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Would you use this?

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insertwittynicknameHERE · 23/06/2009 10:47

Been given a bread maker and was gonna put one of those mixes in (the one where all you add is water) and it is out of date (dec 08) would you use it or not??

I know DH would, normally I wouldn't but it is a dry mix and wonder if I could?

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PortAndLemon · 23/06/2009 10:48

I would.

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LovelyRitaMeterMaid · 23/06/2009 10:50

I probably would - I suppose the yeast might not be as effective though.

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insertwittynicknameHERE · 23/06/2009 10:58

Thanks, I will try it and see how it goes.

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NoTart · 23/06/2009 11:03

It won´t have gone bad as such, just may not be at its best taste wise..

Having said that, I have about 5 bags of out of date flour atm and they´ve all been fine!

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insertwittynicknameHERE · 23/06/2009 11:09

Well it's in now so time will tell lol.

I'm going out later so will pick some more up.

I really must learn what ingredients I need to do the loaf from scratch . Would be cheaper in the long run.

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thumbwitch · 23/06/2009 11:11

It won't matter now cos you've already done it but I would have sniffed the mix to see if it smelt stale. Stale flour etc. does have a particular smell but I reckon it would take longer than 6m to achieve it! My mum used to use flour that was much older than that!

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NoTart · 23/06/2009 11:12

Much much cheaper OP and really easy! Basically, flour, butter or oil, salt and maybe a bit sugar and yeast. The mixes are SO expensive, don´t bother with them!

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insertwittynicknameHERE · 23/06/2009 11:22

thumbwitch, I did actually give it an exploratory sniff before I put it in the bread maker It smelt okay/normal to me TBH.

I might make DH try it out first though when he gets home tonight lol, he has a cast iron gut nothing upsets him lol.

NoTart, I used to have a bero cook book but for the life of me I cant find it. Must have gotten lost when we moved. I've had a look in the bread maker book and it has some basic recipes so I will follow them for a start while I get the hang of it.

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insertwittynicknameHERE · 23/06/2009 17:38

the loaf was really nice, DD had a massive slice with jam on , bless her, she ate it all as well.

Not much left for DH so I've put another one on with the mixes that my mum brought me round earlier.