mess

It is called mess to kneaded flour that is used to make a bread. The term refers to a mass which, when mixed with other ingredients, allows progress towards the end of a gastronomic preparation.

The mess is usually formed with flour and water. Many times it also includes Salt. Once the mixture is made, its use depends on the prescription: can be combined with filling, to mention one possibility, to achieve the final product.

In the bakery sector, for example, the dough is the fundamental element, from which practically all its products emerge. Of course, it is not only used in the industrial field, since many people prepare doughs of various characteristics for their meals and desserts. In no case is it necessary to know the concept with its own name to obtain good results, especially if we have a lot of intuition in the kitchen, but it can be useful to organize ourselves better and apply new advice to our dishes.

This brings us to the concept of jargon, a linguistic modality that is associated with a certain group of people, professional or not, that gathers specific terms. In general, each sector of the industry it has its own jargon, made up of a long list of terms and expressions that are not used outside of its environment. However, learning some of them can be useful for those entrepreneurs who embark on the exciting journey of self-taught learning to understand the sources of study.

Knowing the term dough is necessary to understand some of the tips that we will surely find in our adventure of learning how to make different products made from dough. Experts point out that a long list of tasks needs to be completed so that the dough can be considered finished and ready to move forward in the process. elaboration of bread. The first one is the growing, that is, the use of yeast, which should be carried out the night before.

To make the dough light, we must start by diluting the crescent (a ball of dough extracted from the previous dough) in a source with warm water. It is important to note that this dough must be raw. Once it dissolves, we must add flour until it becomes a soft paste, similar to that used to prepare fritters. It should be left warm overnight for fermentation to take place, a process that will cause a odor Bittersweet impossible to ignore.

Beyond the scope of kitchenIn addition, a dough that is made with earth, plaster or another similar substance is called amasijo. These materials are mixed with some liquid - generally water - to form the dough.

A colloquial use of the concept of mash, on the other hand, refers to a hodgepodge of heterogeneous elements. For example: "I asked the employees for some ideas to improve the situation of the company and they presented me with a jumble of projects that were impossible to carry out", "I came to this city with a mass of wishes and dreams that, thank God, I was able to realize over the years", "When opening the door, the police found a dantesque scene: a mass of destroyed bodies".

The idea of dough appears in the slang, a jargon (informal language) that arose in Buenos Aires among the lower-class people and in time it was introduced into the popular speech of Argentina in general and even of Uruguay. In this framework, a mass is a punishment, a beating or even a murder: "The mixture of the singer moved the population", "The boy was subjected to a mess by a gang", "What an unnecessary mess!".