Baking bread ....

[mrs.chappie]

Does anyone do it? I don't mean in a machine.....I mean from scratch, kneading it by hand and all that.

My OH made a loaf this afternoon. It was scrummy!

[tamborine]

You need string arms for kneading

http://www.bbc.co.uk/.../irishsodabread_67445

[tamborine]

^^strong arms

[sherrardk]

They've all been eaten and actually look like real bread! I wouldn't use it for school sandwiches though as it is slightly heavier than shop bought, sliced bread and I can't cut it thin enough. My lot like fresh bread and butter with any meal and would eat it with anything if I made it for them - they could probably go through two loaves at a sitting if it was available.

[DTCwordfan]

I've heard of sinewy muscles, tamborine, but that is taking it too far....stringy!

[ummmm]

You don't kneed soda bread....

[albaqwerty]

used to make mine from scratch but the wrists have jinda dis-integrated. The bread machine churns out some yummy ones tho.

[tamborine]

mine are stringy - lol

[mrs.chappie]

DT, I can't say I've ever noticed it in the shops where I live. Is it an Irish thing?

[DTCwordfan]

not necessarily - if you have a good artisan baker in the area, ask him/her.....a treat is in store if it is made well.....a little heavier, darker but a hint of saltiness/sugar.......then the cheese on top.

Or a homemade onion soup......

[ummmm]

Soda bread is MrsC.....but you don't kneed it as such. Just need it into shape as quick as poss.

[tamborine]

it kinda smells of beer - maybe that's the yeast but it dead yummy & fattening when served hot dripping with butter. I've seen it in Farmers Markets, usually on an irish stall.

[ummmm]

Soda bread doesn't contain yeast....

[tamborine]

wots the beer smell ?

[ummmm]

I don't know....soda bread is basically. Plain flour, bran, salt, baking soda, buttermilk.

[tamborine]

She only uses special wholemeal flour

[ummmm]

You can do that as well...and leave the bran out.

[scotman]

I have done in the past, not recently though.

[welshlibranr]

I do sometimes!............it's worth the effort!...........the smell of it baking and the taste is wonderful!..............

[gerry777]

I've made bread by hand for decades. Now it's just the 2 of us I make it every other day.

[mrs_overall]

I only make i from scratch if have been gardening and my fingernails need a good clean out