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% \tableofcontents
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\ifdefined\HCode\else\tableofcontents\fi
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\chapter{Foreword}
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\input{intro/foreword}
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\chapter{Preface}
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\input{intro/preface}
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\chapter{Acknowledgements}
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\chapter{Foreword}%
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\label{ch:Foreword}
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Hopefully one day there is going to be an awesome foreword
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by another bread baker!
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by another bread baker!
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\chapter{Preface}%
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\label{ch:Preface}
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If there is one food Germany is known for, it is probably bread.
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There are thousands of varieties in Germany,
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and making it has been an integral part of our culture.
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ideal to wait a little while before cutting into your bread, but back then,
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we kids couldn't wait. Mom would cut for us a few slices straight from the oven, and we would
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immediately proceed to pour butter or jam on each slice. Within minutes,
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\qty{1}{\kg} of flour would be consumed. Bread became an integral part of my
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one kilogram of flour would be consumed. Bread became an integral part of my
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weekly food.
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I~was lucky that my parents could afford a yearly ski trip to
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Some years passed, and I~eventually began my studies in the small German city of Göttingen.
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For the first time, I~was faced with shopping for my own bread. It was never
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on my mind to actually start baking it for myself. I~would just buy
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on my mind to actually start baking it for myself. I~would just buy
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a good loaf while shopping at the supermarket. My favorite variety
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was a \emph{Schwarzbrot: Korn an Korn}. It’s a very dark and hearty rye bread
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with added berries and sunflower seeds. Being a little naïve,
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I'd never before examined the packaging of what I~was buying. One day, that
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changed.
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with added berries and sunflower seeds.
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I~looked at the label and was shocked. The seemingly
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Being a little naïve, I'd never before examined the packaging of what I~was
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buying. One day, that changed. I~looked at the label and was shocked. The
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seemingly
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healthy bread consisted of so many other things aside from flour and water.
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The black color was not coming from the flour, but from caramelized sugar.
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The packaging stated it was a sourdough bread, but then why was there additional yeast?
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I~thought that if it was really sourdough, it shouldn't require additional yeast, and I~soon
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I~thought that if it was really sourdough, it shouldn't require additional yeast, and I~soon
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realized that something was wrong with the bread I~was buying.
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I~proceeded to check the other supermarket breads, only to discover that they, too,
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contained ingredients I'd never heard of. That was the day I~lost trust
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there were also differences. For example, some recipes would call for fresh yeast, while
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others would call for dry. Diving deep into various online forums and all their many
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discussions, I~became even more confused.
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I~tried using different flours and different brands, all in both organic and non-organic varieties.
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I~realized then that I~knew nothing about making bread. Recipes would often contradict each other,
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leaving me further confused. They seemed like little more than a collection of apparently random
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steps to follow. The baking instructions and temperatures were all different, too.
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steps to follow. The baking instructions and temperatures too were all
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different\dots
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Meanwhile, having completed my studies, I~started work as an engineer.
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We engineers are faced with many challenges. The compiler or runtime is
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these frameworks are not built by a single person but by engineers from all around the world,
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each of whom can help by improving and changing the source code. Frameworks have made many successful
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businesses possible.
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In most cases, frameworks do exactly what they claim they do. However,
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sometimes you are faced with issues you don't understand. In \qty{99.95}{\percent}
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of all software bugs, the developer is the issue. Sometimes, however, the framework has a
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better than kneading by hand? Why should I~let the dough sit for this long?
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Why is steaming the dough during baking important? Do I~really need to
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get myself an expensive Dutch oven to bake bread?
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The problem compounded when I~started reading about sourdough. It all sounded like black
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magic. Why were some sourdoughs made from fruits, while others were made from flour?
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Why should one recipe use wheat while another used rye or spelt? How often should the
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sourdough be fed? The questions I~had then could have filled 20 pages. I~was confused,
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sourdough be fed? The questions I~had then could have filled 20~pages. I~was confused,
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but I~became even more determined to learn how decent bread should be made at home.
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The feedback I~received from friends helped me to improve with each
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I~approached the topic of sourdough in a manner similar to software, and after years of
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researching and documenting my progress, I~decided it was time to share that progress with the
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world.
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When working on open source projects, it is important to see their history and how the source
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When working on software projects, it is important to see their history and how the source
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code changes over time. This way, you can easily jump back to previous versions. This was
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the perfect tool for documenting my recipes, because they, too, would change with each
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subsequent iteration. Much to my surprise, my open source work on sourdough was appreciated
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Now, when baking great bread, you also need to learn certain techniques. I~figured it would be
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easier to share these techniques in video form. Thus, my YouTube channel was born. I~chose
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the name \texttt{The Bread Code} to capture my engineering-oriented approach to bread. It took some
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time to get right, but after choosing more engaging thumbnails and titles for
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time to get it right, but after choosing more engaging thumbnails and titles for
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the videos I~made, the channel started gaining viewers.
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Now, three years later, I~dedicate two days each week to follow my bread baking passion, while
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Finally, three years later, I~dedicate two days each week to follow my bread baking passion, while
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the other three days I~continue to work as a software engineer, writing code on a day-to-day
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basis.
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flies are like bees and are part of the wild yeast's success story? I~made a video where
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I~tried to cultivate wild yeast spores coming from fruit flies in order
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to bake bread. It worked; the bread turned out amazingly well and even tasted good! These kinds of
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experiments spark my natural interest. Conducting them and seeing how other people share in my
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experiments spark my natural interest. Conducting them and seeing how other people share my
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interest makes me incredibly happy.
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The problem with running a YouTube channel is that all the information
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help me achieve that goal. Most of the books that exist today are collections of recipes. My
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idea, however, is to provide you with a deeper foundation of knowledge that you can use to
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follow other recipes.
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In software terms, this would be a \emph{bread framework}.
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It is my goal for this book to help everyone facing issues with flour, fermentation, baking,
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and more. It should provide a detailed understanding as to why certain steps are necessary
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and how to adapt them when things go wrong while making bread.
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It is my desire for this knowledge to be accessible to everyone around the world, regardless
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of budget, and as such, I~do not want to charge for the book. That's why I've decided to make
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it open source and have asked the community to support my work financially via my ko-fi page
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