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Category: Food • Photography
Posted on: February 5, 2011 6:02 AM, by Martin R
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There is certainly something appealing about the toasty yeasty fragrance of fresh baked bread. In seems an innate preference/like but bread has only been in the human diet lexicon for at most 10,000 years and it doesn't seem long enough. A bakery in Samarkand in business in the same location for over 4000 years may have the oldest yeast culture, and it must make pretty darned good bread.
Posted by: Phytophactor | February 5, 2011 9:45 AM
Samarkand? Alas, the place was torched by Djingis Khan, and the entire population murdered. The yeast cuture will "only" date back to ca. 1260, or whenever the city was re-settled.
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Yes, these are representative guys from my home town (alas, no bread):
Brutala kocken: Regular Ordinary Swedish Meal Time - Sidepork Pandemonium
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3d-qENAaNbM&feature=player_embedded
Regular Ordinary Swedish Meal Time - Meatball Massacre
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8Wu3Bps9ic&feature=channel
Posted by: Birger Johansson | February 5, 2011 11:07 AM
Those looks delicious. All three loaves. Any special ingredients?
Posted by: Jeremia | February 5, 2011 11:00 PM
Sour dough. I mix wholemeal rye flour with water in a glass and cover it with cling film, then put it on the kitchen counter for 4-5 days. Improves the taste no end. I don't use it to raise the bread though, I have yeast for that.
Posted by: Martin R | February 6, 2011 3:45 AM
Martin! You must add the recipe to the actual blog post - the whole concept of bread will be revolutionized.
Posted by: Samuel R. M. | February 6, 2011 12:57 PM
Prompted me to make fake home made bread. Pre-frozen loaves of dough that for all that they are not homemade taste better than any presliced bread. Never have been able to really do homemade. I do have a great recipe for dilly bread!
Posted by: Mike Olson | February 7, 2011 3:06 AM