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Ooooh, yes! Thank you! "Integral crumb catcher" - yep, that would do beautifully. Think I'll get my folks one as a present ... And think more seriously about getting a breadmaker myself now. Thank you for the link, much appreciated
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Originally posted by Croila View PostOoooh, yes! Thank you! "Integral crumb catcher" - yep, that would do beautifully. Think I'll get my folks one as a present ... And think more seriously about getting a breadmaker myself now. Thank you for the link, much appreciated
Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.
Which one are you and is it how you want to be?
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Originally posted by Alison View PostAs for the crumbs, they're only bread crumbs and take 2 seconds to clear up
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Originally posted by Two_Sheds View PostTo slice evenly: part slice one way, then turn the loaf and keep slicing; keep turning, keep slicing ...
easy
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We don't have a bread maker but I dont find making HM bread that hard without one. I do it as a relaxing activity in the evening, especially good when you have had a hard day, nothing more satisfying than knocking back some dough. We like to vary what we put in ours too. We add all kinds of things and it is so much cheaper to do it yourself than go and buy gourmet bread from a bakery or a supermarket.
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Oh no ... When I've had a hard day I just want to sit down with a cup of tea - if I had to make homemade bread because I hadn't bought any shop stuff, I'd just feel it was another pressure on me, something I "had" to do. I think it would be okay doing it in a breadmaker as that's fairly fast, but I think for me personally I wouldn't want to do it by hand.
Sharp breadknife, now there's an idea. Mine barely cuts butter
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Originally posted by Croila View PostBut ... I hate crumbs! I'm totally OCD in the kitchen!Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.
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Obsessive Slob Disorder ... that IS funny! I need to work on that, it sounds much less stressful, heheh!
On a more down-to-earth note, I'd be interested in people's thoughts on whether making your own bread (even taking into account buying a breadmaker cause I'm sorry, I really don't want to do it by hand) works out cheaper in the long run than buying the stuff?
I really like Hovis Granary bread, bought six loaves of it last night for the freezer, and was a bit startled to see it came to £8.04 in total. I know you can get much cheaper bread than that, but that's our favourite kind that's widely available. Apart from my mam's homemade (in a machine) bread, that is. Cause that's amazing.
So this all made me wonder if it would work out cheaper over a year, say, just making your own?Last edited by Croila; 08-10-2010, 07:43 PM.
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I have gone from using a bread maker to doing it by hand now. The dough is started in the kenwood then finished by hand, proved in the bowl it was mixed in, knocked back and then shaped or dropped into a tin to rise. The actual time is about 10 mins plus rising time.
You can do everything on an evening and leave it to rise in the tin in the fridge overnight to bake in the morning.
Home made bread rocks.
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Hmmm, I can see why this would work for you, it sounds a pretty good plan.
However, personally I'd have two problems with this: a) I absolutely hate the feeling of dough on my hands (I know, it's pathetic!) which is pretty much why I rarely bake, and b) I get up for work every day at 6.00 am and it's always a mad rush. No way could I factor in breadmaking at that time of day unfortunately, I feel a nervous twitch coming on even thinking about it!
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Thanks for the rising tips all, will give this a try next week!
(I would try this week, but the OH already thinks I'm mad for painting and DIYing and gardening and running while the wee one is at nursery instead of just passing out in front of the telly. I should aim for OSD once in a while!)
Edit: And it's definitely worth getting a nice sharp bread knife, made a huge difference to my slices (as in they are slices, albeit crooked ones)!Last edited by Rabidbun; 06-10-2010, 12:50 PM.
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Okay, stupid question time now... in my rack of cooking knives I have one labelled as a bread knife, and it has a serrated blade. I find that this creates a lot more breadcrumbs when slicing bread. I personally prefer a flat bladed knife for slicing bread, even though it's not a 'bread knife'.
What does everyone think about serrated versus flat for slicing bread? Or is it just me?
Nix"If you can see what the plate is made of, the portions are too small." Mrs G.Ogg
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