Comments on: Got a real cool head http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/04/25/got-a-real-cool-head/ Dada, bring my beer in the living room Sun, 27 Jul 2008 00:41:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Dayne http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/04/25/got-a-real-cool-head/#comment-23165 Dayne Mon, 30 Apr 2007 18:19:23 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/04/25/got-a-real-cool-head/#comment-23165 <p>Funny, I just made this for the first time over the weekend too. I quite liked it. Just like you, I over-floured the crust a bit; next time I think I'll try cornmeal. </p> <p>I sprinkled some fleur de sel over the top right when I put it into the oven, but managed to knock most of that off when I dumped out the loaf after baking. I'll have to find a kinder, gentler method of getting the bread out of the pot.</p> Funny, I just made this for the first time over the weekend too. I quite liked it. Just like you, I over-floured the crust a bit; next time I think I’ll try cornmeal.

I sprinkled some fleur de sel over the top right when I put it into the oven, but managed to knock most of that off when I dumped out the loaf after baking. I’ll have to find a kinder, gentler method of getting the bread out of the pot.

]]> By: mamster http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/04/25/got-a-real-cool-head/#comment-23162 mamster Mon, 30 Apr 2007 04:02:51 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/04/25/got-a-real-cool-head/#comment-23162 <p>Chris, even back when I made bread, I was partial to extremely wet doughs. I think the biggest breakthrough in this recipe is baking in a pot, though, not the no-knead part. (Actually, baking in a pot sounds suspiciously like La Cloche, the earthenware baking bell that bread geeks tend to scoff at.) The two-hour wait is annoying, though.</p> Chris, even back when I made bread, I was partial to extremely wet doughs. I think the biggest breakthrough in this recipe is baking in a pot, though, not the no-knead part. (Actually, baking in a pot sounds suspiciously like La Cloche, the earthenware baking bell that bread geeks tend to scoff at.) The two-hour wait is annoying, though.

]]> By: Chris http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/04/25/got-a-real-cool-head/#comment-23159 Chris Sun, 29 Apr 2007 20:31:42 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/04/25/got-a-real-cool-head/#comment-23159 <p>Am I the only person in the free world who is not completely taken by this recipe? I LIKE to knead bread and the no-knead dough was so messy that I'm still scraping it off my counters and towels. Is it really less time-consuming? I leave regular bread dough to rise overnight and the no-knead recipe has the two hour wait before you bake it. I'll take 15 minutes of kneading warm, springy dough over 20 of rinsing flour paste out of my towels! (Okay, okay, it did have a terrific crust.)</p> Am I the only person in the free world who is not completely taken by this recipe? I LIKE to knead bread and the no-knead dough was so messy that I’m still scraping it off my counters and towels. Is it really less time-consuming? I leave regular bread dough to rise overnight and the no-knead recipe has the two hour wait before you bake it. I’ll take 15 minutes of kneading warm, springy dough over 20 of rinsing flour paste out of my towels! (Okay, okay, it did have a terrific crust.)

]]> By: Jess http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/04/25/got-a-real-cool-head/#comment-23147 Jess Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:09:52 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/04/25/got-a-real-cool-head/#comment-23147 <p>I've also tried the Bittman No-Knead plopped right on a baking sheet, sans Dutch oven . . .and it actually worked.</p> I’ve also tried the Bittman No-Knead plopped right on a baking sheet, sans Dutch oven …and it actually worked.

]]> By: mamster http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/04/25/got-a-real-cool-head/#comment-23142 mamster Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:01:55 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/04/25/got-a-real-cool-head/#comment-23142 <p>Mike, I don't think there's any other way to get his articles. He's published almost every month--probably ten times a year. And I'm sure he has another book in the works, but I couldn't say when.</p> Mike, I don’t think there’s any other way to get his articles. He’s published almost every month—probably ten times a year. And I’m sure he has another book in the works, but I couldn’t say when.

]]> By: mike http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/04/25/got-a-real-cool-head/#comment-23141 mike Thu, 26 Apr 2007 17:38:23 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/04/25/got-a-real-cool-head/#comment-23141 <p>I was a home bread maker before this phenomenon, but since trying it, I haven't gone back. I've made about 30, and in my experience is only gummy if you don't let it rest long enough.</p> <p>I don't get Vogue, but I love Steingarten. I've read both books twice. Is there any other way to get his articles? Say i subscribe, how often is he published? Also, does anyone know if he has plans for another book? It has been a while.</p> I was a home bread maker before this phenomenon, but since trying it, I haven’t gone back. I’ve made about 30, and in my experience is only gummy if you don’t let it rest long enough.

I don’t get Vogue, but I love Steingarten. I’ve read both books twice. Is there any other way to get his articles? Say i subscribe, how often is he published? Also, does anyone know if he has plans for another book? It has been a while.

]]> By: mamster http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/04/25/got-a-real-cool-head/#comment-23140 mamster Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:53:59 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/04/25/got-a-real-cool-head/#comment-23140 <p>It's okay, L, I've tried everything I can to scare liza off, but she keeps popping back up like overyeasted dough.</p> It’s okay, L, I’ve tried everything I can to scare liza off, but she keeps popping back up like overyeasted dough.

]]> By: L http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/04/25/got-a-real-cool-head/#comment-23139 L Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:46:08 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/04/25/got-a-real-cool-head/#comment-23139 <p>oh dear... if I lost readers with ever apostrophe typo, I'd be deep into negative digits by now. </p> <p>I like the no knead bread, but I have to say, I miss the kneading. I just made the Italian loaf recipe handed down from some grandmother or another, and I kneaded again! It's fun and much faster! And, the loaf turned out beautifully, lovely crust, etc. Of course, I used some of the new tricks I learned from the no knead bread. I cooked it, covered, in a cast iron pot. </p> <p>-L</p> oh dear… if I lost readers with ever apostrophe typo, I’d be deep into negative digits by now.

I like the no knead bread, but I have to say, I miss the kneading. I just made the Italian loaf recipe handed down from some grandmother or another, and I kneaded again! It’s fun and much faster! And, the loaf turned out beautifully, lovely crust, etc. Of course, I used some of the new tricks I learned from the no knead bread. I cooked it, covered, in a cast iron pot.

-L

]]> By: mamster http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/04/25/got-a-real-cool-head/#comment-23138 mamster Thu, 26 Apr 2007 14:04:02 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/04/25/got-a-real-cool-head/#comment-23138 <p>This post destined for <em>Worst Food Writing 2007</em>.</p> This post destined for Worst Food Writing 2007.

]]> By: Liza http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/04/25/got-a-real-cool-head/#comment-23137 Liza Thu, 26 Apr 2007 13:31:40 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/04/25/got-a-real-cool-head/#comment-23137 <blockquote> <p>the bread is true to it’s name</p> </blockquote> <p>UNSUBSCRIBE</p>

the bread is true to it’s name

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