Same old same old...

Today was pretty standard, nothing special happened. Except for Benjamin being pretty slow with the shaping so that the fiscelle

were only done by 7am...which is really late. William and I were on the biological breads and  my shaping is really good for them now...when working with a wetter dough,

you can shape so much faster while still building up enough force without tearing the surface, but it’s not easy handling wet dough if you’re not used to it.

Everything else was same old same old.

Oktoberfest

Today was good...pushed hard and knocked everything out nicely. Alexandre showed me a cool way to do a form like a flower (I forget the name now), but you take a flute and cut off a piece from the front. Then you divide the remaining length into 7 equal pieces and cut them at an angle and arrange like a flower and then the ass piece and the first piece you ball and place in the middle. You can even decorate with poppy seeds by dipping a small end of a rolling pin into olive oil and then the seeds and then the bread. This kind of bread is great for sharing and you can also make a multi levelled piece by using a flute, baguette and fiscelle for descending sizes.

Alexandre also shaped a baguette into a very distinct shape...you can figure out what it is.

After work I planned to go to an Oktoberfest party but no one responded to my invites and I was tired so I just slept.