Alton Brown Good Eats is about Bread making

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Fri Mar-18-05 07:05 PM
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Alton Brown Good Eats is about Bread making

on FoodTV now!

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Fri Mar-18-05 11:12 PM
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1. Well, don't keep the cable deprived in suspense

Did he manage to come up with anything that isn't in "Crust and Crumb?"

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Fri Mar-18-05 11:35 PM
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2. he had a couple good ideas

let bread rise in oven with a pan of hot water

use a large unglazed planter pot drain pan instead of an expensive "cooking stone"

use a temp gauge to test doneness (205-210)

any good serrated knive can cut the top of the loaf prior to baking (no fancy razor needed)

I taped it and will watch again, he likes rapid yeast biga allowed to rise overnight in the 'fridge rather than proofed active dry yeast

I haven't read "crust and crumb" so I don't know whats in it :shrug:

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Warpy

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Sat Mar-19-05 12:50 AM
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3. Thank you!!!

"Crust and Crumb" is a bread book (with a short section on quick breads) that looks at bread baking from a theoretical viewpoint, and discusses the difference between ordinarily edible but not terribly exciting breadmaking and how to do outstanding breads. It's a successor to the Brother Juniper bread books. It's hardcover and worth the bucks.

It sounds like Alton might have a camera in my kitchen. He's using all my tips and tricks. Oh, except I don't use a temperature gauge. I dump the bread out of the pan or off the stone and give it a thump. If it's hollow, it's done.

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