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A lady in her 70s at my Saturday market demo told me she had been kneading dough wrong for 40 years
She stood there watching me fold and press for a couple minutes, then said her mom taught her to punch the dough down hard but she tried my gentle stretch and fold at home and her sandwich bread finally stopped coming out dense, which got me wondering how many other folks are still using the rough handling method they learned decades ago.
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harper69322d ago
How hard was her mom whacking that dough that it took 40 years to figure out? My grandma used to slam hers on the counter like it owed her money, and her rolls came out like hockey pucks every single holiday. Turns out bread dough is more like a sleepy cat than a punching bag, you gotta coax it, not beat it. That lady is a hero for switching it up at 70 instead of just blaming the flour for the rest of her life.
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