Thread: Bread crackdown?

Originally Posted by kmart

Every loaf seemed to weigh a fucking ton for some reason

Originally Posted by can123

I now know how much water to put with my mixture and this is one of the most important factors in bread making.

getting the water /milk correct is not easy

Originally Posted by can123

weighing the mixture etc

sounds like the way to get it right - will check at homepro for a small digital scale

Hermits don't like leaving there homes

Originally Posted by can123

Originally Posted by Seekingasylum

Bread machine self baking is usually crap. The results invariably resemble a heavy, cake consistency and is useless for sandwiches.

Nonsense. We bake most of our bread and it is excellent for sandwiches for the first day. On the second day it is used to make very nice toast and any left over is made into breadcrumbs for stuffing pork or chicken. No waste, bread fresh when you want rather than buying it and not using it.

Ours is a Breville which we bought a bargain price of £ 50 instead of the recommended price of £ 100. The latest "Which" magazine in the UK covered breadmakers and they reckoned that overall Panasonic breadmakers were the best.

We used to use the ready made mixtures as they were comparatively cheap at 50 pence but they have almost doubled in price now and it's cheaper to start from scratch. Once one gets used to the preparation, weighing the mixture etc. it takes very little time. I now know how much water to put with my mixture and this is one of the most important factors in bread making.

There is a timer on mine and it is possible to set the maker so that bread is cooked overnight and is fresh for breakfast. This is not such a success because unless one gets up to remove the bread from the cooker it continues to cook even though the power is switched off. The bread is still nice but not as nice as my normally baked bread because it is a bit dryer. So, I don't use the timer these days.

Obviously if the correct flour is not available it isn't worth trying to bake your own bread. The convenience of having fresh bread when you want it is worth the effort put into the preparation and this is especially the case for me as I live on a mountain which sometimes gets snowed in and I don't need to go out to get bread.

Bizarre though it may seem, I have found that bread placed in the freezer compartment of my refrigerator is a convenient method of providing a readily available supply in the event of confinement to the house.
Once thawed it is excellent as a standby. Quite miraculous really. Don't Taffies have fridges?

Originally Posted by Seekingasylum

Bizarre though it may seem, I have found that bread placed in the freezer compartment of my refrigerator is a convenient method of providing a readily available supply in the event of confinement to the house.
Once thawed it is excellent as a standby. Quite miraculous really. Don't Taffies have fridges?

I sometimes freeze mine but as stated in my post 43 I more often just put it in the fridge with the wrapper tightly sealed with a rubber band .

Originally Posted by piwanoi

Or better still behind your foreskin

er,,, that would be the cheese to go on the bread

Originally Posted by nigelandjan

Originally Posted by piwanoi

Or better still behind your foreskin

er,,, that would be the cheese to go on the bread

Nice one Nige , I had not thought of that one, maybe cos I got circumcised (according to my parents) when I was just a wee bairn

ouch !! ^

Originally Posted by Seekingasylum

Bizarre though it may seem, I have found that bread placed in the freezer compartment of my refrigerator is a convenient method of providing a readily available supply in the event of confinement to the house.
Once thawed it is excellent as a standby. Quite miraculous really. Don't Taffies have fridges?

Thank you. I shall use your method when I am snowed in in Thailand. Until then, I will bake mine fresh.

^ Thats if he ever makes it to Thailand

Originally Posted by Horatio Hornblower

^ Thats if he ever makes it to Thailand

Hey Double H , The best of Bread

^Oop's slipped up there ,I thought he was singing "I wanna bake it with you"

I make pita bread, french loaves, pizza dough without a bread making machine. But I still buy baguettes and sourdough bread from Big C because I am too lazy to make bread on a weekly basis. I do it when the mood stikes me. The best bread selection by far is found at Foodmart on Thepraya Road in Pattaya.