>My oven quit working and the cost of repairs were about the same as
>replacing it with a new conventional oven. Instead I have chosen to
>spend a little more and buy a convection oven. Two problems! One is
>that it will not be installed until December 22st. The second is
>that I do not know how it will affect my bread baking - both bread
>and rolls. Can anyone help me, please.
I don't even know what a convection oven is but I'm sure yo'll get used to it.
What I do know is that if any major appliance is going to fail in
this house it will wait until just before Christmas (or any other day
when we're making a feast for lots of people).
We had to buy a Kenwood Major instead of a standard sized one (never
regretted it) because the shop had none and I needed it, a large dual
fuel cooker instead of a standard gas cooker (never regretted it) and
a new automatic washing machine (never regretted it) over the years,
all in such circumstances.
Oh, the extra installation work at such a time! Still, they've all
served us well. Panoic, in my case, was a good spur, I'd not have
even thought about buying what I did under duress!
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>Everything looked fine as I was ready to place the dough into the
>very hot La Cruset pan, then the dough stuck to the floured
>towel......which wasn't my biggest problem. When the bread was
>finished baking, I couldn't get it out of the pan! It was stuck fast.
My attempt at no-knead stuck to the inside of my Creuset pan too. It
wasn't thrown away but I haven't bothered doing it again.
I suspect there are different types of lining used by Le Creuset. I'd
asked elsewhere and assured that it would be fine :-
My cast iron pan (with a cast iron lid with a non-stick lining which
can be used as a frying pan) has an enamel finish. It is NOT
non-stick, I've discovered!
The recipe itself had no advantages to my normal baking method and it
had some drawbacks so I'll stick with it. That doesn't mean it's
without merit for some - possibly most - people but I need to bake a
lot more than one loaf at a time, to save energy.
Mary