!Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15378489018825744806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374783908598391491.post-22736555398727876152012-12-16T21:11:39.935+08:002012-12-16T21:11:39.935+08:00I have been making most of our bread for over 25 y...I have been making most of our bread for over 25 years now, and no Carolyn, not in a bread maker. If I must say so myself, I make very good bread. I often get requests/demands from friends for my bread. <br /><br />If anyone out there wants to make an super easy artisan style bread have a look at this website.<br /><br />http://www.sullivanstreetbakery.com/recipes<br /><br />There is also a Youtube video, which is very helpful. If you try this and you are outside the US, do some investigation on the flour in your country. For instance in Canada, our flour is much "harder" than in the US, so more water is needed (1 3/4 cups or more), use the video as a guide. When I make it, I start the dough as much as 24 hours before I want it, it simply makes the timing easier, and still works just fine. I also found a variation somewhere that recommended using flat beer in place of the water.ElleChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16656569539140359204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374783908598391491.post-16270356676846367422012-12-16T20:28:35.465+08:002012-12-16T20:28:35.465+08:00... that's the reason why I tend to refer to t...... that's the reason why I tend to refer to the sentence "I am going to print money, oops, bake some bread!"<br />Sorry Carolyn, Australia is brilliant for the two of us which arrived here already as a 'mixed couple' (= torn between cultures) hence opting for a new 'third one' to tie us together even better whilst providing peace and quiet from 'waring'/disagreeing suddenly related family members, BUT: the bread here was a plain disgust for us spoils having been used to solid, stretchy, tasty(er) sour-dough-bread ;-) !<br />As once an Italian lady on TV uttered "we tend to use this sort of bread for art and craft but not for eating" (yet it surely has got it's reasons to exist - hence its merits !)<br />Please don't be offended, since both sides of us simply have got some 'used to' and/or 'one has to be be born and risen with .. ' !<br />YET: THIS is what makes 'US' - Australia! The mix of nations; the skills we could combine and utilise here (= not always done; sigh) ! When we dare tasting heroically what 'makes the other one tick'! When much more often than our official anthem the the old song "I am Australian" from 'The Seekers' with the lyrics of "...we are one but we are many ...." gets me to burst into tears wherever and whenever it's played; when the cooking pot defeats war - then MY homemade bread is soothing some kind of homesickness as well !<br />I'm NOT saying 'welcome to real proper bread' since I've met other good ones here as well - it's just another version more commonly used and accepted by other cultures - enjoy ! <br />I admire your husbands daring and stubborn - ooops should have learnt Australian diplomacy by now - determined attitude! ;-) :-D<br /><br />Your 'blow in' fan from the east with best wishes for a very merry xmas and an as happy New Year as only it can be in Australia (as long as we don't have any fires disturbing our very fun parties here ;-) !); High 5 - I'm wishing both of us well !<br /><br />Gerlinde<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com