Old school bread

[Rajobigguy]

Every once in a while someone makes a post about bread. Not the kind you spend but the kind you eat so I thought I would share.

Tha is home made sourdough, whole wheat bread. I will be having it with split pea soup tonight.

 

[Lumpy]

Details please

 

[Rajobigguy]

OMG not just awesome but totally decadent and almost healthy

 

[TITTIES AND BEER]

Dam

 

[Lumpy]

Is that split pee from the can or do ya spit em yourself?!?

 

[Rajobigguy]

Is that split pee from the can or do ya spit em yourself?!?

Each and every dried pea has benn split with a chisel to precise measurement in my garage with a CNC splitter.


OK it’sAnderson’s that had been doctors a bit.

 

[Lumpy]

You sir...know your pea's

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[Rajobigguy]

Details please

You mean like a recipe? That would be tough unless you have some of this.
That is a
Sourdough starter I got from San Francisco many year’s ago that I have fed and nurtured to make it my own. If you are local to SoCal I can give you some to start culturing.

 

[rush1]

You mean like a recipe? That would be tough unless you have some of this.
That is a
Sourdough starter I got from San Francisco many year’s ago that I have fed and nurtured to make it my own. If you are local to SoCal I can give you some to start culturing.

Wow not many people know that , I retired from Oroweat after 33 years ,I love good bread but it's getting very hard to find.

 

[HTTP404]

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Tha is home made sourdough, whole wheat bread. I will be having it with split pea soup tonight.

We maintain a starter in the fridge. Always looking for better ways to cook.

 

[HTTP404]

You mean like a recipe? That would be tough unless you have some of this.
That is a
Sourdough starter I got from San Francisco many year’s ago that I have fed and nurtured to make it my own. If you are local to SoCal I can give you some to start culturing.

Wife said "get some".

 

[Rajobigguy]

Wife said "get some".

Pm me your number . I’m proofing another batch tomorrow.

 

[FreeBird236]

Wow not many people know that , I retired from Oroweat after 33 years ,I love good bread but it's getting very hard to find.

I may not be a connoisseur, but La Brea is the best I've found in stores.

 

[Chili Palmer]

If you can find it fresh, San Luis Sourdough brand cracked wheat sourdough makes the best toast and add a lil' sugar and cinnamon on the melted butter......Bnag! Oh yeah, that's some good stuff!

 

[DaytonaBabe]

Doh! Or rather, dough! I thought this was gonna be about one of my favorite old bands...

Your bread looks good too though.

 

[Rajobigguy]

Doh! Or rather, dough! I thought this was gonna be about one of my favorite old bands...

Your bread looks good too though.

You have good taste in music Mel. I'm old enough that I can say that I actually saw them in concert.

 

[Willie B]

...Damn... just opened this thread ...I wish I would’ve had some whole wheat sourdough... I just killed a can of Campbell’s chunky split pea soup for lunch... crunched up a bunch of saltines to put in the soup not quite the same as dipping sourdough...

 

[RiverDave]

You make the bread from scratch?

 

[Rajobigguy]

You make the bread from scratch?

Yep, about the only thing I don’t do is mill my own flour.

 

[pkrrvr619]

You make the bread from scratch?

Sourdough is very popular now with people being locked up from COVID. It’s a good hobby to learn as there’s a million ways to make it and you can add ingredients to it as well. Think jalapeño cheese sourdough etc.

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OMG not just awesome but totally decadent and almost healthy

what whole wheat flour are you using for this recipe? The crumb looks really tight, is that due to the whole wheat flour or was it unerproofed?

haven’t tried whole wheat but am always looking for healthier bread recipes.

 

[Christopher Lucero]

I always have trouble getting the the texture right...seems to come out rather dense/crumbly instead of chewy. And the yeastyness is not like the good stuff either (using active dry yeast, I guess, instead of a nurtured mother)
A big breakthrough was realizing I was killing yeast with tap water, so I keep some boiled rainwater around...
I tried doing more kneading, doing less kneading, using 00 flour...still not like the good fresh stuff that pros make. I did manage to make some decent pizza dough, maybe because it went in the fridge overnight...IDK

 

[Rajobigguy]

Sourdough is very popular now with people being locked up from COVID. It’s a good hobby to learn as there’s a million ways to make it and you can add ingredients to it as well. Think jalapeño cheese sourdough etc.

what whole wheat flour are you using for this recipe? The crumb looks really tight, is that due to the whole wheat flour or was it unerproofed?

haven’t tried whole wheat but am always looking for healthier bread recipes.

The whole wheat flour is just plain old Pillsbury. Yes whole wheat will give it a different texture than a softer bread flour and for this particular bread I made it intentionally dense.

 

[Rajobigguy]

I always have trouble getting the the texture right...seems to come out rather dense/crumbly instead of chewy. And the yeastyness is not like the good stuff either (using active dry yeast, I guess, instead of a nurtured mother)
A big breakthrough was realizing I was killing yeast with tap water, so I keep some boiled rainwater around...
I tried doing more kneading, doing less kneading, using 00 flour...still not like the good fresh stuff that pros make. I did manage to make some decent pizza dough, maybe because it went in the fridge overnight...IDK

To get the kind of "chewy" that you are looking for is going take a well aged starter and some extended rise times. After your first rise punch it down and keep it in the fridge overnight then let it slow rise the next day.