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On 9/13/2021 at 6:24 PM, jeffshoaf said:

I love bread and considered milling  own flour and thought about using the Vitamix to start with to see if I enjoy it before investing in a more dedicated mill, but I'm not sure I want to go down another rabbit hole.

There's a classic issue here: Anyone who tries grinding nixtamal into masa for corn tortillas using inferior equipment to at least an Indian wet grinder just gives up. The least expensive grain mills for flour (ignoring mills that require hearing protectors) are made by MockMill:

Mockmill 100 & 200 grain mills

I have an older wooden model in both kitchens. While these new models aren't as attractive, they're said to grind even better.

Use an inferior mill such as a Vitamix (I own two) or a stand mixer attachment, and you won't see the point.

Even so, there's a host of issues with freshly ground flour. I have various lab sieves (I prefer the #35) for sieving out the coarser bran, for flavor and to protect the gluten. It needs to hydrate like crazy, and takes more muscle to work. It's what professional bakers call "green" (not aged) flour, which can interfere with bread dough unless one adds 60 ppm ascorbic acid.

Nevertheless, it's alive! The germ is freshly ground, the flavor is wonderful.

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9 hours ago, David Chang said:

@C6Bill the weber go anywhere was my gateway drug to the world of bbq. nice looking steak. kinda what i wanted for dinner but my wife said no..

anyway baked another shokupan loaf in the normal oven. this really is gourmet wonder bread 😂

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Beautiful loaves! Is there a reason you didn't bake them in the KK?  When you do use it, what temperature do you bake your bread?

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2 hours ago, Poochie said:

Beautiful loaves! Is there a reason you didn't bake them in the KK?  When you do use it, what temperature do you bake your bread?

it's been raining here all week. if i used the kk on this bread, it would be 375-400 grate temp. 25-30 min. no steam pan. https://www.chopstickchronicles.com/wprm_print/7360

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korean bbq at home with japanese pork belly and banchan, my wife prefers this kind of bbq. slow paced and bite sized. i was hoping i didn't have to do all the grilling, but i ended up doing all the work. 😑 i did't have any binchotan so i just used regular hex charcoal. too much flareups, i need to order some binchotan from taobao next time. 

got to use my new blenheim forge chinese cleaver today. this blade is super nice..

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some fish and shellfish from the market today.

the fishmonger was pressing me to buy a horsehair crab, but it was too much for the two of us..

live local sea bream. grilled whole and served with olive oil lemon and salt. (we like to keep the scales on to protect the fish from the heat.) but it was a pain to hold it above the charcoal. you can't do it on the grate or else it will burn..

live surf clams from japan. grilled on the half shell with garlic and butter.

live abalone from south africa. grilled with lemon and salt. 

live scallops from scotland. grilled on the half shell with butter and garlic. 

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some wood fired action on the alfa today.

i think i've made pizza once on this thing. every other cook has been non-pizza.

baton bread 

yakitori skewers (roast, dip in tare sauce, roast again)

hasselback potatoes

garlic haricot vert

chilean sea bass (tarragon buerre blanc)

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8 minutes ago, David Chang said:

@tekobo yes, wood and lpg gas.

Cool.  @Braai-Q got me onto these. He called them the KK quality pizza oven and has the 5 minuti.  I just got the Allegro and am learning to use it.  It's wood only so I am hoping that we don't end up with a wood fire ban any time soon!

P.S.  Your cooks are inspiring!

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