/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Yup.

>>11549876

Tbh this oven has some design defects that they only fixed in more recent generations

>fucking plungers to open doors are just regular (not stainless) steel and don't go through any bearings

I've had two just snap already.

Because I bake my bread in a $70,000 oven.

>>11468065

They are. Local place uses them individually for sandwiches. Our full loaves are skinnier and about 3x as long.

>>11468030

Swing by and grab some when you're back State-side.

I heard someone say ciabatta.

>>11457360

I'm not sure exactly what part of my post you're disagreeing with. I'm not talking about the value of labor. I'm talking about the relationship of labor to capital. Putting in effort at your McDonald's job doesn't magically grant you access to increasingly scarce capital.

Also...

>commie

I'm a supporter of completley freed markets with literally no government intervention.

>>11457317

Minimum wage is a shit stand-in for workers gaining meaningful control of productive assets. If employees weren't on the shit end of a predatory rleationship to start, those types of laws wouldn't even be necesarry.

t. business owner who is closing in on paying 100% of employees at least 15/hr.

I used to be a dairy farmer with a small herd (10 to 15 milkers, 10 to 15 off rotation, two or three calves and 10 ish steer at any point in time) so I had infinite access to fresh milk. Didn't bother with pasteurization and never had any issues with getting sick.

Now I live in the city and just buy store brand.

I just spent all day making Kenji's slow cooked bolognese. That's legitimately the best pasta sauce I've ever had. I'd recommend it.

>>11429591

Crumb doesn't look bad to me at all, although the overall volume looks a little low. Make sure you're getting enough tension into the loaf before baking, and not underproofing/wildly overproofing it.

Going down to a local grocer/butcher I sell bread to to pick up all the ingredients for Kenji's slow cooked bolognese. I'm hoping to get it started by noon or so so it's ready around 5. I'll keep y'all updated.

>>11420864

You take that back. She's beautiful.

Unless you're making a fuckton of pastries I'm not sure a stand mixer is worth it, though Kitchen Aids have a fuckton of attachments and I've been known to spend way too much money on inane shit, so I wouldn't look down my nose.

Btw, 60 dollar Aldi mixer is shit. Can't even whip a meringue.

Pic is my baby.

>>11403972

Probably, unless someone else also bought a bakery too, which would be hella cool and I prefer that scenario.

1. Bread
2. Any soup or stew (leco is a favorite)

>>11403321

There were some interesting cookie recipes in an old Czech cookbook I have. Maybe I'll look into that.

>>11403935

You're probably gonna wanna hold off on that until the bakery is paid off. I'm a financial liability for the next two years.

>>11403435

I was originally planning on doing one of the deliveries that day too, but I called the gf in to do it since I was still baking.

>>11403092

Saw folks making that on TGBBS. That definitely looks like something cool to try.

>>11401844

Nice. I'm trying to decide what pastry to make with the mixer I got from Aldi. Anyone have suggestions?

Saturday was crazy. Other baker called in sick at the last minute so I ended up pulling a 14 hour shift to get all the bread made.

All in all, I made...

256 loaves of sourdough
199 dinner rolls
135 sandwich size ciabatta loaves
12 full size ciabatta loaves

Here's me towards the end of it in full on auto pilot mode.

>>11394228

>caraway

Yes. Use 20% rye at some point if you like caraway. The flavors pair really well together.

Ciabatta crumb for those who were interested. Sorry for the quality. Flour has somehow made its way behind the glass over my camera.

>>11380432

Haven't had the chance to use it yet, though everything I read online basically described it as, "90% of a kitchen aid for 25% of the price."