Experimental bread resembling Pumpernickel

1 cup popcorn, cracked after measuring
1 cup red wheat, cracked after measuring
1 cup Hodgson Mill Rye flour
1 scant tsp. salt
4 cups water

• Inoculate with ~ 1 Tsp. Carl's starter
  
• Incubate 12 hours at 85 degr. F.
  
• Mix in more rye flour until dough firms enough to hold its shape
  
• Load into bread-loaf insert for crock pot, 2/3 full (will rise to full)
  
• Cook at lowest temperature ~24 hours with water around outside of insert
  

After loading most of the dough to the crock-pot insert,
a small amount of excess dough was baked at 400 degr. F.
for 30 minutes after a short rise. A sample of that is
included in the photo above to illustrate the color change
due to the 24-hour low temperature cooking.

- Dick Adams, 11-14-2004