/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>19150429
>Mine never rises that much
Mine neither. No rise, no oven spring. Tried many recipes, 30 lbs of flour, and spent many hours online (including /ck/). I've switched to bottled spring water, used the oven with the light on for higher rise temps, used a dutch oven, or not, added steam, or not, added gluten, corn starch, switched to smaller loaves, bigger loaves, tried rolls, different levels of hydration, proofing with or without sugar, different kinds of yeast,everything I could possibly try.
The weird part is, my first two loaves of sourdough came out great, the next 20-something? Just bricks.
From here on in, I use flour for breading meat and making gravy. Bread (for me) is a hopeless pipe-dream.

>>19119286
>I go all winter without needing to go to town this way.
What a sad and lonely life.

>>18567496
>Ask my friends, just like I'm doing now.
We're your friends?
Damn, that's sad.

>>18563331
>if you live alone.
Really sorry nobody loves you.
So sad...

>>18400970
I once told my grandson a story about a bear encounter, and he said "wait... bears are real?".
Still not sure if he was being serious or just a smart-ass.

>>17126845
>bait
I wish.
When WILL people take this shit seriously?
Jesus, America is going to burn to the ground, I just hope somebody shoots me in the face before the end.

>>16821635
>>begins to drive in that “angry woman” way (you know what I’m talking about)
My first girlfriend did this no matte how *I* was acting because she was just that angry at the world.
Jesus, what a mess my life is.

>>16782235
>In America, the "syrup" is HFCS.
Yeah, that sucks, but it's so true they ought to put it on our flag.

>>16738513
>so I'm going to drink instead
Lots of calories in cheap liquor.

Came to this thread for advice on rising.
First I tried sourdough.
I can only get my starter to rise in the jar if I put it in the oven with the light on. It gets about 85 to 90 in there.
But it just won't rise when I bake a loaf. Tried 3-4 times.
So I try dry active yeast instead.
Let it proof in the oven with the light on, proofs great.
First two loaves work great. Nice open crumb, soft and fluffy. Crust's a little chewy, but otherwise fine.
Next I try to use both sourdough starter (for the flavor) and dry active yeast (so it will actually rise).
This fails three loaves in a row. Tastes great, just doesn't rise, poor crumb.
So forget the sourdough, huh?
Go back to just dry active yeast, next two loaves don't rise. Oh, the dough proofed fine, but the loaves didn't rise when baking.
Trying AGAIN, this time the dough won't even proof, even though I proofed the yeast before mixing into the dough.
I'm using 70% hydration, measuring everything with a scale.

Any ideas?

>>13962336
My bff/roommate has COPD, and is on oxygen 24/7.
He's at a realy high risk of dying if I bring the virus home.
I'm not brain-dead enough to just lie to myself for the rest of my life if I accidentally kill him because I wanted to get my drink on.

>>13962334
>Just use drizly or postmates.
I'd rather not trust/rely on croudsourcing this to some random stoner that can't get a job.
I'm a full grown man that can spring for the $30 or so shipping.


Really looking for someone with actual experience buying liquor online.
I didn't come to the 4chins looking for life advice.

>>7040493
>7040493
Oops, forgot pic

drinking bourbon and tequila btw
no chaser, what am I, a princess?

/ck/ is making me fat