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I'm not satisfied with the breadmaker
"King's Crown" > wrote in message nk.net... > > "Vox Humana" > wrote in message > ... > > > > "King's Crown" > wrote in message > > ink.net... > >> > >> "Jenn Ridley" > wrote in message > >> ... > >> > Eric Jorgensen > wrote: > >> >> The bread machine is a perfect tool for someone who has no interest > > in > >> >>baking but who insists on having a little round loaf of fresh bread on > >> >>demand, along with the associated baking smells. It'd be great for > >> >>that, > >> >>assuming it works reliably. > >> > > >> > Yanno, I get really annoyed by comments like this. I'm a pretty good > >> > baker, if I say so myself. I *can* make my own bread by hand. > >> > > >> > I have a choice, though. I can make bread by hand twice a week, or I > >> > can do the laundry, or make dinner, or make fresh cookies for the > >> > kids' lunchboxes. I have shoulder problems, and if I choose to make > >> > bread by hand, I cannot do -anything- else that involves shoulder/arm > >> > action for about a day. > >> > > >> > I own a bread machine. I use it 3 or 4 times a week. It makes good > >> > bread, by which I mean that it's consistent from loaf to loaf, and > >> > *MY KIDS LIKE IT* for their sandwiches. This last point is one of the > >> > big reasons I use the machine. It costs a hell of a lot less than the > >> > store bread that they will eat, and I don't have to buy 3-4 loaves and > >> > keep them in the freezer. (and still have to run out to the store on > >> > Sunday so there's bread for Monday's lunchboxes.) > >> > > >> > I'd rather my family have a home-cooked dinner every night and > >> > home-made cookies in their lunches than hand-made bread. > >> > Jenn Ridley : > >> > >> I'm with you Jenn. I have a bread maker that is going on 15 years old. > > It > >> makes great bread. I use the dough cycle more often. I also on occasion > >> make bread completely by hand. OK I use the KitchenAide mixer and then > >> go > >> by hand from then on. A bread machine isn't a magic machine it does take > > a > >> little time to get to know it. To find the recipes with the amounts that > >> work perfectly for your machine. One does have to spend a little time in > >> the beginning of a cycle to make sure the dough is right before one runs > > off > >> to leave it to do what it does best. That 10-15 minutes of time will > >> save > >> me 4 hours once I can leave the machine to make bread. It can really be > >> a > >> time saver. > > > > Time must work different where you live. I can make a batch of dough in > > about 5 minutes in the FP. After that, it rises without any supervision > > for > > a couple of hours. Then it takes about 5 minutes to make up the final > > product. Another hour or so of unsupervised proofing and then into the > > oven. So in total I might spend 15 hands-on minutes baking bread. I wish > > that I could turn that 15 minutes into four "saved" hours, but honestly I > > think you would have to change the rules of physics first. > > > > > 4 hours for a baked and cooled loaf of bread. Did you one better... I spent > 10 minutes and had a loaf of bread ready to eat without having to change any > laws of physics. Didn't have to fool with making up a final product... > didn't have to preheat an oven and place in oven... didn't have to set a > timer... didn't have to turn out on a cooling rack. Seems the time warp is > happening in your kitchen. > > Lynne Nope. You didn't save any time at all. You just put your time in up-front and I did mine in a couple of steps. I guess if you want to dump and run, then the bread maker is for you. Thankfully I don't have that kind of lifestyle. |
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