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  • in reply to: Issues with Wheat? #16329
    Mike Nolan
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      There's little question that sourdough does something that affect the glycemic index of bread, though I'm not sure if they've identified what the agent is or what it does, but I think that would affect the starch, not the gluten proteins. There are a number of journal articles on sourdough, but I've not tried to read more than a couple of them. I'm not sure if anyone at UNL, where my wife works, is doing research on breads at the moment.

      in reply to: Cake flour #16326
      Mike Nolan
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        Jet.com appears to have BRM cake flour in 3 pound bags in stock. You may have to order a lot of it to get free shipping though.

        And it appears walmart.com has purasnow cake flour available in various quantities from a twin pack of 5 pound bags to a 50 pound bag.

        in reply to: Issues with Wheat? #16324
        Mike Nolan
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          I'd like the article better if it cited sources for a number of the facts it claims, like the one about sourdough 'predigesting 97%' of the gluten.

          in reply to: Cake flour #16320
          Mike Nolan
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            Looks like it's just out of stock, that's not unusual this year because the winter wheat harvest isn't in yet, and most white wheat is a winter wheat. BRM's cake flour is made primarily from a soft white winter wheat.

            in reply to: Daily Quiz for May 28, 2019 #16319
            Mike Nolan
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              I was keeping a notebook for a while on the 'net weight after draining' of browned ground beef, I find that the 80% often seems to produce a lot more fat than 85% does. 93% is a bit more consistent, you can almost get it to a dry state, not that I think that's a good texture for food, and 93% makes for dry and almost tasteless burgers.

              My point on today's question was in part to note that if you're careful shopping you get pretty much the same 'per net pound' cost regardless of what fat level you buy, so other considerations may be more important. If I'm making a meat loaf, I will usually go with 85% lean, because 93% won't hold together, even with other binders in it. For something I"m going to drain anyway, I usually stick with 80%.

              in reply to: The 2019 Gardens #16295
              Mike Nolan
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                We've got nearly a dozen flats of plants, flowers as well as vegetables, waiting to be planted if the weather ever cooperates. In the last week we've seen temperatures drop into the low 40's with wind chills in the mid 30's twice and we've had about 4 inches of rain, 1.75 inches of it in the last 15 hours.

                in reply to: What are you Cooking the week of May 26, 2019? #16284
                Mike Nolan
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                  Macaroni and cheese here

                  in reply to: What are you Baking the week of May 19, 2019? #16273
                  Mike Nolan
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                    I know my limitations as a handyman, and doing drywall work isn't something I'd attempt. We had a bunch of drywall work done last fall, repairing some areas where water had leaked in before we got the roof fixed correctly. (The re-roofing job we had done about 10 years ago was not done very well, so we found a different roofer when we got hit by a big hailstorm two years ago.)

                    in reply to: Happy Birthday S. Wirth! #16270
                    Mike Nolan
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                      Happy birthday, Sara, I hope you aren't in the path of that storm front. It went north of us.

                      in reply to: What are you Cooking the week of May 19, 2019? #16260
                      Mike Nolan
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                        My wife is helping someone set up for a garage sale tomorrow (in our garage), so we had takeout

                        in reply to: What are you Baking the week of May 19, 2019? #16259
                        Mike Nolan
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                          Yeah, I hear you on the carpentry issue. Our SubZero side-by-side refrigerator and freezer are both 22 years old now, and the newer ones are about 11 inches taller, so we'd lose the cabinet space above them. So we keep repairing them. Fortunately, SubZero still makes parts for them. The guy who repaired the freezer last time it broke said SubZero actually has a few of this model sitting in a warehouse. They're something like 10-15 years old but have never been out of the crate.

                          If our DCS dual-fuel 48" range had to be replaced, we probably wouldn't have trouble getting a new unit in the space, but we'd probably have to take the island out to have space to get the old one out and a new one in. The DCS weighs about 700 pounds, too!

                          in reply to: Mason Jar Lid Pies #16253
                          Mike Nolan
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                            English Muffin rings would probably work for this, too.

                            in reply to: What are you Baking the week of May 19, 2019? #16252
                            Mike Nolan
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                              In an oven that old, the top element may not come on at all except when in broiler mode, you may have to get down on your hands and knees to check on that through the window.

                              Maverick makes an oven thermometer that is designed to measure average temperature, it hangs below the rack rather than goes in your meat. I've used both it and a digital meat probe thermometer at the same time to observe differences in what they measure.

                              Having multiple digital thermometers (I have at least 4 of them) seems expensive, but consider the cost of a ruined crown roast!

                              I'd be inclined to suspect a bad thermostat or a bad dial. Older electric ovens get 'dead spots' on the dials. (The digital controls are more likely to just fail completely.)

                              in reply to: What are you Cooking the week of May 19, 2019? #16241
                              Mike Nolan
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                                We had tacos tonight.

                                in reply to: What are you Baking the week of May 19, 2019? #16236
                                Mike Nolan
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                                  I doubt we can help you conquer the new oven. A professional chef I know told me that when he moves to a new kitchen one of the things he does is take a few loaves of sliced bread and toast them in the oven at different heights and settings, to get an idea of
                                  how the oven works and where it has hot spots (they all do, even the best convection ovens.)

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