Got really busy with life, so I almost forgot to make a post for today. It was either this, unfriend day, or hiking day. Figure ‘Homemade Bread Day’ was the best choice since I don’t do hiking and unfriending isn’t positive. So, where did this holiday come from and why?
Well, bread is believed to have been invented 10,000 years ago in Neolithic Europe. It would be a very long time before sliced bread was invented, but that’s a different post that I won’t bother with. Jumping to the 1980’s and you get this holiday, which was about making and sharing bread with family. Supposedly, the National Homemade Bread Committee in Ann Arbor, Michigan came up with it. You know, I keep thinking this is a joke, but it’s apparently a thing.
I remember my mom would make homemade bread a lot and I would help with the kneading. Eventually, she wouldn’t have the time to do so, but the activity lasted for a while. I’m not any good at baking, so bread isn’t my thing. The best I can make is ice cream bread, which still has a decent success rate. I use THIS recipe and it’s worked pretty well. Funny thing is that I’ve yet to try it with vanilla ice cream, which is what most recipes ask for.
Anybody here make bread and have any interesting recipes? Definitely reaching for a blog topic today.
Legends of Windemere 
I used to bake all the time but I live alone now & I can’t eat everything that I bake so I stopped. I particularly liked baking bread; I loved kneading the dough. The other day I did bake a load of banana bread ~ which is really more like cake than bread ~ a friend stopped by so I was able to give him the most of the loaf, leaving just a small section for myself, which was more than enough for this old lady!
My mother baked; we almost never had store-bought baked goods in the house. My mother was a FABULOUS cook. I learned to cook standing at her side at the stove & watching her & asking questions. We had a large family so I learned to cook for a crowd.
She baked 4 loaves of bread every other day & she would time it so that the loaves were coming out of the oven as we got home from school & we would arrive home to that lovely smell & an after-school treat of freshly baked bread topped with melting butter. I always had a nice cup of tea with mine.
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That’s expert timing with the bread baking. Seems like banana bread is more common and lasts longer than regular too. Maybe loaf cakes are just built that way.
I remember my mom would bake multiple loaves and put most in the freezer to take out later. These days my parents just buy a variety of loaves from a supermarket and keep them in the fridge. They last a while though.
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I keep my bread in the fridge; it usually lasts two weeks. I buy the “second day/half-price” bread. I usually have an Italian loaf & a loaf of marble rye.
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Those are good bread types.
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My Mom never made bread nor my grandmother, the real cook in the family. My son-in-law now makes beer bread (my recipe) and I love to make Irish soda bread because it’s so darned easy.
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I’ve noticed a lot of people are either bakers or cooks. Rarely both.
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My mother and grandmother were both. I’m a baker, my husband is the cook!
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My late Mom made homemade rolls EVERY morning for breakfast during my childhood and only stopped shortly before I began high school. Years later when I asked for the recipe, she laughed! She’d forgotten and the recipe was never written down! So, I’ve spent the last forty years trying to recreate my mom’s rolls! 🥴😊
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I make bread, but not every day, or even every week. Homemade is delicious, but it doesn’t last as long as shop bought.
But then, it’s only got flour, yeast, water and salt, not loads of additives to make it keep longer. Much better for you.
I read recently that shop bought is considered a highly processed food thanks to those additives.
I’m glad about this ‘day’, but I won’t be making any today, though. Not got the time. It is a time consuming job, although there are gaps while waiting for it to prove.
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Sometimes I think everything is highly processed these days. Wouldn’t be as big an issue if people could get affordable medical care, affordable produce, and time to exercise without sacrificing sleep.
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Don’t know if I’ll wake my sourdough up this year. Life has gotten too crazy and busy in 2024.
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How long can sourdough stay asleep?
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Years. I dry it so it’s kind of like dry yeast when I wake it.
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