The price of bread

[sasguru]

I pity the fool who buys a loaf of commercial "bread". FFS stop buying that muck, get the Panasonic breadmaker and do it your self.

[BrilloPad]

I pity the fool who buys a loaf of commercial "bread". FFS stop buying that muck, get the Panasonic breadmaker and do it your self.

My gf, who is a chef, describes the stuff that breadmakers produce as muck as makes her own. When she gets time - which is not often.

[sasguru]

My gf, who is a chef, describes the stuff that breadmakers produce as muck as makes her own. When she gets time - which is not often.

At least you know what goes into it. Not excessive salt and fungal treatment agents as in your commercial loaf.

And the "muck" that my Panasonic produces is delicious.

[lilelvis2000]

Or 85p for a kilo of wholemeal flour, 24p for about 4 sachets of yeast, 0p for hand hot water, 10p for a dessert spoon of olive oil, 000.4p for a teaspoon of salt.

Makes about 4 decent sized wholemeal loaves at about 30p each - less than a loaf in 1980.

Does 30p include your time to mix it, shape it, place in bread pan and cook in oven?

[Bagpuss]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6240619.stm

1970 - 9p
1980 - 33p
1990 - 50p
2000 - 52p
2007 - 94p
SOURCE: ONS

and New Labour have had the lowest inflation ever.

Blame George Bush
Iraq war= oil price rises = increased distribution costs = expensive bread.

Expensive bread is the price of 'democracy' in Iraq.

[Spartacus]

Bagpuss is Alf and I claim my five pounds.

It's mainly due to the failure of last year's wheat harvest. Expect to see prices fall if this year's harvest is better. Yeah, right.

[Churchill]

0p for hand hot water?

I like your economics, you'll go far. Ever thought of the job of Chancellor?

[Buffoon]

0p for hand hot water?

I like your economics, you'll go far. Ever thought of the job of Chancellor?

Some real dodgy economics going on here.
What is the capital cost of the bread maker (the Panasonic recomended by sasguru is £100) and what discount rate do you use?
Energy costs?
Time?

Having sad all that - I do fancy getting a breadmaker. I love really fresh bread first thing in the morning. With proper butter not this Flora muck I'm supposed to be on.

[Ardesco]

Got a Kenwood one for crimbo and it is wonderful.

Chuck everything in and 4 hours later I have a perfectly baked seeded wholemeal, or conversely chuck everything in and have a fresh white loaf 3 hours later. Can even make cake type bread with it (mmmm carribean banana and cinnamon tea loaf)

You can do rapid bakes, but the bread isn't as good in my opinion. The nicest option is a time delay. So you can throw all the ingrediants in, set it up and put in an X hour time delay so that when you wake up you have piping hot bread for breakfest.

[Spartacus]

Speaking of which, where's LB these days?

Lucy's cellar according to Ardesco.