Comments on: How I love my Cuisinart http://jcarrot.org/how-i-love-my-cuisinart/ Jews, Food, and Contemporary Issues Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:43:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: jabbett http://jcarrot.org/how-i-love-my-cuisinart/#comment-1676 jabbett Tue, 03 Jul 2007 15:36:11 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/how-i-love-my-cuisinart/#comment-1676 Guilty for using a bread machine? What about that fancy electric oven of yours -- not painstakingly chopping wood, building the fire in a brick hearth, and letting it heat up for hours until it reaches the perfect temperature? Or that flour you buy: pre-milled, pre-sifted, enriched with "vitamins" and "minerals"! And running water, no less. Sounds absurd, doesn't it? It's easy to get caught up in this age of artisanalism -- or could we call it artis-anal-retentive? -- disparaging those who cook with anything but the most earthy, manual methods. No need to beat yourself up about taking advantage of modern conveniences :) as128-- have you tried King Arthur's "White Whole Wheat" flour? They use a unique strain of wheat which grinds up lighter in color and softer in texture than standard whole wheat. Works great. Guilty for using a bread machine? What about that fancy electric oven of yours — not painstakingly chopping wood, building the fire in a brick hearth, and letting it heat up for hours until it reaches the perfect temperature? Or that flour you buy: pre-milled, pre-sifted, enriched with “vitamins” and “minerals”! And running water, no less.

Sounds absurd, doesn’t it? It’s easy to get caught up in this age of artisanalism — or could we call it artis-anal-retentive? — disparaging those who cook with anything but the most earthy, manual methods. No need to beat yourself up about taking advantage of modern conveniences :)

as128– have you tried King Arthur’s “White Whole Wheat” flour? They use a unique strain of wheat which grinds up lighter in color and softer in texture than standard whole wheat. Works great.

]]> By: as128 http://jcarrot.org/how-i-love-my-cuisinart/#comment-1666 as128 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 08:42:26 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/how-i-love-my-cuisinart/#comment-1666 I'm looking forward to trying your recipe. I must say, that you shouldn't call it "whole wheat" if it's got 2 1/4 cups of white flour. If you come across a true whole wheat version that works out exceptionally, please pass that along too! Thx, Adam I’m looking forward to trying your recipe. I must say, that you shouldn’t call it “whole wheat” if it’s got 2 1/4 cups of white flour. If you come across a true whole wheat version that works out exceptionally, please pass that along too!

Thx, Adam

]]> By: Evan http://jcarrot.org/how-i-love-my-cuisinart/#comment-1653 Evan Sun, 24 Jun 2007 15:50:55 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/how-i-love-my-cuisinart/#comment-1653 I'd really like to get a bread machine just so I can make challah more quickly and easily. Any suggestions about a good brand to pick? There are so many different ones out there, I don't know how to choose! I’d really like to get a bread machine just so I can make challah more quickly and easily. Any suggestions about a good brand to pick? There are so many different ones out there, I don’t know how to choose!

]]> By: Edith Stevenson http://jcarrot.org/how-i-love-my-cuisinart/#comment-1648 Edith Stevenson Sun, 24 Jun 2007 00:14:03 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/how-i-love-my-cuisinart/#comment-1648 I hope it is not boasting to say I never saw a store bought challah in all my years growing up - my mother made it, not every Friday, but certainly whenever we did do Shabbat. But now she is 76 years old, and has painful arthritis in her hands. Thank goodness for her bread machine - she still lovingling braids it by hand of course, but I would not consider it cheating to let a machine do the muscle work, any more than a washing machine does the white table cloth. I hope it is not boasting to say I never saw a store bought challah in all my years growing up - my mother made it, not every Friday, but certainly whenever we did do Shabbat. But now she is 76 years old, and has painful arthritis in her hands. Thank goodness for her bread machine - she still lovingling braids it by hand of course, but I would not consider it cheating to let a machine do the muscle work, any more than a washing machine does the white table cloth.

]]> By: Magpie Ima http://jcarrot.org/how-i-love-my-cuisinart/#comment-1640 Magpie Ima Sat, 23 Jun 2007 19:10:13 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/how-i-love-my-cuisinart/#comment-1640 I regularly make my challah dough in the bread machine (or have my son do it)and it comes out far better than when I knead it by hand. No way is it cheating! I regularly make my challah dough in the bread machine (or have my son do it)and it comes out far better than when I knead it by hand. No way is it cheating!

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