"Vox Humana" > wrote in message
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>> The bread I'm getting is quite good but remember I'm a newbie so I
>> don't claim to be able to judge whether it's a good as it reasonably
>> should be.
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>> The reason I believe it should form a complete ball is that I believe
>> I'm getting excessive sticking (ie. much of the entire mass of the
>> dough -up to a level of about 3" in the bowl- is sticking ...that's
>> alot of surface area). I believe that what I'm seeing is a
>> considerable amount of tearing of the dough and it's this tearing that
>> I'm really concerned about rather than an absence of a ball-shape.
>> It's my understanding that proper kneading implies that there be little
>> or no tearing.
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> One thing that I have observed here is that people get upset about the
> smallest things. Sometimes it is good to look around and see that people
> are starving, there are several wars going on, and our government seems to
> think it is fine to torture people. If your bread tastes good, don't
> worry about "tearing." It's bread after all, not rocket science.
Sanity, at last!
Graham