A recipe for bread-making

@JudyEv (364640)
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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George B Vieto
@Deepizzaguy (115311)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
11h
I like that museum in Western Australia that has the way to make bread.
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Lenore Plassman
@sallypup (66418)
• Centralia, Washington
10h
@JudyEv It's fun to play with yeasty dough.
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Fleur
@Fleura (32950)
• United Kingdom
8h
@JudyEv what never ever?
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (364640)
• Rockingham, Australia
10h
My mother used to make bread but I haven't.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (160192)
• United States
9h
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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DE
@DaddyEvil (160192)
• United States
4h
@JudyEv I agree with you. Fresh bread is the best smell in the world!
Judy Evans
@JudyEv (364640)
• Rockingham, Australia
6h
I don't think there is anything that smell as delicious as fresh bread straight from the oven.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (485584)
• Italy
9h
That broom was essential for her wood-fired oven. It's needed to sweep ash and debris from the cooking floor before you cook. I am going to check this bread recipe.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (485584)
• Italy
6h
@JudyEv I noticed that this recipe uses a lot less water than the modern recipes for bread. I want to try it.
Judy Evans
@JudyEv (364640)
• Rockingham, Australia
6h
Let me know if you make some bread using this recipe.
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Lenore Plassman
@sallypup (66418)
• Centralia, Washington
14h
Those are quite the photos. The oven reminds me of a pizza oven. I love the wooden paddles.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (364640)
• Rockingham, Australia
12h
It did look like a pizza oven but I don't think they knew about them at that point.
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Fleur
@Fleura (32950)
• United Kingdom
8h
The bread recipe and the baking tins haven't changed. Doesn't she have lovely writing?
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (364640)
• Rockingham, Australia
6h
She does indeed. Her days must have been so full.
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Arunima Singh
@arunima25 (92512)
• Bangalore, India
12h
Quite interesting pictures!! I love thar handmade mat. It does attract your attention.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (364640)
• Rockingham, Australia
12h
The mat was the first thing I noticed in that room too.
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Arunima Singh
@arunima25 (92512)
• Bangalore, India
9h
@JudyEv Same with me. It caught my attention before other pictures in the collage
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Judy Story
@jstory07 (146186)
• Roseburg, Oregon
7h
That homemade mat looks really cool.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (364640)
• Rockingham, Australia
6h
It's very pretty. I wish now that I'd had a better look at it.
MARILYN
@Marilynda1225 (86636)
• United States
Just now
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.
LindaOH
@LindaOHio (204075)
• United States
3h
Interesting. I haven't made any bread or rolls in eons. Made some scones about 20 years ago.
LooeyVille
@LooeyVille (45)
• United States
4h
I've never made my own bread