The good news is that I have baked a couple of Susan's sourdough using Wheat Montana Natural White All Purpose flour and find that it is much like KAF Bread Flour. In fact I get the same oven spring and the flavor is wonderful. I bought a 10lb bag because it was slightly cheaper that way - the price here on the island is about the same as KA. Because I have limited storage space I asked at the "bakery" in my grocery store for icing buckets and they called to say they had saved a couple for me, one 5 gallon and one 1 1/2 gallon. The bad news is that the 5 gallon bucket had held dill pickles and I don't think I will ever get rid of the smell! The smaller one held fruit salad and is pretty much odor free after scrubbing and airing. I hate to look a gift horse in the mouth, and I will use the smelly one for weeds or recycling. I suppose I should have been more explicit when I asked for buckets for storing flour. Hope other members have better luck with bakery buckets, A.
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Too bad Annie! Hopefully the bread will still be still eatable. Maybe you could serve a French potato salad or a tuna Niçoise or a sauerbraten with whatever bread you make. You roll through that amount of flour in no time; 10 pounds isn't a huge quantity.
--Pamela
Thanks, Pamela, but there is no way I would put flour in this bucket! I will go back and ask for something less pungent! A.
Make lots of wads of newspaper and pack it full. Let it stand a week and repeat till it is better. My mother did this once with several pickle buckets. I do remember it took a while.
Mini
Thanks for the tip, Mini, but I don't know whether it is worth the effort, especially if it takes a while. On the other hand, I have lots of newspapers... Were they used dry or dampened, do you remember? I thought of bicarbonate of soda but it would take pounds. I should have picked up on the comment that the deli handled the buckets. A.
I think I would use it as you suggested as a nice garden bucket!
Sounds like Dill Flavored French to me.
Eric
The bicarb is a good idea, mixed wiith water as a dense solution and left to sit for a few days. Also sunlight. Just set it out for another few days after the soda treatment. Then again, you could just ask for another bucket!
Marni
a little dill pickle aroma might be very tasty in bread.