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Default Stock-Up Grocery Trip

On Tue, 20 Apr 2021 20:25:26 -0400, jmcquown >
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>On 4/19/2021 11:19 PM, cshenk wrote:
>> Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>>> On 2021-04-18 8:08 p.m., cshenk wrote:
>>>> Michael Trew wrote:
>>>>> Some baking can be a bear, bread usually isn't worth it. But I
>>>>> only do biscuits homemade. Pretty quick and easy with standard
>>>>> pantry ingredients plus milk/butter. I use the recipe from a
>>>>> pre-war Better Homes/Gardens cook book.
>>>>
>>>> LOL! I am the opposite side of you. I make almost all our normal
>>>> breads and have since 2001. It's stupid simple with a bread
>>>> machine in dough mode. Takes about 10 minutes of your actual time
>>>> to do.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Now that I have a stand mixer with dough hook I might try my hand at
>>> bread making again. It has been more than 40 years since the last
>>> time I made bread. I was raised on home made bread and never have
>>> been able to bring myself to rely on grocery store bread. I get all
>>> my bread at a good bakery in town, but his breads are $4-6 a loaf.

>>
>> Most of them cost 45-65cents a 1lb loaf if made at home. It's a case
>> of overhead and may not be unfair levels, but it's more fun to make
>> your own!
>>

>I don't think of making bread as "fun".


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