another boat anchor

[kamomil]

well I baked another loaf of soda bread, this time half whole wheat flour, and half pastry flour. ugh... the crust is still hard, and it's not done in the centre after 40 min of baking. I'm going to mix/knead a shorter amount of time next time, I think the chemical action is happening too much, whatever that is. *sigh*

Edit to add: I'm baking it at 450 F, I'm going to try a lower temp next time... I think the higher temp might account for the uneven cooking. I'm getting suspicious that my oven might be a bit off, I'm remembering now that my broccoli pastry frozen things cook in 15 min, instead of the 20 min they say on the package.

Comments

[noodlefan.livejournal.com]

But here in Europe a hard outside is considered a "premium feature" :-)

But I understand what you want: to reproduce the recipe.

[kamomil.livejournal.com]

I noticed! Why is that? Sometimes I have gone to a Portuguese bakery and all the rolls seem to be very crusty. If I buy rolls, I prefer them to be soft on the outside - I have started to poke them with the tongs to make sure they are not hard. :D

[noodlefan.livejournal.com]

Because we think that crispy and crusty outside is a sign of freshness ;-)
(remember French baguette bread?)

> I have started to poke them with the tongs to make sure they are not hard. :D

LOL!

[kamomil.livejournal.com]

yeah... I spelled it wrong on purpose, to be silly.

haha it means lots of people on the internet can't spell. Luckily Google is smart enough to flag bad spelling, I use it as a spellcheck for things that aren't in the dictionary.

[noodlefan.livejournal.com]

So is it the same kind of misspelling like "biatch"?

And BTW, how do you pronounce that word?
Just like "bitch" or does it have 2 syllables ("by age")?

[kamomil.livejournal.com]

"biatch" is pronounced "beeyotch", I guess it's an exaggeration somehow. I'm not sure if its aggressiveness is decreased or increased in that form, eg. like "shite" or "feck"

"fireinds" I just made up. Sometimes I second guess the spelling where i and e are concerned, eg. wierd/weird, friend/freind so that's kind of what it came from I guess.

[noodlefan.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[gabbytheguy.livejournal.com]

I looove a nice crusty loaf of bread...sure, sometimes hard bread means it's not fresh...you just have to know where to go for the good stuff, but some good crunch on the top is just fabulous!