Search Results for: label/wheat/2011/04/making-it

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Sourdough Recipe Disaster!

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Bread, Food
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...There’s nothing we hate more than a bad recipe, something that the internets have in as great an abundence as porn, penis pills and subprime mortgage ads. And after a visit from the revolutionaries at Weasel Goes Pop yesterday we learned that Homegrown Revolution is guilty of distributing a bad whole wheat sourdough starter recipe. Please pay a visit to our corrected version here....

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Pee on your Compost

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Composting
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...n and it’s estimated that we all produce enough urine to fertilize all the wheat and corn that we as individuals consume. And urine is sterile and safe unless you’ve got a bladder infection. Urine should be diluted before applying directly to plants since salts in your pee can build up in the soil. Dilution should be at least 10 parts water to one part urine. Peeing directly on plants can burn them as anyone who owns a dog already knows about. Uri...

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How to Bake a Traditional German Rye Bread

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Bread, Fermentation, Food, How-to, Recipes
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...for approximately 3 hours. Note that rye ferments considerably faster than wheat. Baking A half hour before you’re ready to bake, pre-heat your oven and a dutch oven or combo cooker to 475º F. Just before you’re ready to bake, turn the oven down to 450º F. Put the boule into the dutch oven and cover. This style of bread is not slashed. Bake, covered, for 20 minutes. After 20 minutes remove the cover from your dutch oven and bake for another 20 min...

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How do I get started baking bread?

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Bread, Food
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...problem, that’s also in the book. Wan’t to graduate on to a style of whole wheat/sourdough breads pioneered by people like Baker and Miller? He’s got you covered. If that’s not enough, Baker also shares the excellent Cooks Illustrated Chocolate Chip cookie recipe as well as a recipe for moist scones (no, scones don’t have to be as dry as dog biscuits!). I’ve had the privilege of meeting Baker and hosting him for a bread class here in LA. He’s a su...

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Grist & Toll: An Urban Flour Mill

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Bread, Food
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...Toll is located at 990 S. Arroyo Parkway #1 in Pasadena, California. Stop on by and get the bakers in your life some hard to find flours. Make those holiday cookies with tasty Sonora wheat! If you’re not in the Southern California area leave a comment with some tips on where to find interesting grains where you live . . ....

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