[Sca-cooks] Fair feast budget

[Micheal]

 You know at 69 cents a loaf its kind of hard to beat store bought  variety 
breads. Unless your doing specialty breads I don`t see anything wrong with 
buying it.
 Da
 Can oh worms what.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robin Carroll-Mann" <rcmann4 at earthlink.net>
To: "Cooks within the SCA" <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 9:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Fair feast budget


> -----Original Message-----
> From: a5foil <a5foil at ix.netcom.com>
>
> I do make things from scratch ahead of time if I can, mostly because of
> quality rather than price. I find that making bread is not that great a
> savings, because I don't use el cheapo flour.
>
> Cynara
> _______________________________________________
>
> It may not be the ideal choice, but I've made feast bread from Costco 
> all-purpose flour (under $5 for a 25-lb. bag).  My standard recipe is a 
> basic Italian bread, taken from the Amy's Bread website:
> http://www.amysbread.com/news_cucinaaug01.htm#rustic
>
> It's made with a sponge, goes through several risings, and has a good 
> flavor and texture.  I'm sure it would be even better made with bread 
> flour, but as you say, that's costly.  In my immodest opinion, it's better 
> than the store-bought loaves I've had at some feasts.
>
>
>
> Lady Brighid ni Chiarain
> Barony of Settmour Swamp, East Kingdom
>
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