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  • From: "Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>
  • To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] wooden bowls for biscuits
  • Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:19:03 -0800

Biscuits want COLD. No matter what you do, wood is warm. I put my glass, stoneware or metal bowl in the fridge earlier in the day when I'm going to make biscuits or even the night before if we're going to have them for breakfast. Do the same for making pie crust.

The stoneware I like for bread. The bowl is real big and I can do a big recipe which I usually get two loaves out of and some extras for rolls or our version of hot pockets or even a pizza dough if I'm too lazy to make the real thing. Plus it doesn't seem to chill during the winter. If I set it on the stove, it seems to absorb just enough heat to keep the yeast in dough happy.

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- From: "EarthNSky" <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>

So you just like stoneware better-attached to a bowl? I totally
understand as I have a bowl like that. It is the perfect size for
everything..has ambrosia in it right now, but I used it to mix up
cornbread before that.

But I wouldn't use a square for anything. You'd end up with "stuff" stuck
in corners and wouldn't have a uniform mix of ingredients without a whole
lot of trouble. I'm all for less trouble <g>

No, when I said rectangular, I wasn't talking about the well part of the
bowl but the overall shape. All smooth surfaces...no crevices or corners.

B




Lynda
----- Original Message ----- From: "EarthNSky" <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>


I've made a few resolutions for 2009, and one of them is learning to
make biscuits that are to die for. I know that in the olden days people
used a bread bowl-different sizes for different things-properly seasoned
etc. Since I'm married to a woodworker and I have gobs and gobs of
hardwood around here, I thought I'd get Ron to make me a biscuit bowl.
I think a biscuit bowl out of pecan would be nice. A bit of internet
research turned up this page:

http://www.betterbaking.com/viewArticle.php?article_id=75&PHPSESSID=49f5a983aa8b772cfff8836d5309f09c

I never knew that bowl makers were so unique.
Don or James or anyone else on the list...what can you tell me about
bowl adzes? (I can't say that<g>)
We have a big lathe, but I want a rectangular or oval bowl, I think.

In the top (and bottom)picture on this page, the large bowls have
'handles' How exactly does this work? You can't knead and hold the
bowl at the same time. Does this type of handle serve another purpose?
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/chicago/inspiration/uses-for-wooden-bread-bowls-042719
BTW, doncha just love the "Uses"? While it says they were once used for
kneading dough, it doesn't suggest that you use them now for such..lol..

http://thompsonbaskets.aic-fl.com/Dough%20Bowls.htm
http://www.lehmans.com/jump.jsp?itemType=PRODUCT&itemID=1528
http://www.olivebarn.com/wooden-bread-bowl-9902.html

I love the comment by sally who wondered how helpful these bowls
were..lol..but anyway, this page has a biscuit bowl with an indented
hand hold on the bottom. That would seem more useful
http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load/cooking/msg0721420720170.html
Were these bowls really used sitting down-kneading in your lap??
Perhaps the 'handles' on the large bowls above are to brace the bowl
against a table leg or something?

What would be the advantage of a bowl with handles vs something like
this one?
http://www.software2u.net/Antique-Wooden-Biscuit-Bowl,i130265911685,c37942.html
That one appeals to me for aesthetic reasons.

This guy makes shallow bowls. I read that they should be 4" deep. Is
that to insulate yeast breads? Why would I want either a shallow or a
deep bowl?
http://www.carvedwoodbowls.com/My_Homepage_Files/Page4.html






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