"cshenk" > wrote in message
...
> Julie Bove wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
>>
>> "The Other Guy" > wrote in message
>> ... >On Sun, 24 May
>> 2015 16:37:05 -0500, "cshenk" > wrote:
>> >
>> > > The Other Guy wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>> > >
>> >>>On Sun, 24 May 2015 15:08:41 -0500, "cshenk" >
>> wrote:
>> > > >
>> >>>> We do indeed spend wisely and fit the 30$ range per person. I
>> hit >>>> 100$ a month per person usually and yes, we have steak,
>> shrimp, and >>>> other goodies.
>> > > >
>> > > > The cheapest steak here is $6 a pound, and an edible steak is
>> > > > substantially more. I don't eat shrimp so can't say on that,
>> > > > but a loaf of decent (NOT fancy) bread is $5 when not on sale.
>> > > > Milk is $6 a half gallon. Potatoes were on sale today at 5
>> > > > pounds for $5. Green seedless grapes were $3 a pound, and
>> > > > tomatoes were $2.50 a pound on sale, usually $3 recently.
>> > >
>> > > Learn to cook. You can make that 5$ bread for 1.47 or a basic
>> > > simple one for as little as 45cents. It takes 5 minutes of your
>> > > time to do it with a 35$ breadmachine that lasts for 4-5 years of
>> > > use 3 times a week.
>> >
>> > I don't HAVE a bread machine, I don't have ROOM for a bread machine,
>> > and I don't WANT to make my own bread. Plus it takes more than just
>> > flour to make bread, and all the ingredients need to be stored
>> > somewhere.
>>
>> Not only that but time is money. Takes a long time to make bread if
>> you don't have the machine and... People who quote prices like that
>> likely aren't factoring in the price of electricity or water and soap
>> to clean the dishes and pans.
>
> Time isnt money if you do not work. I do work and even I can spend 5
> minutes making up good bread as an example.

In your opinion it is good. The bread that I make takes many hours. Not 5
minutes and as I have said many times before, I do not like bread from a
bread machine.