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Jenny Siow

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Sep 7, 1999, 3:00:00 AM9/7/99
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Hi there,

Can someone help me, I'm trying to look for malt extract. I need it for
making bread. I had try a few supermarket but ther all don't have, if
anyone know what is malt extract or know where to buy please tell me.

Thank you

Jenny Siow (Singapore)

Kenneth Sole

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Sep 7, 1999, 3:00:00 AM9/7/99
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Hi Jenny,

One possibility is a brewing supply store (if you have them in your
home area.) Malt extract is used in the making of beer. If you do get
some, be sure that it is not "Hopped." Hops are the bittering agent in
beer, and would not be what you would want for most baking.

Also, it is possible, in fact, rather easy, to make your own: You
would just take some wheat or barley berries, moisten them, wait for
them to sprout, and then bake them at low heat to stop the growth.
Then those sprouted grains would be ground into flour. With regret, I
don't know the precise temperatures for the process I have outlined,
but if you search at deja.com you will find it...

Have fun,
--
Kenneth

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HELEN PEAGRAM

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Try a beer making supplier. Just make sure you get unhopped.


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Helen Peagram
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Ribitt

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I make both beer and bread, so perhaps I may comment. (I have the "pot" to
prove it).

The malt extract from brew shops is likely OK if you can find the un-hopped
variety (rare, I would think) but it comes in 1.5 kg cans (to make 23 litres
of beer). If you can find a home brewer who will spare a little malt from
his next batch would be the economical way to go.

Brew shops also offer dry crushed malt in a variety of colours (light
crystal up to heavy duty dark stuff). I have tried it in bread and could not
get the result I was looking for which is a fairly heavy, dark, flavoured
malt loaf.

I visited the King Arthur store and tried their Barley Malt syrup. It
provides good colour, but not the malt flavour when used at the recommended
1 tbsp per loaf. I went back to molasses for the colour, if not the taste.

Malting your own barley is a tedious process. Good brew shops will likely
sell the barley, but talk to the proprietor first or read a book on serious
home brewing.

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| On Tue, 07 Sep 1999 13:36:17 +0800, Jenny Siow
| <jenn...@pacific.net.sg> wrote:
|

| > Hi there,
| >
| > Can someone help me, I'm trying to look for malt extract. I need it for
| > making bread. I had try a few supermarket but ther all don't have, if
| > anyone know what is malt extract or know where to buy please tell me.
| >
| > Thank you
| >
| > Jenny Siow (Singapore)

John Sanderson

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Sep 7, 1999, 3:00:00 AM9/7/99
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Jenny Siow wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> Can someone help me, I'm trying to look for malt extract. I need it for
> making bread. I had try a few supermarket but ther all don't have, if
> anyone know what is malt extract or know where to buy please tell me.
>
> Thank you
>
> Jenny Siow (Singapore)

Health food stores will have Barley Malt syrup as well a powder.


--
Cheers from John in Walnut Creek, CA

Michael Shoshani

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Sep 8, 1999, 3:00:00 AM9/8/99
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On Tue, 07 Sep 1999 13:36:17 +0800 in rec.food.baking, Jenny Siow spilled coffee down the keyboard and exclaimed:
:> Hi there,

:> Can someone help me, I'm trying to look for malt extract. I need it for
:> making bread. I had try a few supermarket but ther all don't have, if
:> anyone know what is malt extract or know where to buy please tell me.

:> Thank you

:> Jenny Siow (Singapore)

Jenny,

Malt extract is a syrup made from germinated barley. Barley is wet and
permitted to sprout, then baked to kill the sprouting process.

Where you would get it, I have no idea. An aside to those responding
"Health food store" or "Brewery Supply House": Jenny is in SINGAPORE.
Brewing beer at home may not be legal in Singapore; not every country
permits its citizens to brew alcohol. (I believe Singapore is also the
country that outlawed chewing gum...not every country permits the same
things :) )

The nearest equivalent that MAY be available in Singapore is a malted
drink powder called Horlick's. It is pale yellow in color and contains
wheat flour, powdered milk, and a few other ingredients besides plain malt
powder. (There is another brand called Ovaltine, which I know is repacked
in Singapore from British production, but this has cocoa powder and will
not be what you want.)


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Michael Shoshani // You make it up as you go along." -Al Hirschfeld
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Bob Y.

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Sep 8, 1999, 3:00:00 AM9/8/99
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>On Tue, 07 Sep 1999 13:36:17 +0800 in rec.food.baking, Jenny Siow
>:> Hi there,
>
>:> Can someone help me, I'm trying to look for malt extract. I need it for
>:> making bread. I had try a few supermarket but ther all don't have, if
>:> anyone know what is malt extract or know where to buy please tell me.
>
>:> Thank you
>
>:> Jenny Siow (Singapore)

Don't know if this will do the job or not, but there is a baking product called
diastatic malt powder. which is added 1 tsp to 3 cups of flour as a bread
"improver." King Arthur Flour sells it mail order for $4.95 US for a one pound
bag plus s&h.

I just called them and they do ship outside the U.S. You can check their web
site: http://www.kingarthurflour.com/

The lady I talked to suggested you fax them at 1-800-343-3002 so they could
figure the s&h and send it back to you. Hope this helps.

--

Bob Y.

Jenny Siow

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Sep 9, 1999, 3:00:00 AM9/9/99
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Hi Bob,

Thanks for your information, I will try to fax to them asap.

Jenny Siow

PamS

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Sep 9, 1999, 3:00:00 AM9/9/99
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You can order it from the Baker's Catalogue from King Arthur Flour.


Alan Zelt

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Sep 10, 1999, 3:00:00 AM9/10/99
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Jenny Siow wrote:
>
> Hi there,
>
> Can someone help me, I'm trying to look for malt extract. I need it for
> making bread. I had try a few supermarket but ther all don't have, if
> anyone know what is malt extract or know where to buy please tell me.
>
> Thank you
>
> Jenny Siow (Singapore)

any store that sells brewers supplys sells diastatic malt powder. last
one i bought was $3/pound. that is perfect.
--
alan

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avoid the
people, you might better stay home."
--James Michener

Karen Weeks

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Sep 12, 1999, 3:00:00 AM9/12/99
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Try King Arthur Flour at http://www.kingarthurflour.com
They may carry it.

Karen Boyster

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Barrie Mather

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Sep 16, 1999, 3:00:00 AM9/16/99
to Jenny Siow

Jenny Siow wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> Can someone help me, I'm trying to look for malt extract. I need it for
> making bread. I had try a few supermarket but ther all don't have, if
> anyone know what is malt extract or know where to buy please tell me.
>
> Thank you
>
> Jenny Siow (Singapore)

In this country the places to look for malt extract are 1) places that
supply amateur brewers, 2) Health food shops and pharmacies
Barrie Mather


Jack

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Sep 16, 1999, 3:00:00 AM9/16/99
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Our company supplies dry or liquid malt extract for pastry and bread making.

Peter Bloom
Crusoe Foods
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Wendy Shiao

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Sep 20, 1999, 3:00:00 AM9/20/99
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Hello Jenny,

Fancy meeting another baking enthusiast here !
You might find it in places like Brown Rice Paradise at Wheelock's Place.
Do email me.

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