On Thu, 29 Nov 2018 19:58:23 -0600, "cshenk" > wrote:


>>
>> Depressing, isn’t it? I’ve made bread a few times, and always looked
>> to future days when I’d have the time to make it more often, and
>> experiment making different types. Sadly, my bad hands took over
>> before I ever got that chance I had been waiting for. No kneading for
>> me, either.
>
>Thats why I use a bread machine. I am limited by what it does in some
>ways, but it works well. I've been making almost all our bread since
>2001.
>
>I have about 35% reduction in feeling and strength in my right hand and
>15% roughly same in left hand. Both are due to spinal issues. I
>really started making bread *after that*.
>
>Some people will tell you that 'unless you hand knead the bread' it
>doesnt count. Bull hocky. You can do just as fine at being happy with
>your own produced breads as anyone else. The recipies are a little
>different with a bread machine, but only due to a static rise time
>making that needed.
>
>I make no apologies for using a machine to do the parts I cannot.

I have not used old-fashioned kneading for bread making in years and
years.

In fact, when I see any advertising that shows a person kneading
dough, I laugh.