On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 20:34:16 -0500, Boron Elgar
> wrote:

>On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 17:40:25 -0700, Samartha Deva
> wrote:
>
>>William Waller wrote:
>>>
>>> > I make this bread all the time. It's a slack dough. The baskets will
>>> > work for two reasons.
>>>
>>> > One, the flour/cloth combination will gently remove some moisture from
>>> > the dough's surface. Toughens it up a bit so it holds shape better.
>>> > You have to slash it or it will tear.
>>>
>>> > Two, the hot oven (at least 450) will spring the dough quickly. It
>>> > will move up, away from the stone or baking sheet, not out.
>>>
>>> The following link is the best place to buy inexpensive willow
>>> bannetons with liners. If you need them.
>>>
>>> http://www.tmbbaking.com/baskets.shtml
>>>
>>> Good luck!
>>
>>Saw that - too small, need 4 lb loaf baskets. Also, experimenting with
>>plastic baskets, similar to the one's shown on this page, appear to be
>>doing better than the wooden one's.
>
>I have had both and finally got rid of the plastic ones as to, they
>were more trouble than they were worth. I deflated too many loaves in
>the plastic. Perhaps they are better for denser doughs than I usually
>play with, though..
>
>>Morealso, looks like the wooden one's are coming from China - so $17.- a
>>pop (I don't call this inexpensive) and seeing several dozen of baskets
>>in bakeries makes me guess that there should be another, cheaper source.
>>
>>
>Tell me what you make of these, then, Samartha. You will be better
>able to delve into the regular pages far better than I. They sound
>fascinating, though I have a feeling it would not be easy to get them
>to send a couple over here.
>http://web282.km1002.keymachine.de/b...single&lang=en
>
>Boron

Hi Boron,

I suspect that they would be happy to send you a small order. They
have an order form that defaults to U.S. You might want to check if
you are tempted...

All the best,

--
Kenneth

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