tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post6246737631138805016..comments2024-03-17T03:42:21.277-05:00Comments on LEARNING CURVE ON THE ECLIPTIC: Ms Bun The Baker's DaughterTwilighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-7071816444573976632012-12-14T09:26:07.420-06:002012-12-14T09:26:07.420-06:00Rossa ~~ Yes, I remember you mentioning your craf...Rossa ~~ Yes, I remember you mentioning your craft before, Rossa.<br />:-) Dad trained via apprenticeship to a baker in the town where he was born. He never really wanted to go in that direction, he wanted to stay in school so's he could get a clerical job, but with 10 siblings, and he the eldest boy, he had to go out and earn money to help feed the family. He progressed via promotion to foreman, then a manager at a bakery chain in the south of England, and another in a nearby city. After the war he and Mum decided to take the plunge and go into biz for themselves, which they did, and remained self-employed, working together, for the rest of their lives.....though not in baking as the got older.....it's a hard job -as you must know!<br /><br /><br />Mmmmm - Crusty bread! Hard to find nowadays. Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-20381540266093793922012-12-14T03:25:31.800-06:002012-12-14T03:25:31.800-06:00Like your Dad, I trained as a baker confectioner i...Like your Dad, I trained as a baker confectioner in the 70s and still remember my first lesson in making bread by hand then working through all the processes involving mixing machines, provers and ovens. We were very lucky in our 2nd year to move into a brand new college in Leeds with the latest equipment. Great fun to use it but then we had the time to do so. Out in the real world you had to be a lot quicker and the early starts I also remember well.<br /><br />On the theory side of breadmaking I remember a list of permitted additives to flour. For white flour the list was 2 sides of an A4 sheet of paper with a half sheet for wholemeal bread. Even chalk was permissible to 'whiten' the flour. I now buy organic unbleached flour for my 'white' bread which is more of a creamy colour but can have a greyish tint which can put people off. <br /><br />I still make my own bread every week, though I do cheat and use a breadmaker to knead the dough and do the first prove. Then I stop the machine, weigh out and mould the bread, into the tin or make rolls and let it do it's own 2nd prove before baking.<br /><br />Just got a new oven too which will do conventional baking (without the fan) using just heat at the top and the bottom of the oven. I get a much better result and the crust is a lot crustier. Rossahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06121831076599069841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-83295571632915630382012-12-14T03:24:31.931-06:002012-12-14T03:24:31.931-06:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Rossahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06121831076599069841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-22481471191299989562012-12-13T13:15:06.118-06:002012-12-13T13:15:06.118-06:00DC ~~~ I hadn't seen that site before - thank ...DC ~~~ I hadn't seen that site before - thank you for the link to it - I'm sure it'll come in handy! :-)Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-20657265171365562222012-12-13T11:13:11.959-06:002012-12-13T11:13:11.959-06:00Hi Annie!...when hunting for famous people's b...Hi Annie!...when hunting for famous people's birthdays I found this a good tool....all you have to do is adjust the day/month on this link and it will take you to a page with all the IMDB's data for that particular day/month...<br />http://www.imdb.com/search/name?birth_monthday=10-11&refine=birth_monthday<br />...i.e. after "monthday=....just replace the "month" first, then the "day" second (before the & symbol) and your in busines!!....maybe you know this...anyway...cheers!DChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03404195170822950372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-47234547957238612162012-12-13T08:37:16.985-06:002012-12-13T08:37:16.985-06:00Chomp ~~~ LOL! Julia Child's quote about a na...Chomp ~~~ LOL! Julia Child's quote about a nation's bread - I liked that one too! :-)Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-42297537030524395032012-12-13T01:57:53.462-06:002012-12-13T01:57:53.462-06:00I absolutely noticed, observed and regarded the hi...I absolutely noticed, observed and regarded the highly righteous and true saying at the right of your post: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VV8WZJ_PY0c/UMiUnJY8gHI/AAAAAAAAh4g/Mc97iLFa6-M/s1600/armillarysphere.jpgBREAD.jpg<br /><br />And I cannot but agree with it... <br /><br />Chompnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-39811320248291823102012-12-12T12:04:27.532-06:002012-12-12T12:04:27.532-06:00WWW - Please ignore the "way" before &qu...WWW - Please ignore the "way" before "with words".......