"WRK" > wrote in message
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> On November 14, 2006, Mary Fisher wrote:
>
>> I'm giving up.
>>
>> I'll just carry on making bread - good bread.
>>
>> Mary
>
> Hey Mary:
>
> Some of us just always wonder why. However, often it has little to do
> with making good bread.
>
> With palms facing you, firmly press both little fingers together and form
> a large cup squeezing all fingers together.
> Scoop out three handfuls of flour
> Add one of water
> Measure a thumbnail sized mound of salt in the palm
> Add a half-fist sized piece of old dough
> Mix well adding a little more flour or water as necessary,
> You know the rest<g>.

Yes, that's the one :-)

Mary
>
> Regards,
>
> Ray
>