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Default And speaking of King Arthur Flour Co.

"Debbie" wrote:
>"TammyM" > wrote:
>> brooklyn1 wrote:
>>> "TammyM" wrote:
>>>>> What is the functional difference between high gluten flour and bread
>>>>> flour? Are they interchangeable?
>>>>>
>>>
>>> Bread flour is high gluten flour. Now it depends on how high is high
>>> and of what function. Which flour to use is determined by what you
>>> desire to bake. For most everything folks bake at home ordinary AP
>>> flour works fine and so do the various brands. Flour is not an exact
>>> product (they're actually blends to obtain a particular gluten value),
>>> every wheat harvest is different... it's very easy to convince oneself
>>> psychologically that one brand of flour is better than another... it
>>> never ceases to amaze me how people can be made to believe that a
>>> basic staple foodstuff is better because it costs more, is in a
>>> fancier package, it's more difficult to locate... this is all called
>>> "marketing".

>>
>> But if you look at the nutrition label of various brands of bread flour,
>> protein content varies. Rose Levy Beranbaum (author of The Bread Bible)
>> only recommends King Arthur, Gold Medal and Pillsbury flours, and advises
>> always to check nutrition label on any brand of flour one buys for bread
>> making purposes. She asserts that 4g of protein per 1/4 cup of flour is
>> the benchmark. I know I'm forgetting part of her advice on this, so if
>> anyone is interested, let me know and I'll look it up.
>>
>> Thank you for your response, Sheldon. I'm still trying to perfect my
>> bread making skills, and my family and friends hope I never achieve
>> perfection because they love my failures :-)
>>
>> I have the artisan bread book that Barb has mentioned on request at my
>> local library. Most of my bread making over the past couple of months has
>> been using the machine - my chronic tendonitis makes kneading difficult.
>> I'll be using the Kitchen Aid to knead my "by hand" efforts
>>

>
>When you are over at alt.bread.recipes ask about the stretch and fold
>technique in lieu of kneading.


Buncha sadistic masochists... yoose ain't gettin' near my peepee.