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Farm Kitchen:  Hello. I'm Kris and I'm a bread-a-holic  |
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
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kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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 Posted - Aug 24 2009 : 07:14:16 AM
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I LOVE bread! I could live on bread, I think. Even though in the Bible it says I couldn't. I could try, though. I like hard breads so much. And with all kinds of goodies in them, too. I bought some Kalamata Olive bread yesterday and have already eaten half of it myself. I don't want to share it with anyone. I love sourdough, too. I make bacon and tomato sandwiches on sourdough and they are just way too good. I make whole wheat bread and I like it but I just love the harder breads.
I am addicted to bread. There. I confess. I feel better now that someone else knows about this. Now I need to find a group of bread-a-holics to join.
Kris
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Worland
Wy
USA
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Laila
True Blue Farmgirl
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Laila
Kutztown
PA
USA
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Posted - Aug 24 2009 : 07:23:18 AM
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Kris,
I'm with you. I'm a bread-a-holic too! LOL!! Forget that stuff you buy in the grocery store. I love bagettes and ciabatta and those hard breads. We'll have to start a support group!
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mellaisbella
True Blue Farmgirl
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melanie
living on Anne of Green
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Canada
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Posted - Aug 24 2009 : 07:27:00 AM
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isn't that funny...... I am so not a bread girl...I don't mind it, but I don't eat it hardly at all
"we must be the change we wish to see in the world"
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Aug 24 2009 : 07:31:13 AM
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Oh it's good to know there are more people like me out there! I have not bought "store bought" bread in years, It has to be from specialty shops or markets to be good enough for me. And there are so many around here now. It's expensive but oh so worth the money. I just can't stop.
My SIL made yeast rolls yesterday and I had 2 of them slathered with mulberry jelly! Need I say more?
Kris
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Calicogirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Sharon
Bruce Crossing
Michigan
USA
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Posted - Aug 24 2009 : 07:57:19 AM
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I hear you Kris! Me too! I have a recipe for Honey Pan Rolls that are to die for along with every other type of bread! I rarely buy bread.
~Sharon
By His Grace, For His Glory
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Mumof3
True Blue Farmgirl
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Karin
Ellenwood
GA
USA
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Posted - Aug 24 2009 : 08:13:20 AM
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Bread? Did someone say bread? Mmmmmmm, I love bread. But at this point in my life I should just wrap it around my hips instead of eating it because that's where it all ends up. Such a bummer.
Karin
Farmgirl Sister
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vintagediva1
True Blue Farmgirl
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Michele
Brighton
Michigan
USA
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Posted - Aug 24 2009 : 11:03:33 AM
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Carboholics anonymous?
Has a nice ring to it, doncha think.
What is better that a fresh loaf of bread with all that butter melting on it. Yep, I'm in the club, too!!!
Michele
www.2vintagedivas.etsy.com
www.sissyandsisterstitch.etsy.com
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Aug 24 2009 : 12:52:46 PM
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Yeah, I don't think just eating bread is a good thing. That's all I had for breakfast and I was getting shaky awhile ago. So I ate 2 wheat rolls with peanut butter. Ok, that's not good either, but I am just having a very lazy day and don't feel like actually cooking food. I know I will have to sooner or later.
Kris
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Merry
True Blue Farmgirl
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Merry
Ankeny
Iowa
USA
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Posted - Aug 24 2009 : 6:52:59 PM
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Bread? Loaf, rolls, biscuits? Give me one of each please! With real butter!
Merry
Farmgirl #536
http://afarminmyheart.blogspot.com/
"Nobody has ever measured, not even poets how much the heart can hold."
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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southerncrossgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Gena
Harmony
NC
USA
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Posted - Aug 25 2009 : 03:32:03 AM
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Kris, I read the topic heading to my husband. We think you are a riot!!
"A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes"==Cinderella |
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Aug 25 2009 : 05:56:27 AM
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I am going to try to get a starter going of the sour dough when it gets a little cooler. I tried a few months ago and it never took. I really liked that bread, too. And I liked that I could have it all the time. I made dog biscuits with it and the dogs loved them.
So are ya'll bread-a-holics, too, Gena?
Amen on the real butter, Merry! I cannot even go there with the "other" stuff, whatever that is. And of course hot out of the oven can't be beat, Alee.
Kris
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paradiseplantation
True Blue Farmgirl
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julie
social springs community
Louisiana
USA
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Posted - Aug 25 2009 : 06:04:57 AM
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Anybody got any homemade apple butter to go on this slice? Hurry! The butter is dripping everywhere! Oh, Kris. I am so joining this program. Just take into consideration -- I'm not doing the 12 steps because I just don't WANT to give up my addiction! And tomorrow is my day to bake french bread for my South Louisiana dh. Oh, yeah. Great. Now I'm hungry!
from the hearts of paradise... |
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
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kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Aug 25 2009 : 06:11:40 AM
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Oh that sounds too good, Julie. I don't want to stop either. I hope I never have to. French bread sounds so good. Is it the sour dough bread?
Kris
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southerncrossgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Gena
Harmony
NC
USA
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Posted - Aug 25 2009 : 07:52:37 AM
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Yes Kris, we to are bread-a-holics.
