My experience with NYT 5-min bread...

[morningglory]

It didn't rise very high. But was tasty and we ate a little every day. Had used the last Tbsp. of my old jar of Red Star yeast. The bread had a very salty taste. I figured I mis-measured the salt and it inhibited the rise. Made a new batch today, using a new jar of yeast. I read the label on my old jar. It said "use before Aug 2008". Mystery solved. Now the batch is burping in a too-small container, like the mixture in "Sleeper", that filled the kitchen and then went down the road, out the back door. We are looking forward to trying it.

[katkat]

1. let us know how it turns out thx n/t

[hippywife]

2. Is it NYT or Ain5?

I'm a little confused. :hi:

[morningglory]

3. I printed out 5 pp. from your discussions on this forum, and decided on the NYT.

This morning it is rising under a bowl on a sheet of parchment paper. Am going to cook it in a Corning ware dish with a tight cover. That is NYT, I believe. The timer is set. I will keep you apprised. Enjoyed Gore Vidal at the National Book Awards show on C-Span. He said with rheumy eyes, "Bill Buckley, where are you?" Then leaned over the edge of his wheelchair and said "Oh Bill, come on up?" Forgot what he really said, so I paraphrased. Bill Buckley in hell! What a thought.Joanne Woodward was beautiful and a lovely friend to have, I am sure.

[morningglory]

4. I can't ever follow a recipe, have to do my own thing which sometimes turns

out a mess. Can't help myself. Not an authoritarian personality type.

[Warpy]

6. Recipes are only suggestions

and as you become confident in cooking, you'll be able to look at an ingredients list and come up with your own proportions and cooking methods without bothering to read the fine print.

You'll just never make the same thing twice.

[morningglory]

8. Or be able to tell some else how it was done... nt

[hippywife]

7. I think many of us here are the same way.

After you spend so many years in the kitchen doing serious scratch cooking and baking, sometimes your taste buds and imagination are your best guides.

I do the same with the Ain5 combining bread, white wheat, and semolina flours.

Hope all turns out well in your kitchen today. :hi:

[Warpy]

5. I looked at the label on my health food store yeast

It's five years old and going strong.

I use it a pinch at a time in the lazy man's bread or in any bread I start with a sponge or biga, so a tiny baggie has lasted forever, kept in the fridge.

I'll notice the health food store yeast is finally past its prime when I have to up the quantity or lengthen the rising time. For now, it's right on schedule.

Most health food stores buy commercial grade Red Star yeast in bulk. It's ferocious stuff and I recommend it highly.

[morningglory]

9. I got the RedStar at a health food store after Hurricane Katrina. The bread was

wonderful!! We look forward to many beautiful loaves.