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Default The forgotten path

On 09 Nov 2003 16:46:50 GMT, ojunk (Ed Bechtel)
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><< I have a graph from Ottogalli's research on panettone cake showing
>acidity growing until 36 hours... >>


>Was that RYE panettone cake?


>I tried making 100% rye bread this weekend. My self esteem had been too high
>for the last month and needed correcting. The single loaf came out about 1.5
>inches tall at best, about the height of cake. Maybe if I tell my wife it is
>panettone cake she will eat it all up.


>Is it normal for rye bread to be dense, or is it possible to get something less
>Scandanavian like?


From Websters Online:

Main Entry: pan·et·to·ne
Pronunciation: "pä-n&-'tO-nE, "pa-
Function: noun
Etymology: Italian, from panetto small loaf, diminutive of pane bread,
from Latin panis -- more at FOOD
Date: 1922
a usually yeast-leavened bread containing raisins and candied fruit


IOW, a fruit cake.