Julie, is French bread difficult to make? I have never tried making any.
Great, one more bread to be addicted to!!!
"A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes"==Cinderella |
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paradiseplantation
True Blue Farmgirl
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julie
social springs community
Louisiana
USA
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Posted - Aug 25 2009 : 10:23:29 AM
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No to both questions. I have made the sourdough bread, and it's easy, but what I make is just the basic bread. And Gena, French Bread is so easy to do -- the recipe I have makes about four loaves. I'm at work today, and don't have the recipe with me, but I'm happy to share it! I'll try to remember to bring it with me next week (I'm only at work on Tuesday's) or try to get to the library this week and send it -- that is, if you want it!!!!!
from the hearts of paradise... |
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laurzgot
True Blue Farmgirl
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Laurie
Alvin
Texas
USA
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Posted - Aug 25 2009 : 12:05:53 PM
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Kris, I just love bread!!!! I love makeing my breads. I just love the hard kinds and my hubby prefers the soft so I do both. I think it's been to hot also to make a starter. Just have to wait till it gets a little cooler. Tomorrow I'm makeing French Bread to go with my supperof meat sauce and spaghetti. Ya'll making me hungry.
Laurie
suburban countrygirl at heart |
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Aug 25 2009 : 12:13:43 PM
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That does sounds so good. And if it's easy, I'd love to have the recipe, too. We need a bread only cookbook now.
I can't wait to get a starter going again. I wish I had just put some of mine in the freezer. I will next time for sure.
Supper sounds good, Laurie! I was watching Dives, Diners and Drive Ins last night and he went to an Italian rest. in a strip mall in Arizona, I think, and that food looked too good. All homemade and yummy. I would love to have that man's job!
Kris
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forgetmenot
True Blue Farmgirl
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Judith
Nora Springs
IA
USA
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Posted - Aug 25 2009 : 12:57:31 PM
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Maybe you ladies should have a "bread board" to post your recipies to. Anyway, you are making me hungry, and I am not a breadaholic. ;)
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the belief that something is more important than fear." Ambrose Red Moon |
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laurzgot
True Blue Farmgirl
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Laurie
Alvin
Texas
USA
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Posted - Aug 25 2009 : 5:51:50 PM
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Easy French Bread:
1/4 cup warm water
1 pkg. yeast (I use active dry)
2 cups hot water (instead of milk)
2 tsp. salt
2 tblsp. sugar
6-6/12 cups flour
I omit the 2 tblsp. of butter but add if you want a regular loaf of bread. Use milk instead of the water.
Dissolve yeast in warm water. Add hot water, salt and sugar. Stir until well belended.
Stir in 3 cups flour one at a time. Add 4th cup and beat with wooden spoon until smooth and elastic. You can use a mixer if you have dough hooks. Add 5th cup to make a stiff dough.
6th cup of flour knead into dough on a board or counter until dough does not stick.
Let rise until almost double in size I just clean out the same bowl
Punch down and shape into 2 oblong loaves on a greased cookie sheet.
Brush with an eggwhite wash
Cut slits on top
Bake @400 with a shallow pan of hot water in oven bottom- until crusty and brown.
About 40 minutes
Enjoy
Laurie
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FL_farmgirl
Farmgirl in Training
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Jen
Florida
USA
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Posted - Aug 26 2009 : 06:34:49 AM
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I hear ya! I was raised by a granny who though no dinner was complete without some kind of bread...she once forgot to make bread that day, and supper was ready...she made us all wait until she ran down to the corner store (still took almost 45 minutes!lol) and buy a loaf of Merita...my Papa was ticked that he had to wait for his dinner...but Granny got her bread. (even if it was store bought)
I've inherited her love of baking. One thing though, I've never been able to make sourdough for some reason...it's been a while since I've tried. Anyone have a good starter recipe and could walk me through replenishing it, etc...
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southerncrossgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Gena
Harmony
NC
USA
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Posted - Aug 26 2009 : 06:38:49 AM
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Laurie, thanks for you recipe.
Julie, I would love your recipe also. I will try them both!
"A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes"==Cinderella |
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Aug 26 2009 : 08:30:02 AM
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Hey Jen. Go to the Bread the MJ way at the top of the farm kitchen thread. Tells all about sour dough and how to get started. My hubby was raised on bread, too. He has to have bread in his left hand when he eats. Sometimes we don't have any and he just looks so pitiful. Can't hardly figure out how to do it without bread. Poor guy. So I always try to have some kind of bread for him. But MJ's sour dough is great and pretty easy to do.
Thanks for the recipe, Laurie. It does look easy and good.
Kris
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Julia
True Blue Farmgirl
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Julia
Shelton
WA
USA
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Posted - Aug 26 2009 : 11:06:43 AM
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You crack me up Kristin! I too am a bread-a-holic, and proud of it. If it is fresh baked, watch out!!!!
For tomorrow and its needs I do not pray, but keep me, guide me, love me, Lord just for today.
St. Augustine
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southerncrossgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Gena
Harmony
NC
USA
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Posted - Aug 26 2009 : 12:27:47 PM
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Laurie, Do I need to use any special type of flour?
I can just smell it now!!
"A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes"==Cinderella |
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