Ah yes.
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Ah yes. Today's #bread mystery.
Why did a simple change in fold timing and *less* levain result in this huge morass of dough in *less* time than the last batch?
No time to think, I definitely need to divide and shape. This is ready!!
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Flood Warning We have an imminent threat of invasion of the lowlands. Please divide and shape immediately!!
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Update
Warning downgraded to threat of child sized loaves. Please remain calm and this situation should come to some sort of conclusion within six hours.
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I think the modifications made to the proofing cupboard are now having a long term effect. The improved air passage from the back of the fridge and the better placement of the heating pad have finally warmed the wood of the quite large cabinet so that it is providing even, consistent temperature everywhere
It makes sense and is actually a good thing. I'll just have to get used to the change, and adjust timing appropriately. This should actually get me closer to the original recipe timing.
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I need instrumentation!
Do I sense Yet Another Project lurking in the wings?
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Two hours. Supposedly needs four. I didn't bother poking it, it's quite obviously still expanding.
️Maybe I shouldn't have been so careful about not de-gassing it.
Houston, we may have a problem! We are in uncharted territory here.
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OMG! It's making a break for it!
I am so hosed! It's still not proofed!
Oven now pre-heating
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Fuck.
I have never been so passionate about regretting success in my life!
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Houston, Houston! Do you copy?
You gotta get us out of here! Soon!
Please!
<Narrator: it's only been in the oven 7 minutes>
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Well. Switch me with your finest Hickory!
I just might pull this off!
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Ooooh Mama!
Eight minutes left! The boy may just pull this off!
I think it's as deep as it is wide!
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Here it is beside my extremely good poolish loaf from last night.
This one dwarves it!
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You just can't imagine how badly I want to see the crumb of this thing!
Is it all big air bubbles? Have I gone 'out the other side' with my changes?
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Well, managed to pull it off. Left loaf is 620g, right is 530g. I need to tune my eye to a dough ball that big for dividing. Still right in the weight target ballpark though.
Now that it's over, I've just realised how stressful dealing with this has been!
I need a shower and a nap. Or a nap and a shower. Or maybe just a nap followed by another nap!
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It's eight eggs now Tanya. Not six. Eight.
* how to lose customers before you ever really get started!
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Toot prompted by Tanya stuffing an additional two eggs in my pocket when I delivered the loaf from last night (the one in the bag).
And refusing to take them back!
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Now having read this thread from beginning to end for the first time I came to a sobering conclusion.
I am inadvertently (and likely badly) channeling @foone
But in bread.
My apologies for the presumption!
Has there been a bread keyboard yet?
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@kaybee335 bread would be tricky but I'll think about it
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@foone unfortunately so am I.
Need to change objective from good big loaves of bread to good really small loaves of bread.
