Bread again!
Feb. 3rd, 2003 08:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elfsArrrgh. Rant rant curse scream shout loathe rant scream.
I bought new yeast. No effect. At least this time it doesn't look like whatever did some pathetic attempt to rise also then collapsed, but dammit, it's just a lump. A yummy lump, but just a lump. It makes good nibbling bread, but it's terrible sandwich bread. And I really want to get some decent sandwich bread. It's hard to make a real BLT with something bought from the local grocer.
I'm going to try again tomorrow, increasing both the yeast and the sugar content, and putting the sugar in before I put in the flour. That does seem to make a difference. And-- and this is r eally weird-- I've started to have these problems only since I started to take seriously the need to sift all my flour. I know that most of the store brands claim that no sifting is required, but I don't believe them anymore. Still, I might try not sifting, since it worked then, and I didn't get deposits of white flour left in the bread.
Time to try again...
I bought new yeast. No effect. At least this time it doesn't look like whatever did some pathetic attempt to rise also then collapsed, but dammit, it's just a lump. A yummy lump, but just a lump. It makes good nibbling bread, but it's terrible sandwich bread. And I really want to get some decent sandwich bread. It's hard to make a real BLT with something bought from the local grocer.
I'm going to try again tomorrow, increasing both the yeast and the sugar content, and putting the sugar in before I put in the flour. That does seem to make a difference. And-- and this is r eally weird-- I've started to have these problems only since I started to take seriously the need to sift all my flour. I know that most of the store brands claim that no sifting is required, but I don't believe them anymore. Still, I might try not sifting, since it worked then, and I didn't get deposits of white flour left in the bread.
Time to try again...
