TheMisterT took up baking bread shortly prior to the pandemic and he’s decided to try baking baguettes for Bánh mì this weekend! So he asked if I had some medium weight canvas he could use for a couche.
I was pretty sure I did and after a little digging in my fabric stash I found a remnant! It had already been pre-washed, but since this was going to be for food, I washed it again after finding some typical measurements and temporarily finishing the edges. A lot of pressing and a fairly simple seam later, et voila!
Eric’s, too! He has a couple author friends who he is particularly close to that he hangs out at a couple cons most years and with whom he shares a joy of food, they call themselves the bahn migoes.
Well, the recipe is a few pages of the America’s Test Kitchen Bread Illustrated book, so I’m not excited about typing all that out! That book is on sale about 1/3 off right now on the ATK site!
Why has this never occurred to me?! I read my French bread book and think what a bummer it is that I don’t have a couche. Duh, me! Good thinking, you! It looks like it worked out magnifique.
