Home-made bread vs store-bought bread

Rosa_Damascena

MrsStepford said:

My mother has a Panasonic breadmaker but her bread tastes more like cake. No idea what she does ! 

Husband makes flaxseed rolls, using Dr Sarah Myhill's flaxseed bread recipe, which is on YouTube. Just flaxseeds and water. No kneading either. 

Ryvita or a similar rye crispbread  can be spread with butter or pâté, Philadelphia, vegetarian pâté e.g. Granovita, Heinz sandwich spread, egg mayo, salmon paste, sliced cheese e.g. Leerdammer, Mexicana, Cathedral City, Jarlsberg, Gouda, Sokol etc plus sliced pickles, hardboiled egg, gherkins or beetroot. Ham, turkey ham, Prosciutto or Finnebrogue ham with mustard. Cottage cheese with pineapple or watermelon chunks.

Flaxseed is indigestible. I want bread that will satiate, not give me a gut ache. Am managing with the minimum atm but I do feel like I need a hit of carbs come midnight.

thriftytracey

Made a large "French Bread" loaf - really delicious.  Think I will do medium next time - it is very large and doesn't keep more than a couple of days.

where_are_we

French Bread made in our old Panasonic Breadmaker is popular in our household. We use about 2/3rds wholemeal/ 1/3rd white Lidl flour. No sugar is added, half the recommended salt, one size only (400g flour) and olive oil. This creates a large lighter loaf. Any that doesn`t get eaten on first day goes in freezer. 

Longwalker

Rosa_Damascena said:

MarzipanCrumble said:

Really?  Who needs bread?  What for?  Don't see why if you are home cooking.  Use veg or potatoes to mop up sauce.

(yes being a devil's advocate but I am really interested as I used to walk with 2 females whose extra bread was used to feed the ducks - lots of it too!)

I've cut down on my bread consumption radically but nothing fills me up quite like a sandwich. I can eat apples for example, but lack any sense of satiety from them. Last night I resorted to some Shreddies I found lurking in the back of the cupboard, taken with hot milk they did the trick. UPF I grant you but stopped me thinking about my empty stomach.

Ive cut mine as well and what I do take is wholemeal pitta or a flat bread. But OMG I feel myself bloating as I eat it 

Midnight munchies for me is ff greek yoghurt, berries and oat bran . Its also my go to whenever I feel like my stomach is going to eat itself Much kinder on my digestion and actually very filling and as I make my own yoghurt pretty cheap as well. Bread would only fill me for a little while, the high protein and fibre in the yoghurt and oat bran fills me for hours 

DigSunPap

Longwalker said:

Rosa_Damascena said:

MarzipanCrumble said:

Really?  Who needs bread?  What for?  Don't see why if you are home cooking.  Use veg or potatoes to mop up sauce.

(yes being a devil's advocate but I am really interested as I used to walk with 2 females whose extra bread was used to feed the ducks - lots of it too!)

I've cut down on my bread consumption radically but nothing fills me up quite like a sandwich. I can eat apples for example, but lack any sense of satiety from them. Last night I resorted to some Shreddies I found lurking in the back of the cupboard, taken with hot milk they did the trick. UPF I grant you but stopped me thinking about my empty stomach.

Ive cut mine as well and what I do take is wholemeal pitta or a flat bread. But OMG I feel myself bloating as I eat it 

Midnight munchies for me is ff greek yoghurt, berries and oat bran . Its also my go to whenever I feel like my stomach is going to eat itself Much kinder on my digestion and actually very filling and as I make my own yoghurt pretty cheap as well. Bread would only fill me for a little while, the high protein and fibre in the yoghurt and oat bran fills me for hours 

Been trying to eat more fibre recently myself too. Never feel satisfied after eating bread so have stopped having toast in the morning and opted for all bran and I am hungry a lot less!

Farway

where_are_we said:

French Bread made in our old Panasonic Breadmaker is popular in our household. We use about 2/3rds wholemeal/ 1/3rd white Lidl flour. No sugar is added, half the recommended salt, one size only (400g flour) and olive oil. This creates a large lighter loaf. Any that doesn`t get eaten on first day goes in freezer. 

Yes, love the French bread in the Panny, I do it overnight because it does take ages

A._Badger

Farway said:

where_are_we said:

French Bread made in our old Panasonic Breadmaker is popular in our household. We use about 2/3rds wholemeal/ 1/3rd white Lidl flour. No sugar is added, half the recommended salt, one size only (400g flour) and olive oil. This creates a large lighter loaf. Any that doesn`t get eaten on first day goes in freezer. 

Yes, love the French bread in the Panny, I do it overnight because it does take ages

Out of interest, what flour do you use? I've tried Matthews genuine French T55 but I wasn't entirely happy with the result.

Farway

A._Badger said:

Farway said:

where_are_we said:

French Bread made in our old Panasonic Breadmaker is popular in our household. We use about 2/3rds wholemeal/ 1/3rd white Lidl flour. No sugar is added, half the recommended salt, one size only (400g flour) and olive oil. This creates a large lighter loaf. Any that doesn`t get eaten on first day goes in freezer. 

Yes, love the French bread in the Panny, I do it overnight because it does take ages

Out of interest, what flour do you use? I've tried Matthews genuine French T55 but I wasn't entirely happy with the result.

Being a tight 'rse MSE it's Asda bread flour

I think it can be affected by ambient temperature, my Panny is not smart enough to know and I did have some duff results a few months back

Of course, I may be easily pleased, and I'm not comparing my results with "real" French loaves

Mamaofmanybudgets

Ooh, a bread thread! Brilliant. 

I'm just trying to revive my sourdough starter but it generally doesn't do well in the cold. 
Might have to go back to making yeast breads.
We don't eat a massive amount of bread but with 4 children, a standard loaf of wonder bread goes absolutely nowhere... doesn't fill them up either. They'll eat it like air. 😂🫣
However, a homemade loaf is a lot more substantial. One is enough for even 2 days and they'll actually get some satiation out of it. 

Hopefully I can make a loaf tonight if that starter plays ball. 

I had a big 2.5kg bag of Shipton mill wholemeal from a local share food waste group. So that was a wonderful blessing, I need to get it used. 

Rosa_Damascena

It has been 3 days without bread and 3 early hours of feeling hungry, even though I don't now believe the pre-packed stuff is any good for me. Really must find my way to a bakery tomorrow!

Although I would happily munch my way through a slice of Vogel bread if it was stuck in front of me. I've just looked online and it's not as bad as I thought it was:

Eta: it is as bad as I thought!