I've been making free form breads occasionally, but earlier today I decided
to make pizza. Threw together my usual dough, put in a covered bowl to rise,
and left for some errands.

Meanwhile, David got home from work before I returned. Now, you have to know
that he knows absolutely nothing about baking, especially bread or pizza.
Seeing the bowl of fully risen dough, he assumed I was intending to bake
bread. Since I had asked him a couple of times to preheat the oven to 425
degrees, he assumed he knew what to do. He preheated the oven, then simply
dumped the dough right out of the bowl onto a baking sheet and popped it into
the oven. No punching down, no final knead, no shaping, etc.

I arrived about 15 minutes into the baking, too late to do anything but
watch! Well, let me tell you, the bread was delicious. Nice crispy crust,
largish airy holes, very nice flavor. David was very proud of himself. :-)

I'll probably do this again...on purpose!

--
Wayne Boatwright
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All it takes to write a trilogy is complete
ignorance of life and art.

Oh pshaw, on Wed 29 Nov 2006 08:48:46p, Christine Dabney meant to say...

> On 30 Nov 2006 04:47:38 +0200, Wayne Boatwright
> <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>I arrived about 15 minutes into the baking, too late to do anything but
>>watch! Well, let me tell you, the bread was delicious. Nice crispy
>>crust, largish airy holes, very nice flavor. David was very proud of
>>himself. :-)
>>
>>I'll probably do this again...on purpose!
>
> Now try the NYT bread...even less work!!!

I've been dying to try that bread, but all my Le Creuset pots as well as most
of my other good cookware is packed for moving. We're expecting to move
sometime in the last 2 weeks of December. That will be one of my first
"projects"!

--
Wayne Boatwright
__________________________________________________

All it takes to write a trilogy is complete
ignorance of life and art.

Oh pshaw, on Wed 29 Nov 2006 08:51:35p, dee meant to say...

>> I'll probably do this again...on purpose!
>>
>
> Nice..

Thanks, Dee!

--
Wayne Boatwright
__________________________________________________

All it takes to write a trilogy is complete
ignorance of life and art.

On 30 Nov 2006 04:47:38 +0200, Wayne Boatwright
<wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote:

>I arrived about 15 minutes into the baking, too late to do anything but
>watch! Well, let me tell you, the bread was delicious. Nice crispy crust,
>largish airy holes, very nice flavor. David was very proud of himself. :-)
>
>I'll probably do this again...on purpose!

Now try the NYT bread...even less work!!!

Christine

Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> I've been making free form breads occasionally, but earlier today I decided
> to make pizza. Threw together my usual dough, put in a covered bowl to rise,
> and left for some errands.
>
> Meanwhile, David got home from work before I returned. Now, you have to know
> that he knows absolutely nothing about baking, especially bread or pizza.
> Seeing the bowl of fully risen dough, he assumed I was intending to bake
> bread. Since I had asked him a couple of times to preheat the oven to 425
> degrees, he assumed he knew what to do. He preheated the oven, then simply
> dumped the dough right out of the bowl onto a baking sheet and popped it into
> the oven. No punching down, no final knead, no shaping, etc.
>
> I arrived about 15 minutes into the baking, too late to do anything but
> watch! Well, let me tell you, the bread was delicious. Nice crispy crust,
> largish airy holes, very nice flavor. David was very proud of himself. :-)
>
> I'll probably do this again...on purpose!
>

Nice..

> --
> Wayne Boatwright
> __________________________________________________
>
> All it takes to write a trilogy is complete
> ignorance of life and art.

Wayne Boatwright said...

> I've been making free form breads occasionally, but earlier today I
> decided to make pizza. Threw together my usual dough, put in a
> covered bowl to rise, and left for some errands.
>
> Meanwhile, David got home from work before I returned. Now, you have
> to know that he knows absolutely nothing about baking, especially
> bread or pizza. Seeing the bowl of fully risen dough, he assumed I
> was intending to bake bread. Since I had asked him a couple of times
> to preheat the oven to 425 degrees, he assumed he knew what to do. He
> preheated the oven, then simply dumped the dough right out of the bowl
> onto a baking sheet and popped it into the oven. No punching down, no
> final knead, no shaping, etc.
>
> I arrived about 15 minutes into the baking, too late to do anything
> but watch! Well, let me tell you, the bread was delicious. Nice
> crispy crust, largish airy holes, very nice flavor. David was very
> proud of himself. :-)
>
> I'll probably do this again...on purpose!


ROFLMAO!!!

"Surprise! Surprise!" --Gomer Pyle, USMC

Thanks,

Andy

Oh pshaw, on Thu 30 Nov 2006 03:25:31a, Andy meant to say...

>
> ROFLMAO!!!
>
> "Surprise! Surprise!" --Gomer Pyle, USMC
>
> Thanks,
>
> Andy
>

Indeed!

--
Wayne Boatwright
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Procrastination Day Has Been Postponed!

On 30 Nov 2006 05:13:36 +0200, in rec.food.cooking, Wayne Boatwright
wrote:

>
>I've been dying to try that bread, but all my Le Creuset pots as well as most
>of my other good cookware is packed for moving. We're expecting to move
>sometime in the last 2 weeks of December. That will be one of my first
>"projects"!

Good luck. We are too, but I'm not sure we will make it.

Doug
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"Wayne Boatwright" <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote

> We're expecting to move
> sometime in the last 2 weeks of December. That will be one of my first
> "projects"!

And tomorrow is December! Finally, light at the end of the tunnel.
Yay.

nancy

Oh pshaw, on Thu 30 Nov 2006 02:00:22p, Doug Weller meant to say...

> On 30 Nov 2006 05:13:36 +0200, in rec.food.cooking, Wayne Boatwright
> wrote:
>
>>
>>I've been dying to try that bread, but all my Le Creuset pots as well as
>>most of my other good cookware is packed for moving. We're expecting to
>>move sometime in the last 2 weeks of December. That will be one of my
>>first "projects"!
>
> Good luck. We are too, but I'm not sure we will make it.
>
> Doug

Thanks, Doug, and good luck to you, too! Hope you make it.

--
Wayne Boatwright
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Procrastination Day Has Been Postponed!