Bread making with beer today
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325818)
Rockingham, Australia
March 28, 2020 3:41am CST
We made bread today. Actually, Vince made bread and I provided encouragement. We’re not out of bread but Vince was intrigued with a recipe that called for a bottle of warm beer, self-raising (all-purpose) flour and not much else.
As you can see, it turned out quite well. It is quite crusty and wouldn’t be much for good sandwiches. We spread several slices with butter then Vince had pickled (cured) pork on his and I spread good old Vegemite on mine. Is anyone jealous? 
We’re off to town in a minute, mostly to get milk. I wonder what we won’t be able to buy.
Edit: It was plain flour. Thanks, Anna (@LadyDuck) for mentioning it.
We’re off to town in a minute, mostly to get milk. I wonder what we won’t be able to buy.
Edit: It was plain flour. Thanks, Anna (@LadyDuck) for mentioning it.29 people like this
23 responses
@garymarsh6 (23393)
• United Kingdom
28 Mar 20
Oh that is so wicked. It sounds delicious well done Vince. I would follow your example and have Marmite (= Vegemite here in the UK) and butter on the bread!
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@JudyEv (325818)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 Mar 20
I'm hoping to get up a few noses through mentioning Vegemite!
@JudyEv (325818)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 Mar 20
Mostly it's only Australians who like it. I wrote about it some time back. You can catch up here if you wish to: https://www.mylot.com/post/3235356/australians-and-vegemite
It's a spread a bit like Marmite if perhaps you have that.
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@marguicha (215470)
• Chile
28 Mar 20
Send me the recipe PM please. I don´t have any bread yet I still have some flour. It looks beautiful.
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@JudyEv (325818)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 Mar 20
@marguicha What a shame. Don't you have the flour?
@JudyEv (325818)
• Rockingham, Australia
2 Apr 20
@valmnz Maybe for us oldies it's sort of a survival mode thing. I keep thinking I'll make a steam pudding whereas normally I don't bother with such things. Bread and butter custard sounds delicious but I think Vince had it so often as a child he doesn't really like it now.
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@LindaOHio (156276)
• United States
28 Mar 20
I'm curious. I've heard other people talk about Vegemite very negatively. What is it made of; and what does it taste like? Good luck with your shopping trip.
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@LindaOHio (156276)
• United States
29 Mar 20
@JudyEv Interesting! I'd be curious to taste it.
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@LindaOHio (156276)
• United States
29 Mar 20
@JudyEv Interesting! I'd be curious to taste it.
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@snowy22315 (170003)
• United States
28 Mar 20
It looks good. These seem like the days to make something like that. That just gave me an idea,,alot of people here make a sourdough kind of bread that requires incubation in the refrigerator for several days. I haven't done it before, perhaps I could. FYI we have lots of pickled things here too. It is called the same.
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@snowy22315 (170003)
• United States
29 Mar 20
@JudyEv I don,t think most Americans outside the Jewish community know what L o x iss... I have seen it but if someone asked me what it was I couldn,t say. I would have called it smoked salmon too.
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@JudyEv (325818)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Mar 20
@snowy22315 Pony (TheHorse) calls it lox, which is where I first heard of it. Seems funny that it's a Jewish word.
@Tina30219 (81538)
• Onaway, Michigan
28 Mar 20
Looks good. I am sure Vince enjoyed his piece.
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@Tina30219 (81538)
• Onaway, Michigan
29 Mar 20
@JudyEv Wow I guess you really liked it
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@JudyEv (325818)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Mar 20
@Tina30219 Something different to eat I guess. We rarely have any cake or biscuit type foods as Vince is Type 2 diabetic. It doesn't affect us much but we do try to steer clear of cakes and biscuits.
@JudyEv (325818)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 Mar 20
We both did, thanks. We just have a small piece left now.
@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
28 Mar 20
Hey dear. How are things going your way?
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
29 Mar 20
@JudyEv We are still having shortages, and lots of people out of work.
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@JudyEv (325818)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Mar 20
@Jessicalynnt Many are having tough times for sure but out in the bush where we are it's pretty much life as normal.
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@yoalldudes (35040)
• Philippines
28 Mar 20
I hope the grocery stores there have re stocked so you will be able to buy all you need.
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@JudyEv (325818)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 Mar 20
Thanks and yes, we were able to get everything we needed.
@DocAndersen (54411)
• United States
28 Mar 20
i tried vegemite, so no i am not jealous!
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@DocAndersen (54411)
• United States
29 Mar 20
@JudyEv i do, and honestly it doesn't fill any holes in my diet, yuck!
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@lgm92881719 (1082)
• United Kingdom
28 Mar 20
You were supervising haha and it looks like it turnt out ok, it's always good to try something new.
Hope you are both well :-)
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@JudyEv (325818)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 Mar 20
I had an upset stomach last night and came up in welts for some reason. We had take-away fish and chips and it was pretty greasy which would account for the tummy issues. The welts appear very occasionally and has to be a food allergy of some kind. Probably to an additive of some sort. Thanks for asking. It was a good chance to tell someone what was happening rather than just saying 'I'm fine thanks" 
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@lgm92881719 (1082)
• United Kingdom
29 Mar 20
@JudyEv oh dear well I hope you feel better and oh my gosh I love take away fish and chips :-). Your welcome it's nice to have a chat rather than just the usual "how are you" fine thanks you" haha
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@JudyEv (325818)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Mar 20
@lgm92881719 And mostly no-one wants to know if you're not well and 'I'm fine, thanks' slips out before you remember you could have had a big grizzle about how you haven't been well.
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@jobelbojel (34729)
• Philippines
28 Mar 20
It looks good. I can see the texture of it.
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@JudyEv (325818)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 Mar 20
It was nice but I don't think it would keep long without drying out.
@wolfgirl569 (95226)
• Marion, Ohio
28 Mar 20
The bread looks good. Hope you get everything you need.
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@JudyEv (325818)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 Mar 20
We were able to get everything we needed so that was good.
