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Rye?
By: STiG Date: April 18, 2020, 6:06 pm
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We've been taking stuff to the local food bank - I was baking
them bread because they couldn't get any from the stores.
Somebody donated a bag of rye; it kind of looks like large flake
oatmeal. They couldn't figure out what anyone would do with it
so they gave it to me because I bake. Like that means I'll know
what to do with it. :P
So I'm asking here if anyone has any ideas! Or at least an idea
of what I would google to find out what to do with it. I
figure, if nothing else, I can run it through the food processor
and make it into flour and bake bread with it. Though DH is
pushing for a still. LOL
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Re: Rye?
By: Rho Date: April 18, 2020, 10:19 pm
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I GOOGLED "recipes with rye" and found only bread or cracker
recipes. Same thing with searching ingredients on
Allrecipes.com.
It may look like oatmeal but there were no cereal recipes.
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Re: Rye?
By: Aleko Date: April 19, 2020, 3:29 am
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Try googling 'rye meal' and 'rye flakes', which sounds like what
you have there.
Rye is low in gluten which makes it unwilling to rise all that
much, so if you use 100% rye you will always get a very dense
bread. This British newspaper article gives a good basic rundown
on rye's characteristics and how to handle it:
HTML https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2016/jan/28/how-to-make-the-perfect-rye-bread
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Re: Rye?
By: STiG Date: April 19, 2020, 11:28 am
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Thanks! That gives me a place to start.
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Re: Rye?
By: Chez Miriam Date: April 19, 2020, 12:36 pm
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My husband makes his own muesli, and I'm pretty sure he
sometimes puts rye flakes in that (instead of oatflakes). So
I'm wondering if it would make flapjack?
As I don't like the taste of rye bread, I've never thought to
try it.
I do know that you could mill it finer and do a mix of wheat
flour [white?] and rye to make a lighter loaf. Or add some
flakes into a dough to make 'multigrain' bread.
I was reading in yesterday's Daily Mail about various breads to
try whilst we're self-isolating, but I admit the soda &
sourdough versions appealed much more!
Let us know how you get on, will you, STiG? It's interesting to
hear about results of new techniques/recipes.
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