"Anny Middon" > wrote in message
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> <sf> wrote in message ...
>> On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 13:57:06 -0500, "Dee.Dee" >
>> wrote:
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>>>
>>><sf> wrote in message ...
>>>> On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 09:26:57 -0500, "Dee.Dee" >
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>To me, 1-1/2 teasp for 4 cups isn't necessarily a slow rise; it is a
>>>>>standard for pizza dough in a bread machine rise, and if anyone has
>>>>>done
>>>>>dough in a bread machine, it pumps-up fast.
>>>>
>>>> ah. No bread machine here. I tough it out.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>I don't tough it out; I've got tools up the whazoo to help me out.
>>>I never was strong enough to knead bread even in my 'younger' years.
>>>
>>>Happy kneading :-))
>>
>> <snork> I don't knead either. That's what a food processor is for.
>>
>>
>
> I used to use my food processor to knead bread, but since I got a big KA
> mixer, I now use that. AFAICT the bread comes out the same, but it seems
> to me that the KA is easier to clean -- fewer parts to go in dishwasher
> and they can go on either dw shelf.
>
> I don't have a bread machine and don't particularly want one. I've got
> too much one-use kitchen stuff already -- I don't want to give up what has
> become precious counter and storage space for another large item.
>
> Anny
>

I now have an Electrolux mixer. I still keep and use all the rest, FP, KA
mixer, Bread machine. Except I don't use the KA anymore for bread; just
keep it for use with the attachments I own. I have a Vita-Mix which they
tout as making bread - I even tried it, but it's not a good idea.

Dee Dee