On 27/05/2015 8:04 PM, cshenk wrote:
> Thomas wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
>> On Monday, May 25, 2015 at 3:14:46 PM UTC-4, cshenk wrote:
>>>> Yup. 5 lbs of flour yields 20 cups so if you multiply that out
>>>>> with 4 cups per large loaf, you get 50 loaves for 38cents each
>>>> and >the small cost of a little sugar, salt and yeast.
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>> Better rethink that math...
>
> Grin, humm. She was talking 50 lbs of flour. 5x10=50x4=200 cups.
> divide by 4 cups for a larger loaf, 50 loaves. Basics are a 1 lb of
> flour yields what is 'called' a 2lb loaf. It doesn't actually weigh
> that but then its not all flour.
>
> Not sure if i messed up or I misexplained it.
> Carol
>

Last week I bought a 20kg sack of strong bread flour for C$17 (44lbs for
US$13.60). On Friday I made a couple of ~1kg loaves of pain au levain
(French style sourdough) with 750g of it along with some wholewheat and
rye flours.

http://i58.tinypic.com/330ac6u.jpg

If I made them from plain white flour, I could make ~33 of those loaves.
A local bakery charges about $6 for a similar loaf.
Of course, I'm not including the price of the power and I actually do it
for pleasure so an hourly rate for my time is irrelevant.
Graham

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