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Default A sourdough Ciabatta recipe please

--keven. wrote:

> Dusty Bleher wrote:
> I've never tried a "wet towel" on a loaf
>> before. Can you elaborate just what & how you do that?


> ... I then grabbed the thin cotton towel,
> not terry cloth, with the print of the state of Maine on it, wet it
> under the sink, wrung it out a bit, and then laid it on the loaves.


I do the same, keeps the surface from drying out. My towels do not have
prints of the state of Maine on them, though, but I don't think that
makes much of a difference. Oh, and I wet the towel in the sink,
because that's where the water taps/faucets are.

B/