And Still It Won't Go...

[e_moon60]

I know it's been over a month since my last post on January 20.  That's because of too  much stuff and too little time.  The highlights: on January 19, I found out I would have to find a new host for my four websites (each with an embedded WordPress blog) and get them moved, by March 31.   I also had (have) a book to finish, one I was supposed to

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[mrs_redboots]

The bread looks lovely. I'm afraid I mostly use bread mix in a machine, but it does make good bread - and I always enjoy making it from scratch, on the rare occasions I do (mostly flatbreads, these days, or pizza base).

Meanwhile, most listservs don't let you change your email address; you have to unsubscribe with your old address and resubscribe with your new one - that is usually the quickest option, anyway.

[e_moon60]

Thanks for the tip about listservs! I'll try that in the next day or so.

[e_moon60]

Oh--and I don't think using a bread machine needs an apology...if it weren't that I like handling the dough, and the feeling of connection to past generations, I'd use one myself. (I do now have a stand mixer with a dough hook, for small batches of the really stiff doughs, like pumpernickel. I like pumpernickel but found mixing and kneading it really hard.)

[mrs_redboots]

I've never made my own pumpernickel - I am not even sure what the ingredients are, and whether they are obtainable over here. Well, they must be, as we can buy it, but I don't buy it that often as my husband isn't that fussed on it, although he likes it occasionally.

Meanwhile, when I do make bread from scratch, I usually start it with the dough hooks on my hand-held electric mixer, and then take over to knead it by hand once it has all come together nicely.

[90sbondgirl]

I agree - there's no shame in using a bread machine! However, after several attempts to use mine, I realized that for me it made wonderful bricks. Whereas when I did everything by hand, it came out beautifully. Sigh. So I just grab the big mixing bowl when the bread-making urge strikes.

[kk1raven]

I enjoy making bread without a machine, but I find that using a bread machine results in actually making bread as opposed to thinking about how much I'd enjoy making bread by hand.