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07:20, Friday, December 14, 2007 .. Posted by browns71280

I do read your blog but am one not to comment often. You have my curiosity up though, how do you like your bosch? I am thinking of getting either a kitchen aide, bosch or a bread machine! I have no luck with bread rising so I quit trying! Now I want to try again.

Wow! Thanks!!

07:30, Friday, December 14, 2007 .. Posted by starfishmama

I'm so excited to have you comment!
Actually, I love my Bosch. I also love my Kitchen-Aid. I seem to not have mastered the art of whipped cream in the Bosch - but maybe I just haven't tried enough times. Also, the Bosch didn't have the cookie beater until recently. I'll have to go get the beaters and try them, as the Kitchen-Aid definitely can not handle a triple or quadruple batch of cookie dough. :) Both are pricey, both are nice, but if I were buying only one, I would get the Bosch. They are worth it, IMO.
As far as your bread not rising, get some new yeast (I buy it in bulk - it stores very well in the freezer or the fridge) and try, try again. Liquid lecithin is available from health food stores and some kitchen stores. If you get some, try to get it in a squeeze bottle - it is actually very sticky and you don't want to have to use a measuring cup every time you use it.

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14:09, Friday, December 14, 2007 .. Posted by Anonymous

I read too but didn't comment because we're not big bread eaters so I had no idea where to start guessing!

34 loaves in a few days?

21:02, Friday, December 14, 2007 .. Posted by Scarecrow

Well, no one can say that you LOAF around.
You're rolling in the DOUGH now, when you YEAST expect it, you'll get a RAISE.
(how's those for being punny?) LOL
I do love the smell of bread baking, shame they don't make a woman's cologne that smells like baking bread, it would drive men wild. LOL
~Randy

34 loaves??

00:15, Saturday, December 29, 2007 .. Posted by Anonymous

Holy Smokes! That's a lot of bread!!

I told my husband - and then told him that it's EXACTLY the reason now that I dont make my own bread. The kids would eat so much and I'd only have to make more. A vicious, vicious cycle.... :-)

Hmmm.....store bought bread - we don't eat all that much. Now, tortillas?!? Of homemade and storebought varieties - we might even be able to match you volume wise with your little bread piggies! ;-)

Theresa