So I was typing up my Sticky Bun recipe and my mum says that you should let the dough raise til double. Didn't sound quite right so I thought I'd do some checking. Turns out the correct phrase would be to let the dough "rise til double". I never really knew the difference, just that sometimes one would sound right and sometimes the other (For some reason I have an ear for grammar, can't tell you what the rule is, but I usually know the correct usage.)
Here's what I found.
Rise -to go to a higher position - intransitive - never has an object
Raise - to lift to a higher position - transitive - almost always has an object
Does bread "rise" ie lifts itself? or does it "raise" because it is lifted by the action of the yeast? Is the suspense killing you? Are you starting to wonder if I have too much time on my hands and probably should be spending time looking for a girlfriend instead of researching obscure grammatical points?
Well, the answer is that the yeast is a part of the bread so bread "rises" and you let the bread "rise". You never "raise" dough or bread (unless you are moving it to a higher place in your kitchen).
Whew. I feel better now.
3 comments:
So fun to find someone else out there wondering if the bread rises or raises and actually cares that it is said correctly. :) Keep letting that ear for good grammar guide you. It is a wonderful gift, that I'm afraid I am losing thanks to living in "Hicksville" for so very long. ;)
I'll be forever grateful for a mother who spoke correctly, and as a result, passed that "ear" on to her children.
thanks! me and my sister were trying
to figure this out and she was trying to tell me it was "Raise"
and i was like "noooo it is defiantly rise". and she never believed me. wheew i feel great now!
AK
Always happy to help someone be righter than their sister. I've spent most of my life working on that exact problem. I blame my parents for having more children.
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