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An example of lazy man's pains.

Nifcon@aol.com
Sun, 5 Oct 2003 09:43:59 EDT
v103.n044.6
Hello all my little busy bees!

If you're making a poolish based bread, put all the recipe's water into the 
poolish and, before you put everything away, measure the second day's 
ingredients into a plastic bag to add to the preferment.

Today's bread is an example.

Baguettes 98/60/2/2/1 white flour/water/rye flour/salt/instant yeast.

So, 240 grams white, 10 grams rye, just a pinch of yeast and 300 grams 
water, mixed into a thin batter and left at room temperature overnight. 
While the scales are out, 250 gram white flour, 10 grams salt, 5 grams 
yeast, weighed into a plastic bag, or bowl, if you're intent on generating 
washing-up.

Next day, just tip the bag contents into the poolish and start mixing.

A minute or two extra work at night saves effort the next day since you 
don't have to get out all the ingredient and scales in the morning.

John