FORMULA SHELF
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The arithmetic behind the work: what to measure, what to type in, and what the answer comes out as. Every formula says what the symbols mean and gives a worked example, so you can check it against a job you have already done.
SHELVES
Kitchen
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The number that tells you whether a mill is worth setting up. See Home Milling.
100 kg of clean wheat gives about 72 kg of white flour and 28 kg of bran and germ.
Weigh the rice and the water and the result is the same every time. Salt the water, and let it rest before you cook it.
500 g of rice with 750 ml of water makes about 1.6 kg of cooked rice.
Good tempering gives a snap and a shine. A bad one gives a grey dull surface and blooms later. See Working With Chocolate.
Dark chocolate at 45 C cooled to 31 C and worked back to 32 C sets with a shine.
SOURCES & PROVENANCE
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