[Stoves] Bread Question

[Harmon Seaver]

     Have you given thought to building an earth-oven instead? Much
more efficient for baking, and the materials are litterally
dirt-cheap. I'd think trying to bake bread in a tin-can stove would
waste a tremendous amount of fuel, compared to an earth-oven.
http://www.permaculture.co.uk/mag/Articles/Earth%20Oven.html
http://www.motherearthnews.com/DIY/2002_October_November/Build_Your_Own_Wood_Fired_Earth_Oven

    And it can even be as simple as digging a pit:
http://www.shumla.org/discover/earthovencooking.htm

On 5/8/06, Lanny Henson <lanny at roman.net> wrote:
>
> I want to test my charcoal fired barbecue cooker to see how well it cooks
> bread. If it works as well as I hope then it may be worth the effort to
> morph it into low cost UMC (used metal container) design.
>
> I need a bread recipe that has an easy to make dough to test my cooker. I
> want to cook large quantities 50 to 1000lb with out the use of an electric
> mixer and with minimum other resources.
> I would like to avoid baking pans if possible by cooking loaves directly on
> a rack but if making a batter from flower is more practical than making a
> dough then I could use pans.
> What easy to make bread can I cook to test my cooker?
> Also I have another  question. Soy protein is made more useable with salt
> water to make tofu, Lime is also mixed with maze/corn, is there anything
> done with wheat flower to improve its nutrition? Leavening?
> Thanks, Lanny Henson
>
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Harmon Seaver