She is kneading the flour

[Naeem Afzal]

Hi teachers,




Is "She is kneading the flour" correct?


Many thanks in advance.

 

[Barb_D]

She is kneading the dough.

 

[Naeem Afzal]

Is "flour" incorrect? Because we put flour and add water then we knead it.

 

[BobK]

Yes. There's flour in dough but other things too (if only water in the simplest of cases, but often yeast -or a sourdough starter - and flavourings). It's wrong to say you knead the flour.

Incidentally, you pronounce 'dough' /dǝʊ/ .

b

 

[Rover_KE]

Incidentally, you pronounce 'dough' /dǝʊ/.
b

...or 'doe', if, like me, you don't know IPA.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

...or 'doe', if, like me, you don't know IPA.

Of course we do! And India pale ale is a much more entertaining subject!

 

[emsr2d2]

Kneading flour would be a pointless and very long activity. The combination of flour, water, yeast, bicarbonate of soda, baking powder etc is dough. The simplest dough is just flour and water but many doughs contain more ingredients than that.