Interested parties can go to: alt.binaries.food where they'll see Loaf
Bursts Into Flames with before and after pictures of the charred loaf.
Thanks.

Ken Rivard

Ken Rivard wrote:
Interested parties can go to: alt.binaries.food where they'll see Loaf
Bursts Into Flames with before and after pictures of the charred loaf.
Thanks.

I looked at it, and there seemed to be a lot of loose flour on the top
of the loaf -- and I know that loose flour can be a fire hazard. Maybe
that is part of what caused it.

Actually, you've pointed out the one other unique element in this
bake--for the first time I used rice flour instead of regular APW to
dust the linen towel that lined the glass proofing bowl. My first
response on seeing the loaf in flames was, "Ohmigod! The rice flour
caught on fire!" But I didn't think there was really enough to do the
trick (i.e. I've baked other loaves with A LOT more AP residue on them
when they went into the oven, without incident). On the othe hand, it
was my first experience with the stuff, so what do I know? Is rice
flour supposed to be more combustible than wheat?

Ken

On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 11:59:04 -0800, Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to
send wrote:

Ken Rivard wrote:
Interested parties can go to: alt.binaries.food where they'll see Loaf
Bursts Into Flames with before and after pictures of the charred loaf.
Thanks.

I looked at it, and there seemed to be a lot of loose flour on the top
of the loaf -- and I know that loose flour can be a fire hazard. Maybe
that is part of what caused it.