<br />I DO wish Blogger would provide an edit facility for comments!Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-31945153638511744382012-12-12T12:02:33.910-06:002012-12-12T12:02:33.910-06:00Wisewebwoman ~
Thank you kindly ma'am! :-)
I&...Wisewebwoman ~ <br />Thank you kindly ma'am! :-)<br />I'll dig around in the back of my memory banks, WWW, see what I can find - but I sometimes think that unless these things arise of their own accord, the result of an emotional memory, I'd tend make 'em sound a bit synthetic. I don't have your ease and artistry way with words.<br />Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-91042556169212887052012-12-12T11:58:06.668-06:002012-12-12T11:58:06.668-06:00mike ~~ The spammers are usually corralled quite e...mike ~~ The spammers are usually corralled quite efficiently by Blogger, but a few have been slipping through recently. The corralled ones have increased in number too, but they are easy enough to dump.<br /><br />It was great to have fresh warm bread for breakfast, and yes there were all kinds of pastries too: Yorkshire curd cheese cake (nothing like the US cheese cake by the way) custard pies, apple pies, cakes and cupcakes, simnel cake at Christmas and Easter, and lots more. :-)<br /><br />The husband used to make his own bread, when we first met - doesn't any longer - not sure why....he used a bread maker though. I'm not sure that's quite proper - a bit like cheating! ;-) <br /><br />Finely ground sawdust eh!? I had some bran, for sprinkling, once that tasted exactly like sawdust (not that I'm an expert on sawdust flavours), but I did wonder!<br /><br />About 12.12.12? I'd have waffled on about calendars, clocks, 12 pennies to the shilling in old UK money, 12 disciples, days of Christmas, tribes of Israel etc.etc.etc. And wondered <b>why</b>!<br />Reminds me of the line in Dylan Thomas's <i>A Child's Christmas in Wales</i>:<br /><i>“And books which told me everything about the wasp, except why.”</i><br />:-)Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-31500583946359049142012-12-12T11:12:34.571-06:002012-12-12T11:12:34.571-06:00Lovely post, T, you should do more of these memory...Lovely post, T, you should do more of these memory ones.<br /><br />I'm there with your dad, lovely writing. I love how artisans get into a certain rhythm and make it all seem so effortless.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-38807920267318965732012-12-12T10:39:17.495-06:002012-12-12T10:39:17.495-06:00Twilight, it looks as if you are having trouble wi...Twilight, it looks as if you are having trouble with blog-whackers today!<br /><br />Must have been very nice to have your own freshly baked breads (any pastries?) every day! I make my own whole wheat bread from scratch...about every three days I make a loaf.<br /><br />My niece gave me a book of needless-but-interesting trivia several years ago. One of the mini-facts regarded bakers of yesteryear is that the unscrupulous bakers adulterated their breads with finely ground saw dust, ground straw, and-or clay. Yum. Apparently, there were the resultant poisonings due to clays contaminated with arsenic and other heavy metals, too. Yes, nail their ears to the shop door!<br /><br />The bakers' dozen is reminiscent of the liquor law regarding a "fifth" of liquor. Some things don't have to make sense.<br /><br />What would you have said about 12-12-12? I thought it was interesting about 08-08-08...supposedly it was a very lucky day for many and the number of weddings that day increased way more than normal. I haven't heard any hype regarding today and I thought that I would...maybe it'll be on the nightly news tonight.mikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-79157007488538718992012-12-12T09:41:54.446-06:002012-12-12T09:41:54.446-06:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com