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maman wrote: »

If you've got time to shop around or plenty of freezer space: we like Burgen bread and it's £1 a loaf in Iceland but £1.50 in Sainsbury's. It's not an offer it's been that price for months. Also try to keep bread eating to a minimum for calorie reasons.

I too eat this bread and as I live alone and only perhaps eat maybe two slices a day I wrap and freeze it in 4 slice portions in the freezer.It freezes very well and a loaf will often do me 6-8 days.I really like the taste and texture of the Burgen bread and at a quid its excellant value in Icelands

butterfly72

trulymadlydeeply_indebt! wrote: »

If you fancy having a go at making your own bread, please do give Doves Farm Spelt Flour a try. I use it in my Bread Maker, which I haven't had much success with!, however, this particular flour gives me a lovely light loaf time and time again and boosts my poor bread making confidence no end!

TMD xx

We use dove farm spelt flour too and it does make a great loaf! We made a loaf yesterday so we didnt have to venture out to the shops. We knead the dough using a kitchen aid as we dont have a bread machine. It makes light work of it! As the oven was on I also made a rhubarb crumble (rhubarb from the freezer) and cooked cheesy puff pastry tops for our slow cooker winter veggie stew.

I've noticed the price of food going up. We shop in Sainsburys but I want to start going to aldi or lidl but OH wont have it!! I guess ill just have to cut back in other ways. We have an allotment and I'm hoping we have better luck with it this year. Last year was a disaster what with the wet weather.

maman

Westywoodpecker wrote: »

Is that what you try to do, or your telling me to stop eating bread 'cause I'm over weight?

Oops! I did put that carelessly. What I meant was that DH and I try to only eat one loaf a week to protect our waistlines although we have back up in the freezer if needed.

Popperwell

I have a feeling Westy was joking;):p

maman

Popperwell wrote: »

I have a feeling Westy was joking;):p

I thought so too. But there are so many threads that get ruined with offensive comments I though a little apology would't do any harm.:)

Nargleblast

Re softer, lighter home-made bread.
I have a Panasonic breadmaker, and I have found two ways of getting a lighter loaf. First of all, using the standard white loaf setting, replace about 4 ounces of the strong flour (approx 100 grams) with ordinary plain flour, then proceed as normal. A second idea is to use the sandwich loaf setting which takes an hour longer - this bread turns out softer than the ordinary 4-hour loaf.

candygirl

Farmfoods does 2 Hovis loaves for £1.50, 7.5kg of spuds are about £3 from Asian supermarkets, and lentils n stuff are also v cheap there.You just have to shop around;)
BTW :hello: WESTYWOOOO:D:D:D

cosette

Justamum wrote: »

Is this the one?

I assume from your username that you are a Les Mis fan? Have you seen the film? My favourite musical - and with a local girl in it too

Yes, that's pretty much the recipe, or at least I do variations on it. What I like really is the method - 10 second kneads and then leaving for progressively longer intervals. I tend to leave even my 'basic' bread for longer that in that link, but I just like the flavour that way.

The other revelation for me from this method was kneading on an oiled surface - since I was about 16 I have been doing it on the traditional floured surface. Oiled is so much easier - in the Dan Lepard recipe you start off with quite a sticky mass (mess!) and you think it will never come together, especially on a lighly oiled surface, but it does - it's the leaving it in between each time that makes the difference. My husband now makes bread too and he never did before, he just finds this method so easy, and we just fit it around whatever we are doing that day.

I love the book and musical Les Mis but haven't seen the film yet. Can't stand Anne Hathaway and don't like Russell Crowe, so that's a bit off-putting. However, eldest son and his girlfriend reckon Hathaway is surprisingly good, and they liked the film - son is also a fan of the book and says the film even includes some strands from the book that are left out of the musical.

msb5262

rosie383 wrote: »

Kathy thank you so much for the links. I have seen recipes such as that before, but failed the only time I tried. The blog one with the wee boy doing it just brought it alive for me. He is so cute!
Anyhoo, I am off to make some up now so I can bake it tomorrow. Will report back!!

Did you do it Rosie? Any update?

Justamum

cosette wrote: »

I love the book and musical Les Mis but haven't seen the film yet. Can't stand Anne Hathaway and don't like Russell Crowe, so that's a bit off-putting. However, eldest son and his girlfriend reckon Hathaway is surprisingly good, and they liked the film - son is also a fan of the book and says the film even includes some strands from the book that are left out of the musical.

I love the show, and I also loved the film. Anne Hathaway and Russell Crowe were surprisingly good. I wasn't looking forward to seeing Eddie Redmayne (I always thought he was a bit bland) but I've eaten my words :rotfl: The weakest casting I thought was Sacha Baren Cohen, but I've always thought he was over-rated anyway.

It was nice to see a local girl (Sam Barks) in it - I can see her becoming quite big (not physically - she's got a surprisingly minute waist :rotfl:)