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Default Amish Friendship Bread Question

PickyJaz wrote:
> I am hoping that someone here is familiar with using the Amish
> Friendship Bread Starter to make the cake-like breads. My question
> comes about because at the beginning of the Starter use instruction
> there is warning to not use metal dishes or metal utensils.
>
> I imagine there may be reason during the ten day process of "mushing"
> the starter for five, adding the milk, flour and sugar on day six,
> mushing more days to then add milk, flour and sugar again on day ten
> to remove four starters. But what about this tenth day of adding all
> the other ingredients to bake just "your own" two loaves? Is it okay
> to use my KA Mixer's metal bowl and flat blade at that point, being
> only for two loaves immediately baked?
>
> ...Picky



It's stainless steel. Of course it's OK.

Some people just like making up lots of extra rules for things that
should be simple (be glad you never played Canasta with my grandmother.)

Bob