On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 10:34:59 -0400, "Nancy Young" <rjynly@comcast.net>
wrote:

>
>"Boron Elgar" <boron_elgar@hotmail.com> wrote
>
>> On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 07:55:38 -0400, "Nancy Young" <rjynly@comcast.net>
>> wrote:
>
>>>Is it possible that bread purists would flip over using the food processor
>>>to knead dough yet a bread machine, no problem? Just curious.
>>
>> Making bread should be a pleasure, not a chore, Whatever makes the
>> task comfortable and makes the bread taste and look the way baker
>> wants it to, is the method to use.
>
>Hey, I agree with that. I'm not a break making purist, though.
>
>> There are some types of bread that may require particular techniques
>> to acquire their crust or crumb, but that is something else
>> altogether.
>
>It just struck me as strange if people would be horrified at
>the idea of kneading in a processor yet a bread machine would
>be fine.
>
>nancy
>
I am not sure anyone would be - wait - let me take that back....there
will *always* be someone out there who will get into high dudgeon
because another person does something in a way that is not
"traditional." Read "traditional" as "that's not the way I do it." If
there were only one way to do things, none of us would be here reading
all the posts.

There are those who use bread machines because of their convenience,
mixing, kneading and baking in one. Others use the machine for mixing
and kneading, and remove the dough for shaping, rise and baking in a
regular oven.

I have a lot of bread making books and a few very specifically offer
instructions on how to mix & knead in the food processor, adapt the
recipe to the bread machine, or knead by had or mixer. Quite
convenient for those who may not be able to do an adaptation of a
one-method only recipe.

Boron