Hi

Suppose we take the same recipe for bread which has: yeast + water, milk, honey, butter, flour, powdered milk, and a touch of salt …

= if you knead it once, just out of the bowl and onto a floured surface, then into a bread pan, allowed to rise then baked …. how does it differ from the loaf that is ….(next section here…)

= kneaded once, put into a bowl to rise double, kneaded again, shaped and allowed to rise in a loaf pan, and baked or ….

= kneaded three times in all, with risings, and then baked …

Q’s:
* what is the difference in texture?
* what is the difference in flavor?

Thank you very much!

Starting at the beginning. You knead bread dough to developr the gluten. Gluten allows the dough to stretch and contain the gas released by the action of the yeast. You develope the gluten with the first kneading. If you only knead once and then place in a bread pan, allow to rise the gas bubbles in the dough will be very large giving the bread a coarse texture. Kneading once, allowed to raise, punched down and reformed and allowed to raise in the pan will give the bread a smoother texture with smaller gas bubbles. This is the desired texture of most bread bakers. If you punch down twice and have a third rising you run the risk of the yeast having consumed all the sugar and not producing gas anymore. If say that doesn’t happen then the bubbles will be tiny and the bread will have a heavy consistency. Flavor is not affected to any extent by repeated kneading.

i am in a league and want to buy my own ball. i have a 167 average, with a 236 high game. i currently use a "house ball", but it isn’t just a normal ball, it was a former bowlers, who just left it there as a donation. i have a weird technique as i only put my two fingers in the ball, but still throw a hook. any recommendations on what ball would work? i was checking into the hammer black widow pearl.

Since you have that two finger, no thumb style, get a Bowling ball that has a very low hook rating because your revolution rate is enough to generate enough hook to scatter those pins. My son has that same style and uses the Brunswick International "Dry Zone", which is equal to the Storm "Tropical Storm", Columbia Scout, Brunswick Power Groove and Hammer Vibe.

The Hammer Black Widow Pearl will set you back quite a bit, but may be too overpowering for your style. You can polish that ball’s coverstock to high gloss and have your ball driller use an exotic drilling to go longer on the lane and snap back when it gets to the pocket. Good luck!