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Bread from Grain, not a Machine
Bread from Grain, not a Machine
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Challenge: Recipe (Food) II (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Olympus E-500 EVOLT
Lens: Olympus 11-22mm f/2.8-3.5 Zuiko Digital Zoom
Location: Memphis, Tennessee (home)
Date: Jan 9, 2006
Aperture: f11
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/50
Galleries: Still Life, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Jan 9, 2006

 First drive 80 miles to the Amish Store in Bethel Springs and purchase 50lb bags of grain. After you return home mill grain into flour and proceed as follows.

Disolve 2 teaspoons yeast in 1/2 cup very warm water. While yeast dissolves scald 2 1/2 cups soy milk along with 2 tablespoons of honey and 6 tablespoons olive oil in a sauce pan. Then cool soymilk to room temperature and add yeast mixture. Combine five to six cups flour with 2 1/2 teaspoons salt and add soymilk and yeast mixture to flour. Mix well and then turn out onto floured board or counter and knead until very smooth - about twenty minutes. Place in a bowl and cover and let rise for about 1 1/2 - 2 hours in a warm place. Punch down dough when doubled and separate into two pieces and allow to rest covered with a dishcloth while you oil two 8 by 4 inch loaf pans. Shape loaves and place in pans and allow to rise again for about an hour. When dough arches well over the top of the loaf pans slash top of loaves with a sharp knife and place in a preheated 350 degree oven and bake for about 45 minutes.

Cool for thirty minutes before slicing and then enjoy your whole grain goodness.

Statistics
Place: 16 out of 110
Avg (all users): 6.2925
Avg (commenters): 7.1364
Avg (participants): 5.9375
Avg (non-participants): 6.3764
Views since voting: 1754
Views during voting: 500
Votes: 335
Comments: 25
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01/17/2006 05:13:00 PM
Love the simplicity
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 01/17/2006 01:05:46 PM
I love homemade bread, and this makes me want to bake my own, I can almost taste this. nice photo, well lit and good focus
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 01/17/2006 12:01:21 PM
nice quality image with good lighting - nice work :)
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 01/17/2006 07:56:44 AM
Very good arrangement. Solid white background perfect for this composition. Perspective is fine and the technical quality of the image is very good.
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 01/16/2006 11:06:27 AM
Simple, but who doesn't love bread. Good exposure, contrast, focus and composition.
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 01/15/2006 07:22:35 PM
The bread looks burned a little.
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 01/15/2006 06:49:22 PM
Nice display. And I'm impressed!
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 01/15/2006 03:04:15 PM
Excellent detail in the bread. To make it more interesting, I'd probably place it on a bread board, warm up the general tone of the photo, and maybe even add some wheat sheafs (dried florals at most craft places.) But don't listen to my compositional insights, because my scores are generally really low so maybe for this group, it would have been too much detail.
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 01/14/2006 10:37:32 PM
cute pic
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 01/14/2006 05:56:09 PM
This has been taken really well.....
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 01/13/2006 02:09:32 PM
I'm looking forward to the recipe. This is such a clean and simple shot. Very nice.
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 01/13/2006 11:01:42 AM
Composition is a bit dull - the bread and grain is very nice. But perhaps flour, or a knife, bread basket, cutting board...something is lacking with it just placed an a plain white BG.
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 01/13/2006 06:33:52 AM
Just perfect. Would work well for a cookbook or some such use. The little grains add just the right touch. 10
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 01/12/2006 01:41:42 PM
Great photo! Nice layout, well balanced.
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 01/12/2006 12:51:43 PM
Simple but effective. I like the way you have used the wheat grains to fill the spot on the left. The only suggestion I could make for improvement would be to use an egg-white wash or a little butter to give the top of the loaf a little sheen for more visual appeal.
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 01/11/2006 08:45:59 PM
Simply great shot with excellent quality. Regards,
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 01/11/2006 01:14:03 PM
Good background. Good focus. Simple but nice.
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 01/11/2006 10:22:26 AM
Nice, clean shot with good composition and nice detail. I particularly like the lack of background detail and also the scattering of grains by the loaf. Overall it seems a touch dark to me but only a touch. One of the stronger entries, in my opinion.
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 01/11/2006 08:57:01 AM
I love the inclusion of the whole grains. The bread looks great, too.
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 01/11/2006 08:35:49 AM
Nice composition, seems to have a slight pink tinge to it.
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 01/11/2006 02:27:00 AM
nice photo - but the subject is a little boring.
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 01/11/2006 01:53:15 AM
Well done. Creative, good focus and lighting.
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 01/11/2006 01:02:58 AM
i like the simplicity and compo !
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 01/10/2006 10:37:24 PM
One of best 8
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 01/10/2006 08:14:47 PM
the picture quality is pretty good, but there is little to guide the eye. I'm tempted to focus on the grains, even though the cut slices are nicely laid out. Maybe try to focus in on the texture through the use of a larger aperture.
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