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To: IamConservative
Back in the good old days they would bake A MONTHS worth of bread at a time.

To mix the dough the Bakers would pull up the trousers kick off their clogs, stomp the dough to the proper consistency.

Because sour dough takes forever to rise they would wander off drink and raise hell, come back stomp down the risen dough and then shape it, proof it then bake it.

Remember in the oldies you only bathed on Saturday, contributed to the strength of the barm,

105 posted on 12/29/2013 4:06:12 PM PST by Little Bill (A)
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To: Little Bill
To mix the dough the Bakers would pull up the trousers kick off their clogs, stomp the dough to the proper consistency.

Baked the jam right into the bread! Toe jam that is...

109 posted on 12/29/2013 4:10:23 PM PST by IamConservative (The soul of my lifes journey is Liberty!)
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