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I still have to use a spray bottle. Curses!!
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All of this wonderful food and here I am planning to making homemade teething rusks for my baby.
And perhaps my ultra chocolate cookies.
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Have you tried the plunge a hot brick from the BBQ into a deep pot of water on the lower rack trick?
Not that technique specifically. I sometimes (when logistics allow) bring some water to boil in my kettle and pour it into a 500f pan at the bottom of my oven. A super heated stone sounds great as well 
(where did I put my welding/cooking gloves? And where are my blacksmith tongs?)
Donāt forget the hazmat suit and full face guard for superheated steam discharge.
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#Cooking
Iām game.
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Yeah, vinyl is really great around high heat sources. 
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Well donāt leave us hanging!
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check it out
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That is very close to pain aāl-cant-spell-it. 75% hydration is tricky to handle, and unforgivingā¦ But awesome. I was at 65% in those pics. 60-62% is normal for a regular baguette.
No knead is 80+%, and it approaches batter consistency. I like it, except handling the damn 500+F dutch oven.
Bagels are 48-50% and can burn out the motor of a mixer pretty quickāi make those entirely by hand to save my 20 year old kitchen aid.
God I love baking, always have.
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Blue Rock Candy: http://www.thecookierookie.com/rock-candy/
(just in time to hand out little ziplocks of the stuff to trick-or-treaters dressed in your yellow hazmat suit!)
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Pain de mie? Thatās denser, not wetter.
Eh, makin me grab my booksā¦
Pain a lāAncienne. Itās a 79%hydration recipe, but I usually go for ~75%. Pushing 80% just makes it Sooo slack.
Ahā¦Iāve never made it. Sounds fabulous.
Wait, now that Iāve read a few recipes, this sounds just like the dough I keep in the fridge, except slightly wetter. Mine:
24 oz water
2 lbs flour
1 TB salt
1 1/2 TBs instant yeast
Mine has just enough density to be shaped into a ball, loaf, etc. but otherwise is basically the same.
And yes, easy peasy and yummy!
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@chgoliz & @japhroaig the only way to settle who makes better bread is for you both to overnight me 4 of your best loaves. any cheese or jam you send will be considered a bribe, bribes are perfectly acceptable.
on your marks, get set, bake!
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For this to be a fair comparison, at least two (2) independent raters are needed! I will pm you both (@japhroaig, @chgoliz) my mailing address and I accept overnight deliveries.
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But what about a tie? You need an odd-numbered amount of raters - Iām willing to participate, for the greater good!
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Hey you two!!! (@awjt & @renke) This is my grift, get yer own scamā¦erā¦contest! all the breads must be mine!!!
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n.b. to @japhroaig and @chgoliz: I am perfectly willing to render an unbiased opinion without any jam or jelly bribes.
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