JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
> "Sheldon" wrote:
> > JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
> >>
> >> Bread machines are for pussies. Arthritis is the only excuse
> >> for using one.
> >
> > That's pretty shallow... there are lots of disabilities besides
> > arthrititus that can make bread making by conventional methods
> > difficult or impossible.
>
> OK, but you know what I mean.

Not really, I'm good but not that good, but I still can't read minds...
on usenet I take what people write as written... and you didn't put any
emoticon LOL after your statement.

> If you're an able bodied person without some
> sort of chronic issue that makes certain activities painful, a bread machine
> really is nonsense.

No, that's not true either... bread machines are very useful for a
number of reasons., one of which is it doesn't heat up your kitchen
like an oven will and they use far less energy. And ABMs are
relatively inexpensive, the Plain Jane ones for $49 bake bread just as
well as the $200 Bells n' Whistles out the kazoo models. And
sometimes it's nice to have a loaf of fresh made waiting when you get
up in the AM... is why the ADC too. But most important is that there
is absolutely not a whit of difference in bread dough made by a bread
machine or any other way, except that kneaded by hand. By your
reasoning a KA stand mixer is for pussies too... after all any able
bodied person should be capable of kneading dough by hand. Actually as
far as bread making the ABM makes more sense than the toys r us sized
pussyish Kitchen Aid stand mixer. The largest KA only has a pussyish
6qt bowl... any abled bodied person should be able to hand knead double
that capacity, and hand kneading is always better than any dough
kneading machine. Btw, the ABM is capable of turning out kneaded dough
for a 2lb loaf every 20 minutes... no rule says you can't bake 2-3 of
those loaves all at once in a conventional oven... I wouldn't light my
oven for one stinkin' loaf, which is anotehr good reason for the ABM,
sometimes folks want juyst one loaf... and the typical ABM kneads dough
better than the KA, its motions are closer to hand kneading than any
dough hook.... even dedicated kneading machines can't compete with hand
kneading. I see absolutely no use for a 5-6 quart stand mixer in the
home kitchen (unless you're handicapped), it can't do anything I can't
do with my hands and a portable mixer. Obviously the KA stand mixer is
primarilly set out on home kitchen counters for snob appeal... look at
all the pretty colors... and most folks rarely use it, some never, just
sits there collecting dust, trying to look like they know how to cook.

Sheldon