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[allana]

Today is Bread Day. I'm trying to make ciabatta again. I made some on um, monday? I think. Big beautiful holes in the crumb but the bread itself was very flat having spread outwards instead of rising up in the final proof. Lovely dough though--it felt as airy as candy floss. Today's dough doesn't feel as light. I tried a different recipe, from yet another celebrity master baker (yes, giggle away), and I just couldn't get the dough wet enough. It was only slightly sticky, instead of clinging-to-your-hands sticky. It does feel reasonably light after proofing on the worktop, so we'll see how it turns out. I suspect that I'll produce tasty loaves of close-crumbed bread rather than sexy open-holed crumb. The exciting thing about this recipe is that I made a cloche to ensure that the loaves rose upwards instead of out to the sides.

Hmm. This lj seems to have turned into a weird hodge-podge of food and porn. Oh well.

I've been working on the revised version of Perfect Replica after getting some wonderful concrit from the Rockfic Writers Group. Dave was asking me what the difference was between having your work beta-read and getting concrit. I'm at a loss to explain it. To me, it feels different. Maybe it's the group aspect?