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Default Flour shortage

On 2020-04-23 6:43 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> 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
>

5 Roses AP flour. It's a good brand with a ~12% protein content that
means that you can make decent bread with it.