Originally Posted by Psychomomquilter
I keep my thermostat at 80 or 82, wal mart is the store I go for my meds and like the multivitamins and all, I am on the savings program with the light company,
does that help to unplug the computer & printer??
I heard the 1/2 dryer sheets before, and to get fabric softener, and put it on a rag and throw it in dryer, I got those wooden dryers(2) thrift store, #2.00, and have decided to start using them more as well. as for candles. a good idea.
And y'know, I don't think theres a(day old) bakery around here, that sells the day old bread, going to have to look that up!!
I just googled it here in Raleigh,NC Merita is waaaay on the other side of Raleigh, theres a place called Jerusalem bread at the state university. I will be looking some more. yeah that day old bread is just as good or better than the bread at the store! thanks for a reminder on that.
ya know, my daughters got the idea to start making our own bread...Now before you say "NO WAY..TAKES TOO LONG...TOO HARD....ETC"....hear me out. I used to bake our own a long, long time ago, but as kids came along and all, I stopped. But I took the girls up on their idea, as I think knowing how to bake your own is an important skill. So we started.....and found that it takes us only 15 minutes to mix up and knead the bread. Let it rise for 45 mins...a good time to go do a chore or two (or forget the housework and go piece a block or two!!) Punch it down, cut it in half and put it in the loaf pans....that takes about 5 min (so now we are up to 20 min) let it rise 45 min...the bake for 25 to 30.....and done...Now if you get your flour on sale and store it in the refrigerator, it will keep for a long time. (we are a little picky about what flour we buy, but most all-purpose flours make a very decent bread)....And guess what the side benefit of making our own bread is??
1. We eat less bread...NOT because it's "hard to make" but because it is much more satisfying than store bought...so we don't need/desire as much. And by knowing just what's in my bread, I get a healthy loaf at a fraction of the cost (even being picky about what flour I buy) of other "healthy" brandname breads.....
2. We reserve one loaf for that "just out of the oven" yummi-ness....in other words we eat it hot...and it makes for a fun family time....and that's cheap entertainment!!
3. And with 6 of us in the house...believe it or not, I only bake bread two times a week.....When we were eating store bought bread, we ate close to double that amount!!!
4. From one 5 lb bag of flour, we usually get ten to twelve loaves of bread, depending how humid it is on the day I bake (humidity in the air changes how much flour the loaves need kneaded into them)
5. In all, hands on time to bake my own....20 to 25 mins tops, not including rising/baking time....which of course is NOT hands on time
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