I plan to keep doing bread on weekends until I get that down. I don't have much time during the week, though I might make brownies to take to a friend's
btw, my father cleverly pointed out, that if you could find/make a stopper with a hole for the tubing and such, you could just use a teakettle for steam as well. Wouldn't want the valve like I have, but it'd still work
Hmm, I have an oven and next to the stove top there are holes which let go of steam (?) from the oven. I don't know whether it would be safe to tape them closed or something.
@derobert I don't think these exist, you get either the range or the precision. If they do, they will be way too expensive. I bake with a normal scale (up to 2 kg, 1g precision) for the usual stuff and a small scale (up to 100 g, 0.01 g precision) for yeast and salt. Works perfectly.
@Mien yes, you are better off with a dutch oven then, the same moisture in less volume
also, you don't want to tape the vent permanently, the steam is only good for bread.
I think current policy on these grandfathered questions is to hope that the community will close them with 5 votes, because they are too much in the grey area for a mod hammer.
I'm gonna have a meeting with some clients and I have to prepare everything, since presentation of the new product that we developed and food.
I was thinking about some coffe and cookies, but I don't know if I can improve this 'menu'.
I tough ask here because the most of us are programmers and h...
@ValterHenrique We see closing of not constructive questions as keeping the site in a format which works best for us, but we don't get angry with users who didn't know about that.
@ValterHenrique many new users whose question gets closed are either scared off because they think they did something we consider a terrible crime, or are angry because they think a mod closing their question is rude.
I remember the feeling of rejection the first time a question of mine was closed :)
@Cerberus Beside these, also have non-caloric sweetener, and, for a really good impression, honey. You should be able to find individual packs of honey if you look around.
You can really have a plate with sandwiches then - not the American style subs, but bread rolls topped with ham, cheese, sausage, salad leaves and/or antipasti stuff. Doesn't take much time to prepare sandwiches for up to 10 people, and it can be done in an office kitchen from relatively cheap supplies from the supermarket.
I think I would go for cinnamon rolls, pretzels, filled pastry pockets, croissants in the morning then after go for the @rumtscho last suggestion, what you think ?
The minimal list is: coffee, teabags+hot water, bottled water, sugar, cream, saccharine, cookies, maybe 2 types of baked goods for the break. Everything above is optional. Often appreciated and makes a good impression, but of course incurs expenses and time to organize.
@ValterHenrique I read over some of the comments about preparation for your presentation. When is it? Do you have time to make special artisan bread and impress them all ;)
@Jay He wants to make a special product to impress them as a software developer, and to buy good quality snacks, not to impress them as somebody who bakes when he should be preparing a software product :)
Also, I wouldn't recommend to bake for a high-profile occasion if one is not already a confident baker. And definitely no trying new recipes.
@ValterHenrique yes, that was more a general comment because of what @jay said, I was aware that we don't need to discuss that for your specific case any more.
@ValterHenrique I think it's more because I just found out how much cooler bread is than i thought. American bread you buy at supermarkets is literally dirt compared to what I can bake myself.
Or at least what I hope to bake myself. I just started lol but with the help of the book I bought (Bread Baker's Apprentice), I hope to make a lot of awesome artisan bread
What rare spices do you know and like?
How do you use them to create uniquely tasting dishes?
