"Chuck (in SC)" > wrote in message
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> On Mon, 06 Nov 2006 21:40:45 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
> > wrote:
>
>>"jay" > wrote in message
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>>> On Mon, 06 Nov 2006 14:47:30 GMT, jay wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have a small Kitchenaid mixer (250 watts) and have used it for
>>>> preparing
>>>> many one and two loaf bread/flour dough batches. The recipe I would
>>>> like
>>>> to try calls for 5 lbs of flour and it seem that cutting it in half
>>>> would
>>>> be the easiest way to handle the amount of dough with my small mixer.
>>>>
>>>> Will a mixer this small even handle 2.5 lbs of flour for bread? I am
>>>> guessing that is about 10 cups of flour which will fit into the bowl.
>>>> Thanks for your input.
>>>
>>> Thanks for all the help! There is some great information here and I
>>> should
>>> have gotten the book..Kitchenaid Mixers For Dummies. <g>
>>
>>Do it by hand. It'll turn out better.
>>
> That's what my ex wife used to tell me..
> Chuck (in SC)

She was right. Bread machines are for pussies. Arthritis is the only excuse
for using one. That, or being a lazy fat-ass sack of shit.