Mike Nolan

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  • in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of October 1, 2023? #40576
    Mike Nolan
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      Yes, I've been maintaining it at about 40-50 grams (post-feeding) for several weeks, but I've built it up over the last few days to around 300 grams, which should give me plenty for a batch of crackers and probably a test loaf of semolina bread. I'll start by removing enough to resume the maintenance level, then see how much I have left after making cracker dough. I will say that so far it appears twice-daily feedings are working well, no signs of 'hooch', which at least one sourdough researcher has said means the starter colony is starving.

      I'll probably do the same thing with the rye starter soon and try it with a recipe I've made before. It smells right, though.

      in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of October 1, 2023? #40574
      Mike Nolan
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        I'm building up my wheat starter as I feed it (2x a day) and am hoping to make a batch of sourdough cheese cracker dough tomorrow, probably baking them on Monday or Tuesday of next week.

        in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of October 1, 2023? #40573
        Mike Nolan
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          Your pizzas always look so good, mine look like a bad imitation of a Picasso painting.

          in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of October 1, 2023? #40563
          Mike Nolan
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            I may have to make some rye bread, what I had in the freezer I had to toss out in August when we had freezer problems. I'll probably make Reinhart's marbled rye from BBA, that's a nice mild rye and it makes great reubens.

            in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of October 1, 2023? #40562
            Mike Nolan
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              We had macaroni and cheese.

              Mike Nolan
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                Today I got through all my mixing bowls, some of the colored Pyrex ones vary by as much as 3 ounces in weight, I guess the thickness of the glass varied a lot over the decades of production.

                Mike Nolan
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                  I figure two months, a few every day. I need to do some reorganization and cleaning in the kitchen anyway once the fruit flies are wiped out. The zapper racket is very effective but it leaves dead fruit flies everywhere.

                  in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of October 1, 2023? #40545
                  Mike Nolan
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                    We had takeout pizza and lasagna tonight.

                    in reply to: Whole Wheat Sourdough Cheese Crackers #40543
                    Mike Nolan
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                      What can be used in place of the flax powder?

                      in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of September 24, 2023? #40542
                      Mike Nolan
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                        I bought a 50 pound bag of first clear flour from Stover & Company when I was in Pittsburgh a few years ago, I did a lot of test baking with it. One of the odder results was that breads made with first clear flour seemed to spoil faster than the same recipe made with AP or bread flour.

                        in reply to: And we’re back, I hope. #40536
                        Mike Nolan
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                          It looks like I didn't get email set up on the updated system, but I think it's working now.

                          in reply to: Challah #40535
                          Mike Nolan
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                            Aaron, this is kind of an odd question, but if I make a challah recipe can I sell it as Challah even though I'm not Jewish?

                            in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of October 1, 2023? #40531
                            Mike Nolan
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                              I think we're having some chili, possibly with fried cheese sandwiches. A combination we haven't tried before, but the chili is enough like tomato soup that it should pair well. (We used to take some chili to my wife's mother before she passed, she always called it 'tomato soup'.)

                              in reply to: Lining Pan for Cinnamon Rolls?? #40529
                              Mike Nolan
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                                Great. I wonder how a butter-flavored oil would work?

                                in reply to: Lining Pan for Cinnamon Rolls?? #40517
                                Mike Nolan
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                                  The reason I went to a compound butter for cinnamon rolls is that you spread it on and very little leaks out.

                                  I don't know if it is possible to do something similar with a little neutral oil instead of butter. Might be worth a small experiment. Sometimes I make a small batch of cinnamon rolls, just 4 rolls in the batch.

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