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Filling a cultural void, one braided loaf at a time

35 points by femiagbabiaka 4y ago

Animats 4y ago
If you want a lot of braided bread, here's a company that makes machines to make it.[1] They offer lots of options - twisted, braided, twisted and braided, braided twice, etc. Many cultures have twisted and braided dough products, and there's machinery to make them on Alibaba. [1] https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/dough-twisting-machine-dough-twister-machine_1600114522064.html https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/dough-twisting-machin...
- willcipriano 4y ago
  Those look bite sized from the video and I think they intend to fry them. Edit: "Fried Dough Twist Maker", hey I know I'm not the thinest guy but I'm going to have to pass on buying a industrial fried dough machine.
dvh 4y ago
In Czecho/Slovakia we call them vánočka/vianočka (same root as Christmas) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A1no%C4%8Dka https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A1no%C4%8Dka
- stolenmerch 4y ago
  I'm curious, do you also use the term "houska"? I make houska with my wife's Czech family every Christmas but have never heard the term vánočka.
  - dvh 4y ago
    Houska is different - small non sweet bun like a hamburger bun, vánočka is long and braided, sweet with raisins inside. Houska is single servings, vánočka is sliced like bread.
tpmx 4y ago
Hmm. Just realized I haven't seen a braided loaf of wheat bread in a very long time. Seems like various sourdough breads that put a lot of emphasis on the crust took over that niche. They used to be quite popular as "exotic" breads with a vague Spanish/Italian vibe in the early 00s. (Sweden)
Mathnerd314 4y ago
So "Orlando" is a starter dough? This name is explained nowhere in the article.
- teh_klev 4y ago
  I think there's a presumption that if you know a bit about sour/fermented doughs then you'd know that the starter often ends up with a pet name. For example the folks on the Proof Bread YouTube channel named theirs Harriet. I can also recommend their channel, Jon tells some good stories. https://www.youtube.com/c/ProofBread/videos https://www.youtube.com/c/ProofBread/videos See also: https://www.reddit.com/r/Sourdough/comments/rcpl7b/whats_your_starters_name/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Sourdough/comments/rcpl7b/whats_you...
  - Mathnerd314 4y ago
    I just think it's journalism 101 to introduce the name properly the first time it's used. It detracts nothing to say "... I make sure to feed Orlando, my sourdough starter,..." in the first line.

35 points by femiagbabiaka 4y ago

If you want a lot of braided bread, here's a company that makes machines to make it.[1] They offer lots of options - twisted, braided, twisted and braided, braided twice, etc. Many cultures have twisted and braided dough products, and there's machinery to make them on Alibaba. [1] https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/dough-twisting-machine-dough-twister-machine_1600114522064.html https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/dough-twisting-machin...

willcipriano 4y ago
Those look bite sized from the video and I think they intend to fry them. Edit: "Fried Dough Twist Maker", hey I know I'm not the thinest guy but I'm going to have to pass on buying a industrial fried dough machine.

dvh 4y ago

In Czecho/Slovakia we call them vánočka/vianočka (same root as Christmas) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A1no%C4%8Dka https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A1no%C4%8Dka

stolenmerch 4y ago
I'm curious, do you also use the term "houska"? I make houska with my wife's Czech family every Christmas but have never heard the term vánočka.
- dvh 4y ago
  Houska is different - small non sweet bun like a hamburger bun, vánočka is long and braided, sweet with raisins inside. Houska is single servings, vánočka is sliced like bread.

tpmx 4y ago

Hmm. Just realized I haven't seen a braided loaf of wheat bread in a very long time. Seems like various sourdough breads that put a lot of emphasis on the crust took over that niche. They used to be quite popular as "exotic" breads with a vague Spanish/Italian vibe in the early 00s. (Sweden)

Mathnerd314 4y ago

So "Orlando" is a starter dough? This name is explained nowhere in the article.

teh_klev 4y ago
I think there's a presumption that if you know a bit about sour/fermented doughs then you'd know that the starter often ends up with a pet name. For example the folks on the Proof Bread YouTube channel named theirs Harriet. I can also recommend their channel, Jon tells some good stories. https://www.youtube.com/c/ProofBread/videos https://www.youtube.com/c/ProofBread/videos See also: https://www.reddit.com/r/Sourdough/comments/rcpl7b/whats_your_starters_name/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Sourdough/comments/rcpl7b/whats_you...
- Mathnerd314 4y ago
  I just think it's journalism 101 to introduce the name properly the first time it's used. It detracts nothing to say "... I make sure to feed Orlando, my sourdough starter,..." in the first line.