Big sourdough spring Hearth Bread and Flatbread Discuss Big sourdough spring in the Brick Oven Cooking forums; Originally Posted by CanuckJim PJ, Neill, Overall, don't be tentative with whatever method you are using. Make sure the tool ...

[Tim F]

Originally Posted by CanuckJim

PJ, Neill,

Overall, don't be tentative with whatever method you are using. Make sure the tool is sharp and go to it.

Jim

This is the best improvement I've made - although I still have lots to learn! Now I hold the blade firmly and give a quick and decisive slash . Before I was just kind of dragging the blade over the loaf and it wasn't that effective.

[james]

It did it again. I docked my Miche and it made a split in the middle along one of the lines. I'm still trying to get all the slashes to pop out.

Still, this was an unusual case -- I ended up being too busy to bake my loaf yesterday, so I put it in the refrigerator and let it sit overnight. It was definitely falling in by the time I baked it this morning. I guess everything new is a learning experience.