Katimabread




Ingredients

-1 & 1/2 tbsp yeast
-1/4 cup sugar
-1 & 1/4 tbsp salt
-7 cups flour
-1/4 cup oil
-3 cups warm water

Yields: 3 loaves

Instructions:

  1. Mix together 3 cups warm water, 1 and a half tablespoons yeast, and 1/4 cup sugar, let stand 10 min
  2. Add 3 cups flour and beat for 2 min
  3. Add 4 cups flour, 1 tbsp and 1 tsp salt, 1/4 cup oil
  4. Knead for 10 min
  5. Cover and rise until doubled in size, prepare loaf pans, I rub them with margarine
  6. Punch down, knead a bit and put into loaf pans
  7. Let rise for 1/2 an hour, preheat oven to 375 degrees
  8. Bake for 50 min
This feels like a good place to start this blog. Near to the beginning of my culinary journey, nice and simple, and a recipe I've used time and time again.

In Katimavik, we took turns acting in the role of House Manager. When it was your turn, you got a week off your volunteer placement, but you were responsible for cleaning, shopping, and cooking, and everything was required to be homemade. If you wanted mayo, you had to make it, if you wanted ketchup, you had to make it etc. Since bread is such a staple in Western cuisine, it was one of the core skills needed to be a competent HM. I found this recipe in a notebook in the Katimahouse, originally written for a yield of 6 loaves (this was to feed up to 10 participants and a Project Leader). If you need to make a batch that big, just double all the ingredients in the recipe.

I take a measure of pride in my bread baking capabilities, as our last rotation didn't have traditional volunteer placements and the role of HM was therefore, dissolved. Our solution for this was to deligate a few responsibilities to each person on the team, and I was requested to be the group bread baker. I was even asked to bake bread as gifts for people who hosted workshops and events.

When I came home, I said that I would from then on provide homemade bread, and we wouldn't need storebought anymore. I kept up with that throughout my time working factories until I left for Canada World Youth. After I came back from that, I kept supplying bread until I started college, and ever since then I haven't been nearly as consistent, although I still bake quite a lot of bread.

If you unexpectedly give someone a loaf of bread, they will remember you forever, and it's really pretty easy to bake a large batch just for handing out. I've given bread out to every Summer Program staff team I've been a part of, I've given it to my Respect Campaign team, and to the WALES team.

If you want to make whole wheat or multigrain loaves, just use a 50/50 ratio of all purpose flour and the flour of your preference.

I usually dampen the cloth I use to cover the dough with warm water. I believe I learned that in Katimavik, but it isn't on the recipe.

I also think I learned that it takes about an hour for the dough to double in size, although that wasn't in the recipe either.

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