Every time I opened the paper or turned on the radio – inflation, inflation.
Every time my wife came back from the grocery store – prices up, prices up. Time to do something. So I resolved to start making our own bread (also my own wine but that is another story). I bought a bread machine.
While it will make a 2 lb. loaf I have generally been making a one pound loaf using 50-50 whole wheat and white
flour. My cost savings, get this, 48%.
You old dudes out there will remember that saying from our youth “the greatest thing since sliced bread”. Well that is the problem with baking your own bread, it is not sliced. So using some acrylic offcuts and a bit of Starboard etc. I made a bread slicing jig. It works with an electric knife that otherwise only gets used to slice the turkey at Christmas. Drop the loaf in, crank up the knife, follow the slots and voila – sliced bread. Without this slicing solution making your own bread soon becomes a PITA.
Have problem? Think plastic. You may find a solution there.
Every time my wife came back from the grocery store – prices up, prices up. Time to do something. So I resolved to start making our own bread (also my own wine but that is another story). I bought a bread machine.
While it will make a 2 lb. loaf I have generally been making a one pound loaf using 50-50 whole wheat and white
flour. My cost savings, get this, 48%.
You old dudes out there will remember that saying from our youth “the greatest thing since sliced bread”. Well that is the problem with baking your own bread, it is not sliced. So using some acrylic offcuts and a bit of Starboard etc. I made a bread slicing jig. It works with an electric knife that otherwise only gets used to slice the turkey at Christmas. Drop the loaf in, crank up the knife, follow the slots and voila – sliced bread. Without this slicing solution making your own bread soon becomes a PITA.
Have problem? Think plastic. You may find a solution there.
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