Food The (not so) delicious food thread

kiwi said:
Second attempt was bad but third attempt is looking promising. Pizza tonight worked much better than last week too.

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Nice work!

It's probably safe to assume that you know this, but just in case, make sure you're doing everything by weight and not volume. Also, find a brand of flour and stick to it - as they're all different. And that brand should preferably be King Arthur unbleached AP/bread flour. :D
 
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fly said:
Nice work!

It's probably safe to assume that you know this, but just in case, make sure you're doing everything by weight and not volume. Also, find a brand of flour and stick to it - as they're all different. And that brand should preferably be King Arthur unbleached AP/bread flour. :D
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Totally agree that weight is always KING. KA is great flour for the price and availability. Ain't nobody got time to go sniffing flours :0

I hope kiwi keeps loafing a-round. :)
 
gee said:
I buy the 20kg sacks of P&H Milling brand stuff from Wholesale Club.

It's milled about 5km away so freshness ain't an issue, and a sack goes for around $15.
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While I believe KA to be the best, imho, the goal is consistency. You can learn to make good bread with just about any flour, but you'll want it to be the same brand. I made some bread one time with Aldi flour and it was a mess. Ratios were all off. That's not to say you can't make good bread with it, but I hadn't learned the amounts.

So I stick to KA.
 
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While I believe KA to be the best, imho, the goal is consistency. You can learn to make good bread with just about any flour, but you'll want it to be the same brand. I made some bread one time with Aldi flour and it was a mess. Ratios were all off. That's not to say you can't make good bread with it, but I hadn't learned the amounts.

So I stick to KA.
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KA pride themselves on their exact protein % so yeah, keep it dry and weigh everything and you can consistently make the same thing over and over again.

Store brand is gonna come from whatever private label milling company got awarded the contract for that batch, and protein content is probably gonna be on the low side.
 
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fly said:
While I believe KA to be the best, imho, the goal is consistency. You can learn to make good bread with just about any flour, but you'll want it to be the same brand. I made some bread one time with Aldi flour and it was a mess. Ratios were all off. That's not to say you can't make good bread with it, but I hadn't learned the amounts.

So I stick to KA.
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Starch levels probably got you. Better flours use the same types of wheat, consistently. Maybe they even vet batches from different farms, testing it on the spot , "nah, ain't buying this shit!". Have never been happy with my Aldi purchases - never, ever the same thing twice.
 
Agree with gee - protein can be all over the place with cheap brands. Just a week later/earlier in harvesting changes things a lot.
"A rounding issue" :(
 
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wetwillie said:
Starch levels probably got you. Better flours use the same types of wheat, consistently. Maybe they even vet batches from different farms, testing it on the spot , "nah, ain't buying this shit!". Have never been happy with my Aldi purchases - never, ever the same thing twice.
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Oh look at you going back over the things we're talking about!
 
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fly said:
While I believe KA to be the best, imho, the goal is consistency. You can learn to make good bread with just about any flour, but you'll want it to be the same brand. I made some bread one time with Aldi flour and it was a mess. Ratios were all off. That's not to say you can't make good bread with it, but I hadn't learned the amounts.

So I stick to KA.
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WRONG. Conan, tell us what is best!
 
fly said:
While I believe KA to be the best, imho, the goal is consistency. You can learn to make good bread with just about any flour, but you'll want it to be the same brand. I made some bread one time with Aldi flour and it was a mess. Ratios were all off. That's not to say you can't make good bread with it, but I hadn't learned the amounts.

So I stick to KA.
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You were unhappy I gravied AND agreed with you?

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