Canadian Curmudgeon

@Bro666 @kde
Yes, but as I recall, you need to turn the history feature on first using Win-v, otherwise only the last item remains in memory.

@RBWells
I bake both in the machine and the oven. They create different types of loaf. The machine is also useful for kneading and the first rise of dough for my focaccia. Like any tool, they have their uses, strengths, and weaknesses.
Modern bread machines are more multi-use than earlier ones: they can be used to make jam, yogurt, sourdough starter, dough, pasta dough, even rice wine.

@LastYearsPumpkin @Dontbesourdough
Also, the flour is never quite the same as it was previously: it gets affected by age, packing, storage, humidity…

For me, making a loaf is always a science experiment. Even when I make loaves in the bread machine with identical quantities as previously the result can be different.

@desGroles Yes, these are called Pullman pans. I’ve not used one but I’m aware of them. often used to make Japanese milk bread loaves.

My bread machine makes a loaf with a similar square cross-section, albeit with rounded corners.

@Cheradenine I was thinking more of a square cross-section like a bread pan has. I’d have to buy a terrine, which would be expensive and I’d have to justify the costs and find a place to put in among my already-crowded kitchen tools, pans, and appliances.

Do you put parchment paper in the Dutch oven? I use it to lift the loaf and keep it from sticking when baking.

Instead of ice cubes, spritz water on the dough before closing the lid. Seems to help the spring.

@markr @Dontbesourdough Yes, Dutch ovens are great for baking bread, but I wish someone would make one with a ‘bread pan’ shape so I could make sandwich-style bread in it, not just boules.

@PM_ME_YOUR_ZOD_RUNES @yogthos
More complex than that. Before you move anywhere, you should consider local infrastructure, availability of healthcare, doctors, and access to hospitals, local amenities, shopping, airports, public transit, weather, policing, snow removal and plowing, municipal taxes and fees, schools, recreation, etc.

Simply moving to another community is not a simple solution.

@lobut @PM_ME_YOUR_ZOD_RUNES
You don’t have to move to Alberta to be honest. You can be honest in every province and territory. You can even be honest in the GTA, although it is sometimes harder there.

@PM_ME_YOUR_ZOD_RUNES @yogthos
I’m pretty sure that the natural process of accumulation of organic material in forests is not controlled by corporations. In fact, that seems like a pretty wacky notion. Which corporations do you mean? And why would they be responsible?

@PM_ME_YOUR_ZOD_RUNES @lobut
In part it happens because the province outlawed bonusing in the Municipal Act, preventing municipalities from offering businesses benefits to move there (free land, tax breaks, etc). That helped concentrate business & industry in the GTA.

We saw a similar housing crunch in Collingwood, although it began before the pandemic. Now it’s hard to find any houses under $800K, and many sell for >$1M. MPAC is part of the problem, too.

@yogthos
This year’s coast-to-coast wildfires in Canada have already emitted an estimated one-and-a-half billion tonnes of CO2. That’s triple the annual climate pollution from burning fossil fuels in Canada. It’s more than the combined emissions from 100 nations. And there are still months of fire season looming ahead.
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2023/08/21/analysis/our-forests-have-reached-tipping-point