Just last weekend a neighbor came by and offered us pieces of Lemon Slice (it was very nice!). I'm just left wondering how it came to be that Australians call these things slices, and Americans would call them bars (caramel bars, lemon bars, etc). Neither is a superior descriptor I suppose- just different. One of those things...Anyway, I baked that Caramel Slice on Saturday night... and today, on Sunday, I had another go at the bread. My problem until now with the bread had been that it wasn't rising enough. I was following all directions exactly, the problem was because I had never watched anyone make bread (as an adult), I didn't have a feel for it. When the recipe said, "The bread should be sticky, but not too sticky" I didn't know what that meant! So, today, I asked a friend and colleague who is a veteran bread baker to come around and just walk me through it. I used the same recipe I had used before, that has a great taste, but as I said, just didn't rise. It turns out the problem might have been that I wasn't kneading the dough quite long enough- and maybe wasn't using quite the right amount of flour. Anyway... Joel wanted big bread... so let me present!
Isn't it pretty?!?
Just to show you how big this loaf is (Joel called it gigantor) I put a normal sized coffee mug next to it... see how it towers over?! I love it! :)
I haven't tried it yet, but, I expect it will be deeeeelish. :)
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Very impressive! :)
Hello darling.
Jem says to say "bars have rounded edges, slices are flat". I would add, that a slice is something that is sliced. !!!
But semantics aside, THAT is a pretty good looking loaf of bread! In fact, I would even venture to call it awesome.... Hope it tastes as good as it looks ;)
Caramel slice looks yum!! Well done!
I'll give you that slices are sliced- but we slice cake and pizza too and we don't call it a slice until it's cut (that is, the name of the recipe isn't for pizza slice, or cake slice, although that is what you get in the end). I want to see a picture of these "rounded bars!" It is semantics...but I just think it's funny...
The bread tasted delicious- but, and I knew he would, Joel now complained that it was too big. And, it is. So, next time we shoot for somewhere in the middle. :) I took a picture last night of the cheese toasty that he made that he could barely finish. It was huge! :)
Holy Crap that is the Mother Bread of all Breads!
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G
Man, I want to come to your house for snackies! Nice styling, btw on the slice/bar.
There's probably a local source of unrefined sugar that you could sub for brown. Here we get one that's made of beet sugar, and comes in a solid piece. In other countries they make it out of date palm sap. It's not so easy to work with so I usually go the extra mile and find brown sugar, at the nuts and grains store, or add molasses (brought in from the states) to sugar.
But like I said, I want to come to your house! The food looks great. Pizza dough is easier than bread, only one rising. Could go into the rotation, right?
Lets start with a Mars Bar:
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc185/Dessertaholic/Baking/MarsBar1.jpg
then some jail bars (enjoy the pic):
http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00335/ed_imgSNN0125GX1_54_335867a.jpg
how about some monkey bars:
http://www.davidwallphoto.com/images/%7B3CE41A08-4EA7-46D6-93E9-798894B73EDD%7D.jpg
what about the "Round Bar":
http://www.rampartcasino.com/images/round_bar_image.jpg
soap bars are round:
http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/871171/2/istockphoto_871171_close_up_of_round_soap_bar.jpg
but apart from that, as Marianna said, Slices are things that can be cut or sliced - bars are baked on their own...... the aussie definition!!
Jem, thanks as always for the links. You're the link master. I looked at all of em, and the only one I give you is the Mars bar- and that one is only a half point because only 2/4 corners are round. The rest I don't accept as they are not a baked good. My blog, my rules. :)
I will however allow Australians to continue calling whatever they want a slice. :)
I want a Caramel Slice.... I just want you to be my baker. :)
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