A recipe for bread-making
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381760)
Rockingham, Australia
October 22, 2025 6:57pm CST
The collage shows more of the interesting items we saw at Mangowine Homestead in Western Australia. Jane Adams ran an inn at Mangowine and prospectors making their way to the goldfields would have been glad to find somewhere where they could buy bread.
Next to the recipe you can see the bread tins she used. The tins are sitting on top of the oven. Below the recipe is a bread ‘paddle’ used for sliding the baked bread out of the oven. A simple home-made broom is next to the paddle and the lower right photo shows a hand-made mat.
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@Deepizzaguy (122070)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
23 Oct
I like that museum in Western Australia that has the way to make bread.
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@DaddyEvil (174208)
• United States
23 Oct
I never could get loaves of bread to cook right. Either they were burned on the bottom or the middle of the loaves were still raw when I took them out of the oven. I started making homemade rolls with the dough instead and those always came out delicious! (I haven't made bread in several years...)
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@DaddyEvil (174208)
• United States
23 Oct
@JudyEv I agree with you. Fresh bread is the best smell in the world!
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@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
23 Oct
Quite interesting pictures!! I love thar handmade mat. It does attract your attention.
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@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
23 Oct
@JudyEv Same with me. It caught my attention before other pictures in the collage 
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
23 Oct
Life was more challenging, but simpler. It looks very cozy.
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@snowy22315 (208746)
• United States
24 Oct
Sometimes long paddles are used to take pizza out of the oven too
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@LeaPea2417 (40020)
• Toccoa, Georgia
23 Oct
My husband and I have made bread with a bread machine.
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@RasmaSandra (97912)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
23 Oct
I know there was a time most people made their own bread at home,
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@Marilynda1225 (91013)
• United States
23 Oct
That is so interesting. People certainly worked hard back in those days just for a staple like bread. We take so much for granted by being able to just pop into a store and buy what we need.
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@JudyEv (381760)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Oct
They would have been a long way from a store. It's hard to imagine really.
@Traceyjayne (11252)
• United Kingdom
23 Oct
Fresh bread is lovely. I used to make it every weekend ….im at work during the week so had no time.
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@Traceyjayne (11252)
• United Kingdom
24 Oct
@JudyEv it’s not, but so worth it .
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@LindaOHio (222222)
• United States
23 Oct
Interesting. I haven't made any bread or rolls in eons. Made some scones about 20 years ago.
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@JudyEv (381760)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Oct
@LindaOHio Sometimes I make cheese scones. They're nice. Plain scones I'd normally have with jam and cream - called Devonshire tea in England.
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@LindaOHio (222222)
• United States
24 Oct
@JudyEv What kind do you make and what do you serve with them? Lemon curd?
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@JudyEv (381760)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Oct
It's very pretty. I wish now that I'd had a better look at it.
