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One of the oldest and most ubiquitous food seasonings. It is a mineral composed primarily of sodium chloride. Salt is essential for life in general, and saltiness is one of the basic human tastes. ...
Scoring is the technique term for slashing bread dough before baking with a sharp knife or lame. A slash on the loaf's surface allows the dough to properly expand in the oven without tearing the skin ...
In baking, shaping refers to the process step directly preceding proofing or final fermentation. Each piece of dough is manipulated into its desired final shape, and either placed on proofing trays ...
Sourdough is a dough containing a Lactobacillus culture in symbiotic combination with yeasts. It is one of the principal means of biological leavening in bread baking, the others using cultivated ...
Starch or amylum is a polymeric carbohydrate consisting of a large number of glucose units joined by glycosidic bonds. This polysaccharide is produced by most green plants as energy storage. It is ...
Water is the major constituent of all living matter. When pure, it is an odorless, tasteless, slightly compressible liquid oxide of hydrogen H2O which freezes at 0° C (32ºF) and boils at 100° C ...
Wheat is a grass widely cultivated for its seed, a cereal grain which is a worldwide staple food.The many species of wheat together make up the genus Triticum; the most widely grown is common wheat ...