Bread-Bakers v105.n014.2

Tarheel_Boy@webtv.net (Skallywagg Forever) wrote:
>I disagree with the practice of pouring water into a pan to create steam. 
>I don't believe the home oven can create enough heat to create enough steam.

Can I join the fight?  I don't do this.  I do the thing Erich Kayster, I 
find to my delight, suggests, though I've done it for years - that is, I 
hurl a glass of water at the wall of the oven as I slide in the bread. 
Makes a LOT of steam.  Then around 20 mins in I turn the bread, which 
disperses the steam so it can finish in a drying oven.
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Diane Purkiss