mikeymad

Well there is - but maybe not what you think. Rye is a very low gluten grain - as such it is much easier to make a pan loaf, and make it really hearty with lots of grains and seeds. But with that being said, we make just about all our rye breads with natural leavening (or sourdough starter). Because the acidity that comes with the starter is great for working with the rye - it wants an acidic environment. It is really hard to get a artisan style rye loaf to have any sort of open crumb if the rye content is over 50% of the flour, it just falls under it's own weight from the lack of gluten structure. And the rest is about marketing and perception. In 'merica, rye bread means mostly white bread with a touch of rye and a shite load of caraway. In old world, rye is used in so many ways that it is staggering the variety and flavors that you can get. Hope that helps a little. ---------------------- On other bread fronts... Sonja and I are still making progress on our bakery. Sonja completed her second test bake in a local commercial kitchen (with steam deck oven). She is working on all the paperwork and licenses to be able to sell locally. We have acquired - https://www.tafonibakehouse.com/ - nothing published yet. Other progress at -- https://www.instagram.com/tafonibakehouse All sorts of small steps - but should be selling soon. First delivery of flour as a business: Cheers Mikey

RIP Kobe

RIP Mr Lehrer.. Learned so much from you, including integrity.. Thanks, and godspeed.

The Half-Life Series is Free to Play Until March 2020 https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/gaming/the-half-life-series-is-free-to-play-until-march-2020/

Cheers Mike - happy wishes to the coming year.

RIP Terry. GrayFrayedAnnelid-mobile.mp4

Have fun at the hoffman thread I really enjoy a couple - Eldorado - for the concept aspect and couple of good tunes Out of the Blue - as my first and classic Balance of Power - I overlooked this - until I was about to purge it from my collection - on listening - it is good. bonus is just Jeff's - Armchair Theatre -- worthy listen.

Teqball? Never heard of this before. - interesting.

Chana!!

I almost bought a 1938 Plymouth -- it had a bad ass ornament.

Cheers Grahame - may your day be filled with bacon and ice cream - and the usual. happy birthday

That monster Sony has a touch of porn to it..

I need a coffee ☕

? because youtube recommendations from my watch history... thanks HiWire

Are you Trying to kill Dusty, knucks.. ?

Cheers Frank - build yourself something nice on your birthday...

Some snow in the pnw. Makes for a fun commute. But purdy

Modern Talking? hmmm And Nice to see that Ofra Haza was big there.

With rush for some reason I am more about songs. But I would say Hemispheres, or the to Rio live album.

It has been a long evening.... a long musical and sad evening. and lots of Mac 12yo...

Tough day... RIP Neil - it is hard when gods fall.

Bill Frisell: New Ideas in Old Songs by Ken Micallef https://www.stereophile.com/content/bill-frisell-new-ideas-old-songs

I just could not stay away from this thread.. Please add an order for the following for me -- and many thanks mwl168.. 2 x GRHVxxx 1 x GRLV78xx 1 x GRLV79xx 1 x main board looking forward to it (and no rush)..

I was fooled time and again by this... poor vid quality and recorded in what looks like a club. but whomever was recording the session, knew what they were doing, and Haley brings it.