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check out my strange bread

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grind

check out my strange bread

This one cracked me right up.

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Skibum

Is that ALL oven spring up from the score???  If so WOW, and how did you namage that? b

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grind

It is, it is!!

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dabrownman

as a piece of art or a scientific oddity !  Either way well done!

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grind

It is bizare.  Cheers.

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Janetcook

WOW.  What a loaf of bread.  Reminds me of the sheepherder's bread of my youth :)

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Mini Oven

harness the energy!

Crumb shot?  :)  

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grind

Hi Mini, I gave the loaf away to my neighbor.  I could try and rustle it back from him (wink).

Here's something similar -

 

This is based on Ian's recent recipe over at Ars Pistorica.

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Casey_Powers

That is some spring! I would say only an adolescent boy on a trampoline could spring like that ! What a sight to behold.  such a nice crumb and crust.

Warm Regards,

Casey 

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grind

Thanks Casey.  In hindsight, I think it looks similar to a copper Scotch whiskey still.

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smignogna

looks like a geoduck popping out

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rozeboosje

It's a bread that dreamt of becoming a soufflé!

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sirrith

But blimey, that's some oven spring!! Any tips on how to get anything close to that?