An interesting story on King Arthur Baking

[RonB]

I do use their flours, and I like them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfzj8Bf6eHc

[jfmorris]

Good story! I go through at least one 10# bag of their AP every month, and keep the bread and whole wheat flours in the pantry as well.

[JLR]

Very cool. Use them when we don't mill our own.

[WayneT]

Whoa! You mill your own flour? That’s hard core! What type of wheat do you ‘normally’ use? I know TX grows a lot of hard red winter and some soft red winter wheat.

[JLR]

Usually hard red winter. It isn’t that hard core. We have an electric mill that does the hard work. Love the smell and taste of home made bread.

[Histrix]

Good company and good products. I like that they are employee owned just like another of my favorite companies/products - Bob's Red Mill.

[RichieB]

Thanks for sharing. We've been there a few times. Always an expensive visit. It's halfway between home and my son and VT. If you ever get a chance to visit do it.

[WayneT]

Very interesting video. Thanks for sharing.

[Steve B]

Great post Ron. I’m slowly getting myself into this baking thing, pizza for now but more to come down the road, and this video was really fun to watch. Nice find.

[RonB]

Here's an easy way to get your feet wet:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mehXzl7yHA&t=1s

[Jerod Broussard]

Do you have your pizza oven half way up the side of a mountain so you don't have to bend over too much??

[58limited]

Good video. I use their sour dough culture which they have maintained since the founding of the company.

[Uncle Bob]

In addition to learning the history of a fabled company that many of us enjoy, features like this can trigger long subdued memories. When they cut open that baguette and I saw that crumb a "picture" popped up in my mind.

When I was a wee lad of 5 we went to visit my mother's family in Italy. One of my aunts granted me a daily task of going down the street a couple blocks to a street vendor who sold home made, rustic Italian style loaves of bread. Such a simple task brought joy to that boy to the point that over 70 years later it still resides in the mind. Good bread must be a wonderment.

[RonB]

And you triggered a similar memory, but not as heartwarming as yours.While in the Navy, my ship was anchored off the coast of Italy and the man in charge of ship's supplies asked me if I'd like to take a ride on the Captain's skiff to pick up locally made bread, (to give the cooks a little time off). We went ashore and a large trike with a big box on it arrived and we loaded the skiff with fresh Italian bread. My friend broke a warm loaf in half and gave a piece to me. It was great.

[scottranda]

I enjoyed that! Thanks!