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hendricius / the-bread-code

Learn how to master the art of baking the programmer way.
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Mistake on basic sour dough ingredients #92

Closed Kohach closed 6 years ago

Kohach commented 6 years ago

On the salt quantity calculation you said "One percent of 500 grams + 100 grams is 600 grams" Do you mean "One percent of 500 grams + 100 grams is 6 grams" ?

clehene commented 6 years ago

Also you mention a 40:60 sourdough:dough ratio but the actual quantities are ~ 200:800 https://github.com/hendricius/the-bread-code/blob/master/basics/basic-sour-dough.md

In a new, large bowl mix and knead 500 grams of flour with 325 grams of water and 12 grams of salt Add the sour dough (~200 grams) to the new bowl

hendricius commented 6 years ago

@Kohach thanks. Fixed it.

@clehene the percentages are always calculated based on the amount of flour that you add. 500 grams of flour. Of the 500 grams of flour, 40% starter. Hope this helps.

clehene commented 6 years ago

@hendricius I see, but it's, then the equivalent of 40% of 500 that is added to 500 so that would end up roughly 29-30% of the mixed content. Perhaps it's just a matter of knowing how baker ratios work, but it's pretty confusing for me as a computer scientist as I wasn't sure how to figure out whether I got it right. I thought an additional note may help.