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[no name 1]

What kind of bread do you make? I went through a phase of making bread back home but I have not had much bread of late since we mostly eat tortillas. I did have a wonderful sandwich from the Sequoia sandwich company on 'squaw bread'. I would love to try making that, or rye or sourdough.

I'm just making regular white yeast bread for the moment. You can't get the proper ingredients here, or I would have made soda bread (it's waaay easier). I used to make loads of Italian style bread with herbs etc baked in, but my oven was ####### in London, so I haven't made any for the last 4 years or so. I'm starting back by keeping it simple, and hopefully will get back in the swing enough to keep myself from having to spend loads on the 'artisan' breads just to get the quality I'm used to.

Sorry for triple posting but I can't believe that a$$ was censored!!! Are we kids???

Sadly we are treated as such far too often on VJ.

Regarding breads, my mom makes soda bread all the time. What type of ingredients can't you find?

PS: Irish brown bread - YUMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

Edited September 11, 2008 by illumine

[VisaJourneyLady 33]

Well tbh I haven't looked that hard, but in England buttermilk wasn't the same as what we called buttermilk in ireland. Also i find it hard to get pinhead oatmeal, i don't know if other people use it, but my mum always did, gives it a really nice nutty taste.

[Jeraly 4]

Mmmm - I want to get to baking but I made a pasta bake last night and in the 20 minutes or so that it took, I was so hot in our kitchen that I needed to take a shower... It is HORRIBLE! I want to be all Delia-like and domesticated but I just can't get my head around it in this heat - and it didn't even hit 100 yesterday!

Pointy - sounds like things are coming together at last! Is your sofa as sexy as our pastel Burberry one?

[ginger1981 0]

Mmmm - I want to get to baking but I made a pasta bake last night and in the 20 minutes or so that it took, I was so hot in our kitchen that I needed to take a shower... It is HORRIBLE! I want to be all Delia-like and domesticated but I just can't get my head around it in this heat - and it didn't even hit 100 yesterday!

Pointy - sounds like things are coming together at last! Is your sofa as sexy as our pastel Burberry one?

You shouldn't let Jeremy leave his g-string out on the floor like that! He needs to learn to pick up after himself

I can make a decent banana bread but I've never attempted anything that would need yeast.

Maybe it was an American thing, but does anyone remember in the early 90's how breadmachines were in? Everyone's mom had one and every bride got one for her wedding.

[VisaJourneyLady 33]

well i burned my finger but the bread is perfect! Light and fluffy on the inside and nice and crusty outside, nom nom nom.

much lighter than the last one i made (so it will probably go off faster. I just used dry yeast to make a starter, and kept some since the last loaf i made, i followed these really great instructions if anyone is interested. For the actual bread, i only used 1 tsp of salt and 1 of sugar.

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

Does it work if you type "asss" instead? I was thinking about this earlier today -- sad, I know. I had seen a post yesterday where the OP had meant to type "as" but stuck in an extra s at the end. Result? Something like: "### I was saying earlier, I think ### adults we should..." etc etc.

Paper? Bleh. Getting there.

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

It's funny - people insult each other with impunity in off topic, you can have threads about hookers and swinging, but you can't say a$$ because it's a family website. Go figure.

My life is not my own either - huge presentation due tomorrow!

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

It's funny - people insult each other with impunity in off topic, you can have threads about hookers and swinging, but you can't say a$$ because it's a family website. Go figure.

My life is not my own either - huge presentation due tomorrow!

And all sorts of misogynist bullcr@p and why any true red-blooded American male should choose a bride from overseas and whatnot.

VJ, meh.

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

It's funny - people insult each other with impunity in off topic, you can have threads about hookers and swinging, but you can't say a$$ because it's a family website. Go figure.

My life is not my own either - huge presentation due tomorrow!

And all sorts of misogynist bullcr@p and why any true red-blooded American male should choose a bride from overseas and whatnot.

VJ, meh.

And for all of that I say (NSFW, people)

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

It's funny - people insult each other with impunity in off topic, you can have threads about hookers and swinging, but you can't say a$$ because it's a family website. Go figure.

My life is not my own either - huge presentation due tomorrow!

And all sorts of misogynist bullcr@p and why any true red-blooded American male should choose a bride from overseas and whatnot.

VJ, meh.

And for all of that I say (NSFW, people)

I said it before, I'll say it again -- Robin, I'm glad to call you FRIEND!

[Jeraly 4]

You shouldn't let Jeremy leave his g-string out on the floor like that! He needs to learn to pick up after himself

Dang - I must teach him to pick up after himself

*swipes the feathery thong out of the way while no-one is looking*

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

It's funny - people insult each other with impunity in off topic, you can have threads about hookers and swinging, but you can't say a$$ because it's a family website. Go figure.

My life is not my own either - huge presentation due tomorrow!

And all sorts of misogynist bullcr@p and why any true red-blooded American male should choose a bride from overseas and whatnot.

VJ, meh.

And for all of that I say (NSFW, people)

I said it before, I'll say it again -- Robin, I'm glad to call you FRIEND!

Edited September 11, 2008 by rkl57

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

Golden Girls!

My friend Tony loves the 1-800-Pet-Meds commercials Betty White does. As he says: "Betty White. Cuddly animals. Prescription drugs. What's there NOT to like?"

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

Golden Girls!

My friend Tony loves the 1-800-Pet-Meds commercials Betty White does. As he says: "Betty White. Cuddly animals. Prescription drugs. What's there NOT to like?"

Now, I'm going to take a wild guess that Tony is a friend of Dorothy?

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

Ding ding ding! You win today's star prize: a bread machine!