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  • in reply to: recent Challah thread from BC? #2034
    Mike Nolan
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      If we can't find any other way to get them posted, I can probably upload them somewhere (not sure where), but in general I'd rather spend 15 minutes teaching someone how to do something than 5 minutes doing it for them, especially because in the process I might learn something that will make it easier for the next person.

      I've been involved in online communities since the late 80's, and have seen dozens of them come and go. I still miss some of them.

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      in reply to: Valtrompia Bread Tube #2033
      Mike Nolan
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        I've got bread tubes from 2 or 3 different companies, Norpro sold them for a while and so did Pampered Chef. I think I've got a heart, a diamond, a flower petal and a hexagon.

        They usually hold 12-14 ounces of bread dough. I usually use canola oil in the, I spray the sides then use a long brush to even things out. I general bake them with the tube laying directly on the rack, if I try standing them on end they fall over anyway. I rotate them 1/3 turn every 10 minutes or so.

        in reply to: recent Challah thread from BC? #2020
        Mike Nolan
        Keymaster

          Sorry to hear he's not getting much traffic, but I've never subscribed to the 'Build it and they will come' philosophy, you have to work at it. (In marketing this is known as the 'Emerson Fallacy'.)

          If you can't figure out how to post the thread, email it to me and I'll work on it, might take me a few days to get to it, though. nolan at tssi dot com.

          in reply to: recent Challah thread from BC? #2001
          Mike Nolan
          Keymaster

            That sounds about right, Cass. Now, how can we get her and Aaron active here?

            in reply to: recent Challah thread from BC? #1993
            Mike Nolan
            Keymaster

              Here are the two loaves just before baking:
              Before baking

              Here they are after baking. My wife's comment: Not my best work. I agree, I think I 'dropped a stitch' on one of the upper layers, too. I think they'll taste just fine, though.

              After Baking

              Here's a closer shot of one loaf with a ruler to show size:

              After Baking (with ruler)

              I left a post over on Zen's site saying there were pix here.

              I can't remember the name of the other participant in that thread, she and Aaron exchanged several interesting notes on Challah traditions and lore.

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              in reply to: Ron’s Irish Porridge Bread #1947
              Mike Nolan
              Keymaster

                Is this the recipe you're looking at:

                Ron's Irish Porridge Bread

                According to KAF, the ingredients in their Whole-Grain Bread Improver are:
                vital wheat gluten, low fat soy flour, inactive yeast and ascorbic acid.

                I'm not sure what the inactive yeast is there for, flavor I guess. I wonder if brewer's yeast would accomplish the same thing?

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                in reply to: Trying picture posting #1941
                Mike Nolan
                Keymaster

                  I'm not sure exactly what you did, Sarah, but if I look at it as the sysadmin, I see -DEL- tags rather than -IMG- tags. That would also explain the strike-throughs.

                  Below is what happens if I use the -img- tag at the top of the text box. (This requires having the image stored on a server accessible on the Internet, of course. If you want to upload the image to this server, you need to use the attachments link at the bottom of the page.)

                  Challah

                  And here's your image in an -IMG- tag:

                  Butterfly

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                  Mike Nolan
                  Keymaster

                    I think the reason it's coming up as an attachment rather than a small version of your picture is that what you posted is a docx (Word) file, not a graphic (JPG, GIF, etc.)

                    It's probably has to do with how you web-scraped it from KAF, which means you'll need an extra step or two to get it to upload as an image.

                    Another thing I just discovered is that only logged-in users can see attachments, whereas -IMG- links work for anyone.

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                    in reply to: Recipes uploaded from the BC, by original poster #1848
                    Mike Nolan
                    Keymaster

                      I believe you have to upload the pictures separately using the 'attachments' area below the text box.

                      in reply to: Two Serious Issues #1834
                      Mike Nolan
                      Keymaster

                        I'd have to see the actual email, including headers, to be sure it came from Yahoo, but assuming it did come from Yahoo, I don't think confirming the unsubscribe will make things any worse and might result in some relief.

                        What I think about Cindy's situation isn't printable here.

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                        in reply to: Recipes uploaded from the BC, by original poster #1830
                        Mike Nolan
                        Keymaster

                          I will try to find time to post updated counts of 'recipes by' in a few days.

                          I may also post counts of 'recipes posted by', too.

                          I've modified the member profile page to give a breakdown of recipes posted by that member separate from the topics started count. (As of when I wrote this note, for example, Rottiedogs has 124 recipes posted, BakerAunt has 155 and Sarah Wirth has 326.)

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                          in reply to: Two Serious Issues #1824
                          Mike Nolan
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                            Now you see why I will not have anything to do with yahoo groups! I'd recommend doing the unsubscribe, but I won't guarantee it gets rid of the spam. I've been trying to get off one specific yahoo group (that I never subscribed to!) for years, and there's another one I get email from every now and then that I never joined, either. (In both cases, I believe I was added by the group manager WITHOUT MY CONSENT.)

                            There's supposed to be an 'unsubscribe from all yahoo groups' option, but I'm not sure it has ever worked.

                            Sorry to hear about Cindy.

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                            in reply to: Recipes uploaded from the BC, by original poster #1820
                            Mike Nolan
                            Keymaster

                              Something to think about: I saw some links in some of the 'Old BC Threads' posts that have links to recipes that were on the KAF BC. (For example in the Texas Sheet Cake thread.)

                              If the recipes being referred to get uploaded here, we may want to change those links at some point. But at least they go to a valid KAF page that talks about the transition rather than generate a 404 (page not found) error.

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                              in reply to: Recipes uploaded from the BC, by original poster #1812
                              Mike Nolan
                              Keymaster

                                It's easier and faster for me to just move them to the Recipes forum, so I did. Hopefully I got them all.

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                                in reply to: Recipes uploaded from the BC, by original poster #1783
                                Mike Nolan
                                Keymaster

                                  I fixed a few posts that had the attribution in the recipe but not in the title.

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