On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 10:40:18 -0700, "Brian Christiansen"
> wrote:

>
>"Boron Elgar" > wrote in message
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>> On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 10:34:59 -0400, "Nancy Young" >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>"Boron Elgar" > wrote
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>>>> On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 07:55:38 -0400, "Nancy Young" >
>>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>>Is it possible that bread purists would flip over using the food
>>>>>processor
>>>>>to knead dough yet a bread machine, no problem? Just curious.
>>>>
>>>> Making bread should be a pleasure, not a chore, Whatever makes the
>>>> task comfortable and makes the bread taste and look the way baker
>>>> wants it to, is the method to use.
>>>
>>>Hey, I agree with that. I'm not a break making purist, though.
>>>
>>>> There are some types of bread that may require particular techniques
>>>> to acquire their crust or crumb, but that is something else
>>>> altogether.
>>>
>>>It just struck me as strange if people would be horrified at
>>>the idea of kneading in a processor yet a bread machine would
>>>be fine.
>>>
>>>nancy
>>>
>> I am not sure anyone would be - wait - let me take that back....there
>> will *always* be someone out there who will get into high dudgeon
>> because another person does something in a way that is not
>> "traditional." Read "traditional" as "that's not the way I do it." If
>> there were only one way to do things, none of us would be here reading
>> all the posts.
>>
>
>Actually, my comment about bread purists needing to avert their eyes was
>merely in jest. I really don't care about what someone else thinks of how I
>make bread, and I really think very few, even "bread purists," could even
>tell the difference unless they saw it being made, I told them how I did it,
>or perhaps they saw the hole from the machine paddle.
>
>I, however have actually talked to (not just "heard of") someone who made
>bread and absolutely freaked out at the idea of using a bread machine, food
>processor, stand mixer, or anything other than hand-kneading. In fact, I
>had one, I would probably use a stand mixer with a dough hook.
>

you gotta stop hanging out with amish folks.

your pal,
blake