[CH] Hot buns!
JohnT (love2troll@kc.rr.com)
Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:42:05 -0500
Of the sourdough hamburger kind and nothing to do with Twister.
Received some dehydrated flakes of Doug's (tanks!!) sourdough starter
yesterday and just started a new culture in a pill container (have ongoing
lifetime supply of those.. thanks be!) today. Used 1/2 his flakes with abt
twice as much flour and some distilled water. I'll be expecting
fermentation activity by tomorrow morning and will feed it more flour and
water after transferring to a pint jar.
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I want to make sourdough 'hamburger' buns. Somewhat along the line of
Jim's bread. Want them a little on the tough side because of what using
for. I cook in bulk, seal-a-meal & freeze to nuke in the microwave later.
All my cooking is done outside on a gas or charcoal grill, smoker or propane
burner units. These will be baked in my gas grill. Heat control is just as
precise as an oven and indirect heat simulates an oven.
Typical meal made in bulk might be a large slice Vidalia onion heated in fry
pan
until just barely translucent, slices of Cabot's extra sharp cheddar and
maybe a
cooked chicken, fish or hamburger patty between a bun. The freezing, vac
sealing & nuking often causes store-bought buns to break up. I only feed at
night, so my one meal of the day has to be substantial enough to sustain my
svelte (at the moment) 198# figger. Tomatoes are ripening so will be adding
slices tomato to the buns and will further complicate the buns soaking
liquid and breaking up when nuked.
Any techniques and recipe suggestions welcome.
JohnT