Bread-Bakers v099.n064.11

Jens:
The following is from Laurel's Kitchen Bread Book -

    If the bread tastes yeasty and looks gray, its rising was too long or
too warm or both.  Or you may have used too much yeast.
   The loose crumb of the bread can be caused by a number of things - too
much flour and too little kneading; overkneading, overfermenting,
overproofing.  Also too much wheat germ,  bran,  oat flakes.

I make my bread by hand also and really enjoy it.   Keep at it.

-- Jim Lawler  --  jimmyl@dreamscape.com  --