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Re: The Bread thread.
« Reply #255 on: May 29, 2021, 10:50:44 PM »

Wow, wow, wow!
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Re: The Bread thread.
« Reply #256 on: May 29, 2021, 11:14:03 PM »

Very nicely done Mr Tony.   :clap:
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Re: The Bread thread.
« Reply #257 on: May 30, 2021, 12:53:15 PM »

Looks pretty good!!!   :clap:
Need to start making some more Sourdough.
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Re: The Bread thread.
« Reply #259 on: July 01, 2021, 10:46:39 AM »

I have never seen that before. Pretty slick accessory.
Glad I don't have a Kitchenaid mixer or that would be one more thing I'd buy.  ???

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Re: The Bread thread.
« Reply #261 on: July 17, 2021, 06:53:39 PM »

Changed up my base sourdough recipe. Went from 75% hydration down to 68%. At 75% I would need to run the bread through the toaster twice because of all the moisture and it also was slightly gummy sometimes.

The new recipe produces much better toast and an overall better texture. This was some of the best oven spring I've had to date.

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Re: The Bread thread.
« Reply #262 on: July 18, 2021, 03:42:27 AM »

On the subject of bread, I feel I must mention the Mockmill.

This was my Christmas present to myself in 2020, and I love it. I have the Mockmill 100, which is capable of milling 100g of grain a minute. A Mockmill 200 exists, but I would say that the model I have is absolutely fine for a hobby baker. For an idea of size, here's mine, next to my bread maker.

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Using the breadmaker, which is limited in its proving times, I've so far made excellent bread with a 50%/50% mix of my own milled wholewheat, and supermarket white bread flour. Baking by hand (and I tend to use my grill as a bread oven), I've been making very decent 100% wholewheat loaves.

It will also mill other grains, of course, and even lentils and other legumes. The one thing you need to avoid is anything oily, as that can gum up the works and require cleaning. Spices too, although subsequent flour may be tainted (or flavoured, depending on your outlook).

It is a real milling action using ceramic milling stones, and the fineness of the milling is completely adjustable.

I'm kind of embarrassed that I don't have many pictures of my bread. Next time I do some baking, I'll take some snaps.

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Re: The Bread thread.
« Reply #263 on: July 18, 2021, 09:38:14 AM »

Tony/Chris - Great looking bread.   :clap:

Lots of people on the PM forum use the MockMill, but don't see what the benefit is over just buying flour.
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Re: The Bread thread.
« Reply #264 on: July 18, 2021, 10:38:39 AM »

Fun.
Variety of flours - both type of grain used, but also fineness of milling.
Grain lasts longer than flour without losing quality, hence bulk buying is more feasible.
Fun.   ;)
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Re: The Bread thread.
« Reply #265 on: July 18, 2021, 11:32:14 AM »

Fun.
Variety of flours - both type of grain used, but also fineness of milling.
Grain lasts longer than flour without losing quality, hence bulk buying is more feasible.
Fun.   ;)

Gotcha...

Where do you buy the grain ?
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Re: The Bread thread.
« Reply #266 on: July 18, 2021, 11:47:18 AM »

I will probably get a Komo in the near future. I almost bought the mockmill kitchenaid attachment awhile back but figured I'd think about it and just spring for a better option right off the bat. I think the stand alone mockmills and komo are very comparable.
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Re: The Bread thread.
« Reply #267 on: July 18, 2021, 11:51:19 AM »

Gotcha...
Where do you buy the grain ?

The last lot was online, due to the lockdown. In fact, that proved to be a good exercise, and I found a particularly good company who also did all manner of dried fruits and other such things (in England, of course, so not much good for you guys).

But under normal circumstances.  I live in a little market town that borders a fair-side city (Peterborough) on one side, and a lot of rural countryside on the other. Farmshops a-plenty, a couple of which  stock both flour and grain.

URLS, just in case another Brit comes along. ;)

https://www.buywholefoodsonline.co.uk/

https://hodmedods.co.uk
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Re: The Bread thread.
« Reply #268 on: July 18, 2021, 11:57:34 AM »

Actually my last reply reminded me of something.

Although had been looking at the Mockmills for a good while, the thing that decided me, at the end of last year, was because there was a lot of panic buying going on, and a couple of times the supermarkets were out of Bread flour.

This irked me somewhat, as I've been baking bread for a while, and I'm pretty sure that many folk who cleared the shelves had never done so before, and probably have bags and bags of that flour even now.

I quickly established that the shortage was not flour itself, but flour packaged for domestic use. It was quite possible to order flour in sacks. But I used this as an excuse to order grain instead and get my Mockmill.

Soon after Christmas, the flour situation righted itself (all those people discovering making bread is too much trouble for them), but I'm content with what I have.
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Re: The Bread thread.
« Reply #269 on: July 18, 2021, 12:33:57 PM »

Gotcha...
Where do you buy the grain ?

The last lot was online, due to the lockdown. In fact, that proved to be a good exercise, and I found a particularly good company who also did all manner of dried fruits and other such things (in England, of course, so not much good for you guys).

But under normal circumstances.  I live in a little market town that borders a fair-side city (Peterborough) on one side, and a lot of rural countryside on the other. Farmshops a-plenty, a couple of which  stock both flour and grain.

URLS, just in case another Brit comes along. ;)

https://www.buywholefoodsonline.co.uk/

https://hodmedods.co.uk

Oh yeah. I forgot where you live. Hahahaha
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