Re: What's that in your Mouth?

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Jun 02, 2022 9:08 pm

Also, I thought the haslet slices would dry out and become pleasingly brittle in the microwave but they didn't.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Jun 02, 2022 9:08 pm

It didn't seem to affect them at all.

by Fangirl Three Fri Jun 03, 2022 6:25 am

When I read about cooking bread vertically, I know what the words mean but I struggle to form a mental picture to match. Please explain!

by Nightjar Fri Jun 03, 2022 6:56 am

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:To be honest, it could've turned out better.

Microwave bread seems to turn out better when you cook it vertically, rather than horizontally.

When you microwave it horizontally, it tends to come out less raised and more paste-like.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri Jun 03, 2022 9:43 am

Fangirl Three wrote:When I read about cooking bread vertically, I know what the words mean but I struggle to form a mental picture to match. Please explain!

Basically, I can pour the "batter" onto a plate, so that it's lying flat, like a pancake.

Or I can pour it into a bowl, so that it's not flat, like a cake or a loaf.

The latter method seems to work better.

by Fangirl Three Fri Jun 03, 2022 2:33 pm

I see.

Did you put any yeast in your dough?

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri Jun 03, 2022 2:35 pm

I didn't. I don't like the taste.

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Fri Jun 03, 2022 2:38 pm

Does yeast taste of anything?

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri Jun 03, 2022 4:48 pm

Breweries.

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Fri Jun 03, 2022 5:01 pm

by Fangirl Three Sat Jun 04, 2022 6:04 am

Your dough's not going to rise without yeast or some other raising agent.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat Jun 04, 2022 9:57 am

It's self-raising flour.

It rises when I do it vertically - especially if I use warm water instead of cold.

I think that, when I do it horizontally, the batter's too thin to retain the bubbles.

by Fangirl Three Sat Jun 04, 2022 2:50 pm

What you're making there is more of a scone than bread. I shouldn't criticise though. Perhaps haslet scone-pizzas are going to be the next big thing.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat Jun 04, 2022 9:59 pm

I've just eaten two apples but one of them turned out to be rotten on one side. So, I could only eat one and a half of them and have had to throw the other half-apple out the window. bawl

by Fangirl Three Sun Jun 05, 2022 6:26 am

I had tea with my parents yesterday evening and my mum had cooked my favourite shepherd's pie. But after only a few bites, I crunched on something which turned out to be a small piece of glass!

I don't think I swallowed any. Nor was any more glass to be seen in the food. But my appetite was quite taken away.