tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468344642596854573.post5758267785745728307..comments2024-03-04T22:40:23.194-08:00Comments on Life with a Cocktail: Theme Thursday: BreadKate Hanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02089480767005955018noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468344642596854573.post-54546257699495835142010-01-24T11:35:26.021-08:002010-01-24T11:35:26.021-08:00I don't use my Kitchen Aid, but, then, I start...I don't use my Kitchen Aid, but, then, I started baking bread as Winter therapy. I could not exercise and we lived in an apartment and I just wanted SOMETHING that gave my upper body some activity. I made oatmeal bread. To this day, that's the bread I love to make. Three loaves at a time, with hand kneading and--my FAVORITE--punching down the dough for the second rising. I make a sponge first, then add my special ingredients. Through the years I stopped measuring and do it all by feel. The smell alone can make me feel better when I'm sick...The Tassajara Bread Book is all I ever really used.<br /><br />Sometimes I make dinner rolls--clover leaf, spirals, and cinnamon swirl.<br /><br />It was one of the few foods my late daughter would actually eat and digest. She was bulemic, so having a food she wanted was Heaven to me! I haven't really thought about why I love to bake bread or what started me. Years since my daughter left us, it gives me comfort and joy to make it. Thanks for evoking so many memories--even if there is sadness, mostly it's joy. BUT, then, shouldn't bread-baking and bread EATING be about that?JeannetteLShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13528285846408727632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468344642596854573.post-4578421645053395962010-01-24T10:54:19.531-08:002010-01-24T10:54:19.531-08:00Help The Kneady! The Ice Cube Idea is brilliant......Help The Kneady! The Ice Cube Idea is brilliant....also useful for other grillings & Bakings! Nice One!tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03746435400444226665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468344642596854573.post-78315665061191723652010-01-23T22:20:45.055-08:002010-01-23T22:20:45.055-08:00Ice cubes! Who would have thought it?Ice cubes! Who would have thought it?Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09387041422819664987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468344642596854573.post-91267242165451404662010-01-23T00:20:45.200-08:002010-01-23T00:20:45.200-08:00As a child, I couldn't wait for my Great Aunt ...As a child, I couldn't wait for my Great Aunt to come up from Mississippi and bring us her fresh baked bread. She was always a gossipy old biddy... but she sure could bake bread. I have enjoyed reading a few of your posts.Steel_Magnolia1https://www.blogger.com/profile/09477189802781955801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468344642596854573.post-36344644213411293302010-01-22T23:02:23.399-08:002010-01-22T23:02:23.399-08:00Wonderful post, Kate! I've never tried making ...Wonderful post, Kate! I've never tried making bread, but your books sound interesting. The closest my mother ever got to bread was Yorkshire Pudding.ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11376645220662546020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468344642596854573.post-79032147057583371562010-01-22T14:41:36.460-08:002010-01-22T14:41:36.460-08:00It seems a lot of bloggers bake their own bread! L...It seems a lot of bloggers bake their own bread! Love your mixer though . . mine rarely sees daylight these days.Bainohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156193098088048637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468344642596854573.post-23155861416420920282010-01-22T13:47:23.307-08:002010-01-22T13:47:23.307-08:00I'm a huge fan of Julia Child - am finishing h...I'm a huge fan of Julia Child - am finishing her biography "My Life in France" currently. Now I'll need to locate her baking book. Yummy.Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02197440053108414394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468344642596854573.post-77301075004220634912010-01-22T13:21:06.134-08:002010-01-22T13:21:06.134-08:00We always had frozen bread. That's why I love ...We always had frozen bread. That's why I love the fresh stuff nowadays.Kris McCrackenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13789355638389350528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468344642596854573.post-3868466128491541872010-01-22T11:53:50.863-08:002010-01-22T11:53:50.863-08:00Hey cool tip on the ice! Never knew that. And how ...Hey cool tip on the ice! Never knew that. And how big is that freezer?!? Oh and email me Kate. One of your widgets is infected :^OAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468344642596854573.post-46533734221926188552010-01-21T20:10:00.668-08:002010-01-21T20:10:00.668-08:00Seems to me like you were about to offer to send o...Seems to me like you were about to offer to send out some free samples. ;)JeffScapehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00190641629175438603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468344642596854573.post-6580874107134061042010-01-21T19:52:25.415-08:002010-01-21T19:52:25.415-08:00I'm having Kitchen Made envy at the moment. Th...I'm having Kitchen Made envy at the moment. That is one hot mixer. <br /><br />Thanks for the crisp tip and all the points to good and easy recipes.Ronda Laveenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03902846545309643023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468344642596854573.post-42039580315823709082010-01-21T17:15:15.854-08:002010-01-21T17:15:15.854-08:00oh i like mine crusty so great tip! how cool you h...oh i like mine crusty so great tip! how cool you have the mixer as well...my mom used to have one. wonder what happened to it...hmmm...Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.com