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by N in Seattle on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 11:07:35 AM PDT
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bake it yourself, so yes.
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by Asinus Asinum Fricat on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 11:08:19 AM PDT
buying the economy size bags of flour, storing it in air tight bins and stocking up on yeast cuz my little tinfoil capped brain told me to. Maybe I was right this time.
Until about 18 years ago, I did bake all our breads & withouth one of those new fangled breadmakes, and it looks like I will be revisiting those days. But really, it's not that hard, just takes time.
-6.25 -5.33 "Didn't Jesus leave instructions?" George Carlin
by dansk47 on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 11:13:27 AM PDT
It is absolutely the best smell in the world
We don't neeed, no mor troubles - Bob Marley
by joeshwingding on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 11:26:44 AM PDT
diary, but all this bread-baking talk is making me hungry! I'm mostly avoiding eating bread and other simple carbs for waistline-related reasons right now, but I do love the stuff! I learned to bake my own as a teen, and used to bring a loaf into school as a birthday gift (along with a homemade lei) instead of cookies or a bday cake. Friends would descend on my signature homemade bread like starving sharks, tearing off hunks.
My mom still bakes all her own bread. She buys large bags of flour (Costco, kids!, for the white stuff), and stores it in sealed plastic bins. Very economical this way.
Sweet are the uses of adversity...[Find] tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, Sermons in stones, and good in everything. -Shakespeare, As You Like It
by earicicle on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 11:46:55 AM PDT
Dark breads are good, as they are fibrous and turn to sugar much more slowly. They also make you feel full faster!
by sunshineonthebay on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 11:57:59 AM PDT
And wholewheat breads.
by Asinus Asinum Fricat on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 11:59:15 AM PDT
It's heavy, moist and dense, with lots of fiber. One slice, with lowfat cream cheese and smoked fish...it's a whole meal. But most bread simply doesn't fill me up. Until these last 20 lbs. come off, I'm sticking to the complex carbs that do, and concentrating on getting plenty of protein, sufficient fat, and lots of veg and fruit.
I think my Irish/German peasant genes have very sophisticated starvation-prevention DNA, and readily convert the simple carbs to fat. Unscientific, but true in my experience!
by earicicle on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 12:13:54 PM PDT
Even the white-cotton cheapest bread is $1.50 a loaf. On sale. I can't bake to save my life but I may give breadbaking a shot anyway. Seems very therapeutic, too.
by donnamarie on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 11:09:39 AM PDT
they're easy to operate, and in the long run, you save money, plus think about all the lovely smells of baked bread!
by Asinus Asinum Fricat on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 11:12:46 AM PDT
I don't have the luxury of time I guess. Plus my oven just sucks. It's not self-cleaning so it's not well insulated and it heats up the house. A bread machine would be ideal.
by donnamarie on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 11:17:36 AM PDT
Breville, not sure of you can get them in the USA, I'll have a looksee later.
by Asinus Asinum Fricat on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 11:18:50 AM PDT
In my bread machine I use Fleischmanss's Instant Yeast, in a one lb. vaccum sealed pack. I can only find it at Sam's locally. It is MUCH cheaper than regular yeast. Uses only one third of the normal amount and only costs about 2-3 cents per loaf.
by in the Trees on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 12:21:47 PM PDT
is thrift stores in affluent suburbs, because everyone gets them for wedding presents.
another added bonus is that you get free of the high fructose corn syrup when you add the ingredients yourself.
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by wu ming on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 12:35:54 PM PDT
thought of the thrift stores, excellent idea. Also Craig List, and at the last resort, Ebay.
by Asinus Asinum Fricat on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 12:55:41 PM PDT
by wu ming on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 04:23:06 PM PDT
... getting more costly by the day, too.
John McCain voted against health care for kids.
by Land of Enchantment on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 12:13:54 PM PDT
they do exist.
by Asinus Asinum Fricat on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 01:15:01 PM PDT
Probably the single best thing for people in Darfur. Men get killed gathering firewood. Women only raped. In the less desperate parts of the world, they work well, too.
by Land of Enchantment on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 01:17:05 PM PDT
wide narrow
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