Miche Porn

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wadada
Hi all,
Made some Miche at home on my day off.  Mixed/folded/formed in between wrenching on the VW, cleaning the house, and practicing scales!I used a high percentage of high-extraction, a bit of rye and white.  About  83% hydration.  I don't keep track very well at home.  I mix/knead with one hand in a bowl, and dip my hand in water until the dough feels wet enough.I'm pretty happy with the results, but I think I lost patience with proofing.  It could have gone another 20 minutes perhaps.  Also, both loaves nose-dived off of the peel, pulling my circular score down on one side.  Still tasted good![IMG]http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l227/tyb507/DSCN0227.jpg[/IMG][IMG]htt... now for the gratuitus close-up:[IMG]http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l227/tyb507/DSCN0236.jpg[/IMG] 
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doughman 2008 February 15
Hi Wadada,

Your miches are beautiful.  Did you bake them in a brick oven or in your typical home oven?  I had the "nose dive" problem when I load my breads into the hearth stone, and the score of my bread ends up being a bit off to one side.  I wish I had a deck oven with a loader.  That would solve the "nose dive" problem for sure.
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wadada 2008 February 16
[quote=doughman]Hi Wadada,

Your miches are beautiful.  Did you bake them in a brick oven or in your typical home oven?  I had the "nose dive" problem when I load my breads into the hearth stone, and the score of my bread ends up being a bit off to one side.  I wish I had a deck oven with a loader.  That would solve the "nose dive" problem for sure.
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wadada 2008 February 17
I'm having trouble replying!  It keeps rejecting my response and saying "comment field required."
Now I'm trying in a different browser...see if it works.
I used a gas oven at home, as the backyard brick oven is still in the planning stages.
Jeremy, I work at the Red Hen, in Middlesex, VT.
-tyler
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Jeremy 2008 February 17
Tyler,
Been trying to get your boss to interview, I was up in Vermont back a spell visiting King Arthur and was about to stop into see the bakery as a friend of mine owns a B&B up there The Old Stage coach Inn, just at the last minute I changed my mine, the road was icy and I had to catch a plane back to NY!
Will have to stop up there if I am visiting again? Maybe in the summer?


Jeremy

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