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Issues when using preferments

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Hello everyone,

I am new to baking and I am experimenting with different things while baking bread. Recently i tried using preferments with the instructions from the SCS podcast 21 and made a biga and a poolish preferment and both times I had the same 2 issues.

The first issue is that my bread bursts open at the entire side and sometimes at other places too. Now my scoring skills are still pretty bad but when I am using the direct method I never had this issue, even when I forgot to score my bread at all.

Wild Pig

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Ok here is latest experiment.

Not pretty and got to work on wrap and tie (still got to work on that too).

I should also have pulled it earlier say at 150 degrees IT instead of 159 degrees. All was a little dryer than I would prefer.

Still it is a start of a wild idea and of well trying again on butterflying a pork loin and tieing it .

Loin

2.5 #

Stuffing (which i will adjust some ingerdients)

1 1/2 chopped granny smith apples out of two.

1 tsp kosher salt

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp nut meg

1/2 cup sugar

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Sliced tomato salt and a splash of red vinegar.

Steak was good though still a little tuff.

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This is the cake I always make for my wifes birthday. When we lived in Virginia it was always excellet. Now living in Colorado at 7200' I have yet to get it right. While the flavor is there it always falls in the center. Hoping I can get some help to make this work. Thanks.

1 stick unsalted butter

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda 

1/2 cup vegetable shortening 

2 cups sugar 

5 large eggs, separated 

1 cup buttermilk, well shaken 

1 teaspoon vanilla extract 

1/2 cup chopped pecans

Convert Recipe to Bakers %?

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So quite

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I hate to say it, but this forum is so quite, that sometimes wonder if it is dead.

Hope not, but how can one talk, ask or even respond to others, if nothing is answered or posted?

crying Sad here.

Wondering

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Am I the only one who is still on this forum?

Losing hope that this site will come back to life.

kit

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