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Should lightly knead or punch it and re-rise. Prevents the bread from looking like swiss cheese.
i'll take that into account next time i bake
The gluten strands form more completely with a second rise.
oh nice
Gives more structure, and prevents the bread from being too crumbly.
oh okay
well we'll see how it'll turn out lmao
And as I said, prevents large air holes from forming.
mhm
They say it's best to lightly reknead it, but I just punch down on it a few times and then throw it back in the oven for second rise. Seems to work fine.
If I baked with no bread pan, I would probably knead it instead.
Sure.
bread was a success
crispy, buttered outside
nice and airy/spongy inside
Looks a little uh.... handmade^^
lmao yeah
Good first run though.
Next time, before you put it in the pan, knead it in such a way that the folds are on the underside and the top has a sort of smooth skin on it. Like an elongated pizza dough before rolling. It will be much more aestetically pleasing as an end product and will give you the familiar "bread form factor".
ok
The trick to the whole process in understanding how gluten forms and behaves. If you do a little research on that specific point, it wil give much better insight into what's really going on, and as a result, more control over the end result.
mhm
duly noted
thanks for the info
What would you guys reccommend I grow first to learn the basics of gardening? My parents grow a few vegetables, but I wanted to start a small garden in my home (preferablly a small indoor one).
Depending your climate, tomatos generally are pretty forgiving.
I have a pretty good sized garden, melons, tomato, cucumber, beets, carrots, peppers, etc... Most of it isn't very tempermental. The melons are especially "aggressive" growers.
How are the carrots growing? I would be interested in growing those
Some of the peppers I've not had luck with. And birds can be an issue.
They taste great, but don't look anything like what you see in the store.
Much more imperfect. I think it's cool myself.
A little variety seemse like it would be nice
@Polak It really depends on your growing zone and annual rain amount.
I have 8 chickens too, they are suprisingly easy to care for and they function as pest control and a garbage disposal.
Indeed, highly climate dependant. I happen to live in a good area for it.
We get ~50in of rain here. I have a decently sized yard, but currently renting. So i would need to do it inside or build something in the backyard
A greenhouse is actually fairly simple to construct.
Not much to it at all.