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Monday, September 27, 2010

F%#K

Stuff I just discovered. Stuff that
mankind's known for a few millenniums.

You can't willy-nilly ^successfully substitute rye flour for white flour in a French bread recipe.

6 comments:

  1. You're right, but it might have been okay if you had gone with 1/2 rye (or whatever)flour and 1/2 white.
    GrinfilledCelt

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  2. The prob with rye is it is resistant to mold ... including yeast.

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  3. Kristopher, your comments are always informative. Thanks.

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  4. ...yet lysergic acid diethlamide is made from ergot of rye, a mold.

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  5. leelu: I said mold resistant, not mold proof.

    Another resistant grain is Triticale ... you cannot make bread from it at all, just noodles.

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  6. still rye is healthier

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