Author: Mark
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NOTE: When reading any of my blog posts about breads, it might be a good idea to read my lens on baking bread in a dutch oven first.  It might help clear up some of the things I talk about.

This morning, I put out what is possibly the best loaf of bread I’ve ever done!

I’ve read bread cookbooks where the author talks about breadmaking as if it were magic.  In a lot of ways, I agree with them. Today, the magic all came together.  It will be interesting to see if I can pull it off again.  I think I did learn something about heat management that helped. 

Once I’d figured out my problems with the flour recently, the big challenge I’ve been facing has been figuring out how to get a fully-cooked crumb, without a hard crust.  Both the top crust and the bottom have troubled me.  The only way to figure it out is to do it, right?

I mentioned a week or so ago that I had caught some fresh yeast in a sourdough start, so I used that today. My initial intent was just to make a good sourdough and see… (Read the rest of this article at the following article source link for the full story)

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Cheese Culture

A word about cheese cultures

Cheese cultures are comprised of a variety of bacteria specimens and are essential to the making of all types of cheese products. Along with the cheese culture, the length of the ripening period will determine what the cheese will feel, smell, and taste like once…

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Home Cheese Making
Why make cheese at home?

For the person who enjoys canning, home brewing beer and wine, or pickling, home cheese making is a hobby that they should consider trying. Making cheese at home is surprisingly easy and most people don’t realize that they have everything they need right in…

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Usually around at the Christmas season a lot of individuals do a fair amount of festivity baking. Most often the recipes that will call for pecans create general trend to run out to the local supermarket and buy those pecans that come in a small bag. If you were to…

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Are you fond of eating sweet nuts? Then praline is the perfect food that you need to try. Most people usually serve this kind of sweet nut when it comes to different special occasions and as well as holiday seasons such as, Christmas, New Years Eve, birthday, and even wedding…

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Easily save money by using printable coupons and getting your Dannon Coupon to take to the your local store.

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I absolutely love sugary foods. However, the types of sugary foods that I like are things such as fruits, yogurt, Dunkin Donuts, etc. I don’t really care for rich, sugary foods like fudge or a lot of chocolate, etc. That being said, I also try to limit my intake of…

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For growing children nutritious food is a must. It develops their growing bones and muscles, but they need to enjoy it too. It is a fact that kids like to eat what pleases their eyes. so, it is essential that adults ensure healthy eating for kids by providing food that pleases their eyes, their taste buds and their tummies.

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1. Spend Less
If you’re struggling to find much extra money, why not try and economise wherever possible?
We have put together some helpful tips to help you save money.

2. Food & Drink
Being organised is key to keeping the costs down at Christmas Shopping lists are an easy way to help you plan, write one with all the goodies you will need and then stick to your list There is nothing wrong with asking your guests to bring something for the dinner, for example a bottle of wine, or…

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When you think that you have an important party or some kind of function that you should host, do you ever start have mixed feeling about just getting it done? It can be very stressful, just the thought of having to entertain, it shouldn’t be that way. The way that you approach doing the entertaining is what makes a big difference.

You need to drop the big idea that everything needs to be flashy and expensive to be a good host. Entertain according to your budget and also accord…

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