1) get a good bread / serrated knife - I use one from the Wustof Le Cordon Bleu range and it is
the best bread knife for the task.
Not exact matches
Here an eternal divine order prevails, here it does not rain both upon the just and upon the unjust, here the sun does not shine both upon the
good and upon the evil, here it holds
good that only he who works gets the
bread, only he who was in anguish finds repose, only he who descends into the underworld rescues the beloved, only he who draws the
knife gets Isaac.
The consistency is definitely moist and ovens can vary a lot so
best to keep the
bread in the oven until a
knife comes out clean.
In September, I will be back in full force with more recipes and baker's thoughts, as
well as some updates on neat new products (razor sharp
bread knives, retro custom aprons, and a special French butter dish by our friends at Sloss Pottery in Ohio).
The
best way of testing this is to pop a sharp
knife into the middle of the
bread and if it comes out clean and boiling hot to the touch then it is ready!
If you want, run your chef's
knife through the thyme to break them into smaller spieces (they'll stick to the
bread better).
Make two fairly deep diagonal slashes in each; a serrated
bread knife, wielded firmly, works
well here.
If the
bread is too stale to cut with a
knife, you could try my trick of placing it in a bag (mine usually comes in a paper bag already), keeping the bag closed with one hand, whacking the
bread with a mortar (or something else heavy, a hammer is a
good one) until the
bread crumbles into small pieces inside the bag.
Here is a set of six - dollar Ikea
knives (chefs,
bread, and paring) that, according to assistant production manager Alex Delany, are surprisingly
good.
Bread is nice and tall, has perfect small bubbles from yeast process, slices great (
best with electric
knife), has a soft top, soft side and bottom crusts, and bends without breaking, just like store bought bakery
bread!
Included in the set are a paring
knife, a utility
knife, a
bread knife, a chef
knife, and the
best Japanese chef
knife for the money.
I find that a
bread knife or serrated
knife works
best.
These contain fat as
well so, especially the dark meat so, Protein GramsX4 for calories = 88 - 116 calories Fat GramsX9 3 - 15 grams on average = 27 - 135 calories A typical serving of gravy on meat and mashed potatoes, (golfball size) and butter (2
knife full's) on veggies = 160 +120 calories A typical stuffing serving which is the size of 2 decks of cards = 170 - 200 calories 1 roll with 2 tsp butter = 180 Canned Cranberries 1/4 cup = 100 calories Slice of apple pie and 1/4 cup of vanilla ice cream (average) = 400 Say you had 2 short
bread cookies before dinner while socializing or 4 chocolates = 210
We recommend starting with a chef's
knife, a
bread knife, a paring
knife, and a
good set of kitchen shears — then build from there.
I recommend wrapping and chilling the
bread before slicing with a
good serrated
bread knife, with a sawing motion, to get through all the chunky bits.