helen99: A windswept tree against a starlit sky (Default)
helen99 ([personal profile] helen99) wrote2003-10-26 10:07 am

The experiment begins...

Next time:

Add some salt
Add less bark (used a 4:1 ratio instead of a 10:1 as recommended)
Maybe add a little sugar (Wintergreen flavor doesn't go very well with plain bready flavor).
Follow instructions and make many small breads instead of trying to make one large loaf - the center of which remains doughy if you take it out in time so the outer crust doesn't get too hard.

The bread turned out with a *distinct* Wintergreen flavor. "Wintergreen" and "Bread" are not two compatible flavors to me - thus the experimental addition of salt and sugar next time to see if it works better, and the drastic reduction of the amount of bark to the recommended 10:1 ratio. I had thought, "How can I call this bark bread with such a small ratio?" But I have a feeling that the flavor will come through loud and clear nonetheless.

[livejournal.com profile] rialian liked it quite a bit.
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[personal profile] ivy 2003-10-26 09:27 am (UTC)(link)
That sounds really good. Where did you get the bark? (I now want to try this, despite my lamentable lack of cooking skill.)

[identity profile] yldann.livejournal.com 2003-10-26 02:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Reposting reply, as I misspelled darkleaves journal ID:

After considerable searching around, I found it for sale at [livejournal.com profile] darkleaves' webstore at http://www.treelore.com/treelore/archives/00000002.html

Comes in 1oz or 1lb quantities. The 1lb link has been broken for a while, but he does have it. You can contact him by email at druid@treelore.com, or if nobody answers there, leave a message on his live journal.