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Posted by Mary Fisher on April 21, 2008, 4:25 pm
> Mary Fisher wrote:
>>
>> I own a bread making machine but very rarely use it. I use the Kenwood
>> mixer for making dough (I make a large amount at a time, enough for a
>> week). That's because my old hands are so arthritic I can't mix by hand.
>> When the dough has been mixed I fold and stretch rather than knead.
>> Nothing Luddite about that, it makes better bread in our opinion :-)
>
> I looooove my bread machine! I've done it the other way, but to be
> honest, the machine is a lot more consistent than I am. Something about
> over-proofing, under-proofing, burning in the oven.....
When you've done it for sixty years those things never happen :-) The bm
isn't all that good for sourdough either. Our outdoor stone-built (by
Spouse) bread oven is far superior.
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>> No, I'm not a Luddite, nor a Chartist, nor a Leveller or any other of the
>> political idealists, it's jkust more satisfying to make things by hand,
>> with the feel of the textures and smell of the materials than it is to
>> use a machine. I did use sewing machines of various kinds (hand, foot and
>> electric) for about fifty years, now I have time and leisure I've
>> discovered the delights of a slower pace of life.
>>
>> Oh - and I cook all our own food from raw ingredients - even grow some of
>> them. When the hens aren't laying we don't use eggs, it's not difficult!
>> When we camp I cook in the same way, making everything over charcoal or
>> occasionally bottled gas. In the house I recently acquired a microwave
>> and find it good for some things. But we still don't have a tv ...
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> You can have camping. I tried it, and discovered my idea of roughing it
> is a night in a motel.
We built our own tent so that it was as comfortable as home. We also rebuilt
our caravan and the same applies. No roughing it for us :-)
> As for TV, you can now watch a lot of the better programs on the computer!
We don't want to though ...
>
> While you're cooking from scratch, I'm taking advantage of wonderful new
> advances in my local grocery store. Those Bertolli Mediterranean dinners
> for two are fantastic! That and a salad, and I'm good to go. Then I found
> Target sells them at an even better price than my grocery.
I'm very happy for you.
Didn't someone say horses for courses?
:-)
Mary
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