Thread: Breaking Bread

Looking good.

Very nice, indeed.


Were you a baker in a previous life or is it a hobby?

Though I did some baking in the past, with covid and being stranded at our US home I started baking and making different breads to pass the time , so I am looking forward to this thread.

That's a good range of kit you've got there Dick. I started making my own burger buns a few months ago by hand, which can be a pretty messy process. This led me to buying a basic mixing machine from Lazada which is much less time consuming and certainly cleaner.



Just the essential attachments:



Not long after getting this, a Kiwi guy I knew in Patong was closing his pie making business and was selling off his kit. Picked this up for about 600 baht, works fine, and has a few more uses such as the meat mincing attachment. This is kept in the outside kitchen.

Gosh, there's a lot of fancy hardware out there. I'll need to build a bigger house.

I’m thoroughly on the piss this weekend but I will be back on during the week with pics of our produce and then, soon as we start making bread I will make a step by step process with ingredients, recipe, times and temperatures.

Originally Posted by dirk diggler

I’m thoroughly on the piss this weekend but I will be back on during the week with pics of our produce and then, soon as we start making bread I will make a step by step process with ingredients, recipe, times and temperatures.

Look forward to your guide for sure. One thing I do use is a silicon pastry mat. This is kept folded in a fridge until needed, then laid out on a granite worktop for rolling out. Helps keep the prep area clean also, which makes M'Sahib happy.

Looks too large scale for me, but interesting to see the recipe you use.

My main problem was sourcing yeast in the sticks, at least in smallish quantities for home use. I love the smell of freshly baked bread, would be good to try again, when we eventually make it back.

Cool machinery there dirk. I've a KitchenAid myself. Even does the dishes and floor too boot.
Now that I think about it it's sausage stuffing season. Loads of fun that is though it gets a bit greasy.

Cheers and happy holidays. ..

The fish.

Originally Posted by panama hat

Very nice, indeed.


Were you a baker in a previous life or is it a hobby?

No, I served my time at Baker Hughes as a mechy/machinist. My wife worked and lived at our bakery all through her university years then got a job at Baker Hughes. Then I got a job for Halliburton in south Korea working 5 weeks on/off and it was a pain in the ass with her working full time while I had 5 weeks off. The bakery came up for sale and it was a shoe in, so we bought it. About 6 years ago I think.

Originally Posted by PAG

Not long after getting this, a Kiwi guy I knew in Patong was closing his pie making business and was selling off his kit. Picked this up for about 600 baht, works fine, and has a few more uses such as the meat mincing attachment. This is kept in the outside kitchen.

Nice touch, our mincer is a hand one, but they mince the meat for us at the market so we don't really use it.

Originally Posted by fishlocker

Cool machinery there dirk. I've a KitchenAid myself. Even does the dishes and floor too boot.
Now that I think about it it's sausage stuffing season. Loads of fun that is though it gets a bit greasy.

Cheers and happy holidays. ..

The fish.

We've never done sausages as we get really good Cumberlands delivered from a local supplier and a very good price.

Here's a typical order we just received today. We make everything except the Sausages.



Cheers and happy holidays to you too.

Originally Posted by Buckaroo Banzai

Got a kichen aid artisan kit myself, Love it! I want to bring it to Thailand with me when I get back there, but it weights tone LOL (21.6 lb)
I just ordered sausage casings and should be getting them in a couple of days , I plan to make Sai oua sausage , Do you get sausage casings easily in thailand?
As I said it is very heavy to carry, so we are thinking of putting a small container together (wife has that one time tarif free thing) and bring some other things also. I understand the difference in Voltage and plan to get 1000W transformer,

Look forward to some good recipes and tips from dirk diggler

You all have Happy holydays, cant wait to get back to Thailand, I never thought I would miss it so much.

We have a kitchenaid too but never used it. I bought it for 1,000 baht off a guy who was leaving Thailand at the start of the virus. Will come in handy at some point for small stuff.

Cheers, enjoy the holibobs.

Ok, we've not been baking yet since I started this post but here are some pics of our produce:


Pies


Sausage Rolls


Whole-wheat loaves and french


White French


And loaves


Buns

That looks fantastic! Do you have a little shopfront that you sell from?

We used to, but now we bake wholesale orders from home now so you can't 'sit-in'. But we do sell our produce at our bar and orders can be collected from there for convenience.

Running a bar/bakery/restaurant from 7am (baking started at 6) til sometimes 3 in the morning and dealing with all the fresh produce, waste produce, markets, baking, cooking, drunks, split shifts, me working away and 2 kids enough was enough. But we were delighted that the buyer just wanted the venue and we got to keep the bakery for home. It was tough at first but both kids in school now so works quite nicely.

My wife does the baking and cooking. I'm trying to get involved and learn too, but mostly just get in the way.

I bring in the ideas for dishes, she simply researches it and does it. The magic touch, and worryingly handy with a knife.

Originally Posted by dirk diggler

Running a bar/bakery/restaurant from 7am (baking started at 6) til sometimes 3 in the morning and dealing with all the fresh produce, waste produce, markets, baking, cooking, drunks, split shifts, me working away and 2 kids enough was enough.

I got tired just reading that.

Kewl mate. Where is yor bar?

It’s in Muang Songkhla Mate.

Originally Posted by dirk diggler

We used to, but now we bake wholesale orders from home now so you can't 'sit-in'. But we do sell our produce at our bar and orders can be collected from there for convenience.

Running a bar/bakery/restaurant from 7am (baking started at 6) til sometimes 3 in the morning and dealing with all the fresh produce, waste produce, markets, baking, cooking, drunks, split shifts, me working away and 2 kids enough was enough. But we were delighted that the buyer just wanted the venue and we got to keep the bakery for home. It was tough at first but both kids in school now so works quite nicely.

My wife does the baking and cooking. I'm trying to get involved and learn too, but mostly just get in the way.

I bring in the ideas for dishes, she simply researches it and does it. The magic touch, and worryingly handy with a knife.

In that case I suggest you dont stray although your name would suggest otherwise.

No proover ?

no proover required for the scale of our operation.

Nice little sideline dirk. You and loytoy should get on the wobbly pops shoot the shit go bowling and maybe merge? Creating a mega farang pie and sausage roll monopoly country wide. Fuck yeah .