On 2021-03-28 10:18 a.m., jmcquown wrote:
> On 3/27/2021 11:06 PM, cshenk wrote:

>> A lot of people don't understand it.Â* It is however very simple to do.
>> Most are made with 10 minutes of your time (or less!).
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> You use a bread machine.Â* Personally I don't eat enough bread to warrant
> making it from scratch, machine or not.Â* Oh, in years past (before
> anyone invented a home-use bread machine) I made all sorts of bread.Â* I
> turned out a magnificent couple of loaves of braided egg bread (challah)
> and took them to work for an office pot luck back in the 1980's.
> Everyone ooh'd and ahh'd, you MADE this?Â* Yes I did!
>
> I had my breadmaking phase and got over it.Â* If I ate enough bread to
> care I'd make it from scratch.Â* As it is, a loaf of nice whole wheat
> and/or sourdough round from the grocery store bakery resides in the
> freezer.Â* I'd say it takes me about 3 months to consume a loaf of bread.
> I do occasionally bake cornbread and other quick batter-type breads.

I have been tempted to make some bread. I have not done it in years. I
was raised on home made bread and now get it from a good bakery on town.
My wife does not eat bread and a loaf of bread usually lasts a week and
a half. I get it sliced and keep it in the freezer.

I make pizza dough regularly. Last night's was exceptionally good.

When my mother made bread she would so about a dozen loaves at a time.
Once in a while she would use some of the dough to make cinnamon rolls
or Chelsea buns.