"Nad R" wrote in message
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Billy wrote:
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"FarmI" ask@itshall be given wrote:

Nad - I've been reading a book from the "River Cottage Handbook" series
and
thought you might be interested since you too seem to be interested in
bread
baking. I'm going to buy a copy when I can figure out how to buy the
one
that was for the UK audience not the US, but the one I am reading is
specifically for the US market.

Billy - you may be interested in this because of a brief mention of the
introduction of the 'Chorleywood bread process' whihc is worth reading
aoubt
if you care about what you eat.

Daniel Stevens is the author - the US version of the has 2 loaves being
turned out of bread proving baskets, whereas the UK version just has a
pile
of loaves on the cover:
http://www.randomhouse.com/book/2008...andbook-by-dan
iel-stevens

Ordered from the library.

What's the difference between the British and the American books?

Apparently, Donna Leon's books have been printed in every language,
except Italian, the language used where she lives.

There is also a video series about Venetian Commissario Guido Brunetti,
in German, "avec sous titres".

Seems that they are a series of "River Cottage" books on the country life,
similar to the "Storey's Country Living" series that are popular here in
the US. The book does look interesting, like Peter Rienhart's books on
bread making does not completely dismiss the use of Mixer Machines but
teaches not use that much. What I not going build is a brick oven. But
they
are clay cloche for oven use that I have not tried to use.

I do have to count my pennies these days and I have bread books already. I
did put the book in my wish list. The series of books looks very
interesting.

What about borrowing them from a library? I have done that to see if I want
to own them and I've decided that I will (and I need yet more cookbooks/how
to books like I need another few holes in my head).

Peter Reinhart has a comment on the back of the bread book and he says:
"This book is not only beautiful and inspiring but it also adds new
bread-making ideas and formulas to the lexicon. It definitely goes on my
'must-have' bread shelf."

I do have my sourdough starters going now that the temperatures are warm
enough to grow them. I do not keep the temperature high enough during the
winter for the starters.

My house is as cold as a step-mother's breath in winter (right now) but I'm
still trying to get a sourdough started as a result of being inspired by
this book. I have the batter sitting on a cake cooling rack on the top of
our wood burnign kichen range which tends to stay warm all night even if it
sometimes goes out if we go to bed too ealry or dont' get up early enough.

Fresh bread oder that fill the house is a pleasant
thing that allot people are missing out on.

It sure is. I made 2 loaves today, by hand. I gave my bread machine away
years ago becaseu i was not impressed with the product from it and have made
bread by hand ever since. We've made to occasional foray into bought bread
but our our latest baker has got new staff and his bread has gone from
sublime to boring - back to my loaves again.

Badly needed rain is coming. It has not rained much here last three weeks,
my rain barrels are empty.

Gee,a whole 3 weeks. I wish I got rain so frequently ;-))

Watering with the well for most of garden. First
too much rain and now too little. The well water is not the best for my
plants.

Like other usenets, postings are way down across the boards. People moving
to FaceBook forums from I have read... Something I will probably not do

No, I won't me either. I mightt use online forums, but I doubt that I'll
even bother with those once usenet finally dies.

BTW, the preserving book by pam Corbin, looks especially good - I am going
to make that the very first one of the lot that I buy.