On 9/24/2011 10:59 AM, gloria.p wrote:
> On 9/24/2011 9:31 AM, George Shirley wrote:
>
>>
>> I was totally shocked at seeing a $3.39 price tag on a loaf of
>> multigrain bread at the market. I am getting ready to make another loaf
>> of my own whole wheat and am thinking of buying some bulk rice, whole
>> wheat, bread, and all-purpose flour to have on hand. With drought, a La
>> Nina year, and inflation it might be a smart move. Brown rice was over
>> $3.00 for a two-lb bag, that's getting ridiculous. Or maybe it's because
>> I'm so old I can remember cheap prices.
>
>
> Yeah, I can remember bread at 15 cents a loaf in the 50s so it pains me
> to see it at $3.50-$4.99 for a fairly ordinary loaf. I may have to start
> baking sandwich bread again, too. Right now I make zucchini bread or
> Grandma's citron-and-almond bread 2-4 loaves at a time for breakfast. It
> keeps well in the freezer and is handy to have. Sandwich
> bread may be next. Barb's state fair loaf sounds good.
>
> Keep on baking and I hope your weather has cooled off enough to make it
> sound reasonable to light the oven.
>
> gloria p
If we worried about that we would never use the oven. I make my bread
with a bread machine, much easier, makes a nice loaf, takes less time.
Our house is air conditioned about ten months out of the year, the other
two months we have to turn the heat on. Most of our problem is humidity,
today the humidity at 0700 was 100% while the temperature was in the low
sixties at that time. Right now it is well over 80F outside and still
have 100% humidity.

It's a big house, there's always someplace in it that is cool when I
have to use the oven. Plus we have a gas stove, required to have a stove
vent that is through the roof, ours will suck the hat off your head if
you're not careful. <G>