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Default 6" rolls like a Kaiser roll?

On Feb 2, 12:02*pm, Lou Decruss > wrote:
> On Wed, 2 Feb 2011 08:41:29 -0800 (PST), spamtrap1888
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> > wrote:
> >On Feb 2, 8:32*am, Lou Decruss > wrote:
> >> On Tue, 1 Feb 2011 08:01:11 -0800 (PST), spamtrap1888

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> >> > wrote:
> >> >On Feb 1, 7:46*am, "Nancy Young" > wrote:
> >> >> ImStillMags wrote:
> >> >> > On Feb 1, 7:13 am, Jim Elbrecht > wrote:
> >> >> >> I want to make some mini sub rolls today. I feel like a Kaiser roll
> >> >> >> type with a crusty exterior and a bit of a yeasty flavor.

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> >> >> >> But I don't use sourdough and most of what I see online uses either
> >> >> >> sourdough or a poolish of some sort.

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> >> >> >> Does someone have a recipe up their sleeve that might be fit the
> >> >> >> bill?

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> >> >> >> I've got a bit of roast beef that I want to make into sandwiches and
> >> >> >> dip in a consomme I have on hand.
> >> >> > what about a French bread?

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> >> >> Sounds good to me. *I buy what they label French Rolls for
> >> >> things like cheesesteaks, meatballs sandwiches. *They fit the
> >> >> bill and I think they'd be perfect for what sounds like a French
> >> >> dip.

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> >> >In Chicago I would buy Gonnella bread. Where I live now I get
> >> >Vietnamese "baguettes."

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> >> Gonnella and S.Rosen are always good but I recently stumbled on the
> >> Bolillo rolls at a mexi grocery store in West Chicago. *We had Italian
> >> sausage and pepper sandwiches and they were awesome. *I'll try them
> >> with Italian beef next time. *

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> >They're like wide torpedo rolls, right?

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> Yeah. *Like individual sub rolls.
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> > When I had one it seemed to
> >have more than just flour water yeast and salt in it *-- that might be
> >why it's extra tasty.

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> I'm not sure what they do with the ones I"ve seen a recipe that calls
> for butter and honey. *They're only 35 cents each and I drive past the
> store a few times a week so I'm a happy camper.
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> >BTW, inquiring minds want to learn how your giardiniera is doing.

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> I got a new job just as I started that project so it's on the back
> burner along with 100 other fun projects. *I don't even have time to
> read usenet much anymore and I'm posting now while I'm thawing out
> from cleaning up 20 inches of snow. *I'm about a third of the way
> done. *Pita bread pizzas tonight if I still have any energy.
>


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