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> >> "Jenn Ridley" > wrote in message
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> >> > 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.