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Potato Yeast Water Pullman Loaf (Shorty)

Potato Yeast Water Pullman Loaf

Long before I had every heard the name 'Yeast Water', I actually had made a culture and had maintained it for months. In fact, I used a 1/4 tsp of the Potato Yeast Water (PYW) to jump-start my first Apple Yeast Water (AYW) culture. Link:

http://weightloss-slim.fit/node/20693/culturing-growing-and-baking-range-wild-yeasts#comment-143857%3C/a%3E



Time Lapse Video of Apricot YW Levain

Time Lapse Video of Apricot YW LevainI started a new test Yeast Water culture. Yesterday afternoon, it look active enough to consider a rise test. In the past. I have spent too much time running back and forth checking and writing down the data. This time I just did a time lapse video of the process. The 1 frame every 40 seconds of real time.http://www.youtube.com/user/RonRay33?feature=mhum#p/aRon

A Standard KISS Loaf, or Keep It Simple Smiley

    I really enjoy baking artisan loaves, but I decided that if I wanted test the results of changes in my breads, the artisan loaf was a poor choice. I wanted something where each loaf could be compared with the other test loaves - primarily based upon photo records and detailed method writeups on my part.


 For a while I used Flo Makanai's 123 formulation: 

One Pound Pullman Shorty

One Pound Pullman Shorty

 

A one pound loaf is just right for me. I can comfortably go through two loaves a week, without getting too overweight...