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I know I run a website but I'm still very much a paper person and have a thing for note taking and nice journals, so, yeah, I really like this and could imagine giving it as a gift to an enthusiastic new baker.   * * *  The server that The Fresh Loaf is on needs to be upgraded soon, so a heads up that there may be a day or two bumpiness in late March or early April. I'm also researching what to do with TFL in the next year or so as the CMS version that this site is running is being retired. I'm pretty confident that an upgrade will make the site easier to use on phones and tablets, whic...

Feb. 16, 2021.This is my 8th bake for the durum Community Bake. The previous bake, #7, a tortilla/chapati, is at: www.thefreshloaf.com/node/67438/mini-bake-384-ww-durum-tortilla-chapati-02152021--Submitted to the durum Community Bake at: https://www.thefreshloaf.com/comment/481725#comment-481725--As a result of experimenting with 3 "mini-bakes" (38.1, 38.2, 38.3), I think my

I don't see a contradiction: you can have a big oven spring and bloom, and a tight crumb, that's normal. Anyway, recommend posting in the semolina CB. This is a great looking loaf! alfanso with this beauty.  Yeah, a number of us scratch our heads about fantastic oven spring, as you have here, and minor open crumb.  Semolina/durum flour is just not overly friendly about open crumb.  Have a look around at the bakes from the current Community Bake and you will see that your bread falls right in line. I do take exception to the ongoing comments I've seen about the lack of extensibility of a ...

I haven't done actual durum flour since getting into sourdough --  but did use some durum semolina in recent bakes. One was 100% semolina, except for the bread flour in the starter, https://www.thefreshloaf.com/node/66452/24th-bake11232020-semolina-chia Here's a photo from my kitchen/stove as evidence of which variety I got, Fiber Wala, from Sher Brar Mills of Canada:   Patel Brothers grocery was all out of their house brand whole grain durum, so I bought this at $12.99 for 20 pounds. I stopped by a friend's house on the way back from the store and gave him about 4 pounds, since it will t...

I love making bread with durum flour and especially when I can mill it myself. Here is my most recent bake done for the current Community Bake.I just ran out of Durum berries recently and was happy to find some at a reasonable price on Amazon. Usually the shipping charges to New York from other sites are astronomical, but since I was able to use Amazon Prime it was free. For