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On Wednesday, April 22, 2020 at 1:32:59 PM UTC-4, S Viemeister wrote:
> I haven't been able to get bread flour for the past month and a half,
> but I did manage to snag a 10 kilo sack of chapati flour, which I had
> never used before. I made my first loaf with it today, using 250g whole
> wheat flour and 300g of the chapati. It rose well, baked nicely, and
> tastes good. The only difference was that it required 20g more water
> than I usually use for this recipe (fits a 4x12 pan).


I checked when I went to the grocery store this morning. It was
pretty bare. A pallet of all-purpose flour (a brand I've never
heard of, from Canada: Rose-something), a couple stray bags of
Pillsbury, and a few sacks of organic King Arthur. No bread flour
at all.

Cindy Hamilton