Price of a loaf of bread!

Jammygal

Icemaiden wrote: »

I use an electric knife to slice HM bread, but personally like the doorstop setting;) even better when still warm with lashings of butter:D

Do you find this to be the answer Icemaiden???? Mine always crumbles unless it is getting stale which defeats object slightly!!
Are all leccy knives the same???? Or do you need pricey one????:rolleyes:

Skyegirl

Jammygal wrote: »

I bought one of the panasonic bm when they were on offer a few weeks ago and am so glad......as the bread is scrummy.....;)

Snap! It actually really satisfying to know your saving a small fortune and making good wholesome food, the kids love it too;)

We used to go through a loaf of shop bought a day, bread is about £1.35 here, so not cheap. I have found with the HM bread though, that you don't need as much, for example OH would take four rounds of bread for his carry out, now he says two is enough as the bread is much more filling. I noticed this morning too, when I had my toast I was full after one slice!

I have also thought that it will stop the trips to the shop for bread, you know the trips where you go in for bread and come out having spent £20 on other stuff too:rotfl:

Icemaiden

Jammygal wrote: »

Do you find this to be the answer Icemaiden???? Mine always crumbles unless it is getting stale which defeats object slightly!!
Are all leccy knives the same???? Or do you need pricey one????:rolleyes:

Yes you do get some crumbs, (collect them up save in a bag and freeze for later);) I think this is something we have to live with for fresh home made bread. My knive is a twin blade one from wilkos for £4.99, the single blade ones may give a better cut as there's no sawing action, IYKWIM.

Ice
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angie_loves_veg

Jammygal wrote: »

Do you find this to be the answer Icemaiden???? Mine always crumbles unless it is getting stale which defeats object slightly!!
Are all leccy knives the same???? Or do you need pricey one????:rolleyes:

I also use an electric knife.... a really old one that used to belong to my Grandma. It is a double bladed moulinex if that helps.

homemade bread doesnt stay fresh very long.

... but it freezes really well!:D I slice it first, then freeze it to use as needed

kethry

i think whats important with the whole economics of shopbought vs home made bread is to compare like with like.. for example. I make (by hand, not a breadmaker) our own bread every couple days or so, and its a half and half loaf, with extra bran and seeds (mix of pumpkin, sunflower, linseed, sesame, and poppy seeds). The closest shopbought one is warburtons seeded loaf, i think, and last time i looked (about a year ago) it was £1.36. Its probably more now with the recent price increases. I reckon a loaf of my bread probably costs somewhere in the region of 50-60p, so you can see there's a substantial saving, but if you compare my bread with say plastic el cheapo white, which (again, last time i looked) was 25p, my bread looks a lot more.

I know which one i'd rather be eating though. Better for you too!

keth
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thriftlady_2

What Kethry says is very true. I look at it this way; I make a loaf for the same price as a value loaf, but my loaf will be the same quality as one of those artisan baker's loaves from a posh deli or farmer's market that cost over a quid. So it's a win, win situation

I did price my bread up (probably on one of the other threads somewhere) but I haven't updated it since prices went up recently, but it's still bound to be much cheaper and better value than a bought loaf.

izoomzoom

Can I ask a really silly question ?

When making bread, with a breadmaker, how much labour is involved ? Do you have to do lots of kneading etc. I am keen to explore this option, but have to confess I am lazy .....

Teterow

I want a breadmaker too!
Who has the best offers at the moment?

sticher

Hi, with my breadmaker you just put everything in and it does the rest. Have to confess to only having used it a couple of times, but that is about to change!

G-G_4

I used to have a breadmaker but sold it I think.. just didn't use it very often.. the bread was just too heavy.

I like homemade bread, but it's never as light as shop bought bread and I agree that slicing it thin is a challenge in itself!

I think I would rather spend the £1.50 on a loaf from the shops.. we only get thru one loaf a week though, so I guess if you got through more loaves then I can understand a bread maker.

Breadmakers also make cakes I think.. mine used to..

I love home made stuff and love to make things from scratch, just not 100% about the bread..

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