US English take on bread

Re: US English take on bread

On 28 Mar, 23:07, roddkay <rodd...@ix,net com,com > wrote:

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> ??????????????????????????????????? 16 oz. per pound/ 14 lb. per stone,
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you should get that key fixed. Yeah, catch up. : -)

Re: US English take on bread

On 27 Mar, 22:15, Charles Perry <chef...@nospam,com > wrote:
> ... the ingredient
> list called for things like Shipton's great grind available at all
> Waitrose, equivalent to French T 59x or some such gibberish to the North
> American ear.

I think that might just be gibberish, period, I haven't seen that in
any Waitrose I've been in and I used to work for them. I do use
Shipton MIl on line quite a lot though.

> What the hell is Granary flour anyway? And, where can I
> get some?

Lol, Granary contains malted and roasted wheat flakes I love it but I
use yeast when I make granary loaves, don't ask why it just seems to
make sense.

..
> it deserves a wider distribution.
> I just hope the editing does not screw up a good book.

Me too, that would be a shame.

Jim

Re: US English take on bread


"TG" <sourdough.tg@virgin,net > wrote in message
news:1175015942.851972.12670@n59g2000hsh.googlegroups,com ...
> Hi all,
>
> In a forum yesterday Dan Lepard mentioned his new book
>
>> Hi Folks,
>> There is a US/Canadian edition of "The Handmade Loaf"
>> due out next month, called:
>> The Art of Handmade Bread - Contemporary European Recipes for the Home
>> Baker
>>
>> Now, when I was told that the edition would be... em...
>> "Americanized" (that's the name for preparing a UK edtion for the US
>> market), I
>> thought this would just mean changing metric to cups,
>> "Self-raising for to "self rising flour" and so on. But no, it's much
>> more than that.
>> Even ideas, punctuation, general phrases and so on. Even the title needed
>> to be changed as the co-edition publishers (the company in US who
>> distributes the book) were concerned the people in the US or Canada won't
>> know what a "loaf" is.
>> ...
>>
>> Best Wishes
>>
>> Dan Lepard
>
> I have my thoughts on perhaps why he told them this but the co-edition
> publishers do seem a bit extreme. Does anyone have any comments?

I'd have thought that 'loaf' was such a strong word that it would be
recognised in any 'English Speaking' country.

But I'm English so what do I know?

:-)

Mary
>
> JIm
>

Re: US English take on bread

In message <CMuOh.83364$zU1.10065@pd7urf1no>, graham <g.stereo@shaw.ca>
writes
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>"June Hughes" <junehughes@theacct.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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>> In message <v9ok03dpr2u909o6fmn97c4rstoilj4792@4ax,com >, Gary Woods
>> <garyusenet@earthlink,net > writes
>>>"TG" <sourdough.tg@virgin,net > wrote:
>>>
>>>> I
>>>>still don't understand why ounces are 14 to a pound
>>>
>>>16, actually. Unless it's precious metals, when it's 12.
>>>
>>>My favorite is "furlongs per fortnight."
>>>
>>>I do my bread recipes metrically, but the cheap little digital scale will
>>>do either.
>>>
>>>
>> Goodness. I've only posted here for an hour or so and have already met
>> two people I know from elsewhere. Hello Gary.
>>
>> I have started using electronic scales after buying Andrew Whitley's
>> 'Bread Matters'. He says he even weighs water - hence the electronic
>> scales - but I am unsure that it makes much difference.
>> --
>I weigh the water, June. It's quicker easier than bending down and
>squinting my myopic eyes at the meniscus. Anyway, there are never enough
>graduations on the measuring jugs.
Hi Graham. It's surprising who you meet here, isn't it? I now stand
corrected and am please I bought my electronic scales.
I am very please Ophelia told me to come here.
--
June Hughes

Re: US English take on bread

In message <%qxOh.83865$zU1.78092@pd7urf1no>, graham <g.stereo@shaw.ca>
writes
>
>"June Hughes" <junehughes@theacct.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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>> I shan't be able to do that with the new electronic scales.
>> --
>WHAT?!!!!!! The Gadget Queen has only just now bought electronic scales?{:-)
>Graham
>
>
'Fraid so. (Don't snitch on me in ukfd, will you?)
--
June Hughes

Re: US English take on bread

On 28 Mar, 18:27, June Hughes <junehug...@theacct.demon.co.uk> wrote:
...
> >WHAT?!!!!!! The Gadget Queen has only just now bought electronic scales?{:-)
> >Graham
>
> 'Fraid so. (Don't snitch on me in ukfd, will you?)
> --
> June Hughes

Lol, now I really wish I were meeting you tomorrow. lol

Jim

Re: US English take on bread


"June Hughes" <junehughes@theacct.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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> In message <%qxOh.83865$zU1.78092@pd7urf1no>, graham <g.stereo@shaw.ca>
> writes
>>
>>"June Hughes" <junehughes@theacct.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
>>news:$5ElkJnEXpCGFwGf@theacct.demon.co.uk...
>>> I shan't be able to do that with the new electronic scales.
>>> --
>>WHAT?!!!!!! The Gadget Queen has only just now bought electronic
>>scales?{:-)
>>Graham
>>
>>
> 'Fraid so. (Don't snitch on me in ukfd, will you?)

It's nice to have something on file in case of emergencies though :-)

Mary
> --
> June Hughes