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Bakery Day 122: another change to the schedule

Today we decided to go back to 6 days. After many discussions, and requests from customers, it is better to be open 6 days than 4 for sure. If it is slow, it is slow, but today gave us no indication of slow for sure. We had, for a December day, a great day!!

I got to the bakery today around 4:40am. I could not sleep well and so the best solution was to just go to work. Everything seemed to flow very nicely. I made a change with the oven this morning to see how it would impact hydration and wow did it help. The integral breads today were the best that have come out of the oven in four months, without exaggeration.



Tomorrow I will repeat the same process and let us see how the results fare. I know there are many factors that play in to the results of breads, but I have to find a way to make sure I am 90% consistent. Once I am there I will work towards 95% and then 100%.

I also made croissants amongst other things today and while I managed to not pull them out of the oven early enough (yes, they were a tad bit toasty), I did manage to get closer to the inside of the croissant as I hope. They are not perfect, but, I feel I am 75% of the way there.


Tomorrow my new machine comes, but tomorrow is also tapas day so I will not have any time to play around with it. If I do I will but it is not likely. Tapas comes first as it is a big part of our Friday's and as with a month ago, it will be sushi. I think I have a way to cut down the work so it should not take more more than 6 hours to complete which is good :)

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And in other news, I am feeling much better. I still get a slight headache (last night it was brutal) but I am sure that headache is a combination of dehydration and stress. I fix those two things and I am back to perfect.  Thank you for the private messages that were sent to me, that was really lovely.

I hope you enjoyed today's entry and I look forward to you reading tomorrows entry as well.

and please remember.... do everything with love

#doeverythingwithlove
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