Why Bake Bread? (old, price, money)

[joe moving]

We probably spend $500 a year in bread or more. Easy to buy two $5 loaves a week. I could make bread for like $1 a loaf if I had more time. Flour is like.. $1 a pound, for something decent organic. I think you can get KA special (bread) for like 50 cents a pound or something.Oven time and misc ingredients maybe 50 cents per bake--technically you could do 2 loaves at once.

The math is not quite right because it assumes bread weight = flour weight, but it's probably close enough. Figure I could save $7-10 a week by baking myself, that's ~$350. a year.

[GrammasCabin]

And the cost of a steamy loaf of homemade bread made with ingredients you can actually pronounce....priceless

[glass_of_merlot]

Because it tastes yummy.

I found out that using bread flour makes the bread fluffier... But i do miss fresh yeast. Can't find it here in the States.

[jetgraphics]

Originally Posted by harry chickpea

Yeah, gotta agree with the "Dude. What?" comment. If a grocery around here tried to sell a 5lb bag of flour for $7 it would sit on the shelves until it turned to cement. Base price is about $2 per bag, $4 and change for premium brands at Pubics. My guess is this was cut-n-pasted from some screed.
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Bob's Red Mill Organic Whole Wheat Flour 5 lbs Pkg - Swanson Health Products
=> $7.86 / 5 lb. bag.

[NJBest]

Freshness.

[harry chickpea]

Bob's Red Mill prices are ridiculously high, always have been. The only time they make financial sense is in the specialty flours where it is difficult to get consumer sized packaging.

[Threestep2]

Originally Posted by jetgraphics

Bob's Red Mill Organic Whole Wheat Flour 5 lbs Pkg - Swanson Health Products
=> $7.86 / 5 lb. bag.

Did I miss the thumb screws which make you buy their products?

[Malloric]

Or don't buy it from a mail order overpriced health food store. I buy Bob's Red Mill flour for 40-60cents a pound, not much more than the cheap stuff.

[jetgraphics]

[Missing the point flag on]

The whole point was not that you HAD to buy overpriced organic whole wheat flour, but that if you milled your own flour and baked your own bread, you might not spend as much to enjoy a high quality product.

[flag off]
But feel free to argue among yourselves, while folks enjoy fresh baked bread...
Yum, yum.

[packer43064]

Completely agree. I think it all boils down to some people just have no desire to make their own bread.

I loooove trying to make practical foods like bread or pizza dough or ranch dressing. If I can save money and make it healthier I will definitely try it.

I hate buying cars though. If I had the money I would literally pay someone to buy me a car. Give them some money and show up back with a car I want. Dealing with all of this financing and haggling and looking isn't my style. I'm willing to lose money if I don't have to deal with all of that jack.

It's not easy to teach or tell them something they don't want to learn even if it will help them money wise.