Failbaking. Bread rose OK but there’s a fault in the breadmaker’s bake cycle & it trips the circuitbreaker. Transferred the deflated dough lump into an older & smaller breadmaker & set it on the bake-only setting for an hour. I have consigned the faulty device to the rubbish.
Surprised. The package bread mix has a best before date of JAN 2014.
I mixed it up anyway and with an hour remaining in the bread maker the dough has risen perfectly well. Smells like a spicy fruit loaf should.
Frankly, I’ll be surprised if this spicy fruit loaf works at all. I found the mix & its pack of yeast in the back of a cupboard. I fed the bread maker with the correct ingredients - milk & water warmed in the microwave; bread/spice/fruit mix & dry yeast - turn it on at the basic setting as per box instructions.
The reason for my doubt is the date on the yeast: late 2014, so it’s about 6 years out of date. Then again, it was in a dark corner & the plastic foil yeast bag was undamaged.
The special extra thick, extra soft, extra warm socks are keeping my cold-prone toes nicely warm but are a tad pricy. I recall seeing a similar product in a grocery clearance store recently, must find out if they're cheaper there.
About 13 years ago I spent too long in one position on a telephone exchange ladder, about halfway up, identifying circuits for the replacement of a lightning-damaged section of phone cable. The end result was permanent nerve damage to both feet, affecting the outer two toes on each foot, with the smallest toe even more affected.
In the interest of decreasing heating costs I'm finding I have very cold feet of late (it's the middle of winter) and those outer toes are mostly numb & quite uncomfortable. Last night before bed I bathed both feet in hot water & this alleviated the problem but another solution is needed. I've bought a pair of "heat bods" or extra thick cotton/polyester/elastane socks that are supposed to be five times as warm as cotton socks. And next week Amazon will deliver a pair of electrically-heated socks that run for about 5 hours on a pair of rechargeable AA cells (not included) - I have plenty of such cells.
I can't use the thick socks yet, they have to be washed before use for some reason.
Today I found a mysterious brown box in the back of the larder I'd forgotten about. It contained an unopened bag of spicy fruit loaf bread mix & a still-sealed pack of dry yeast. If I can find all the bits for my breadmaker, I'll give that a go.
@matigo Yes. I can shop for essentials; attend to my health or care for others; go to work or school if not done online (neither applicable, I’m retired) or exercise
I washed my favourite woollen beanie (recently had a short haircut & it's mid-winter) and laid it out to dry. Damn thing stretched & is no longer a tight fit. Went internet shopping & found a nice one at a store called Boating, Camping & Fishing. They have a 48-hr flash sale on right now, with significant discounts for buyers club members. Joined up, bought the hat for $13 instead of the normal $28. It's in stock at the local outlet & I can collect it tomorrow.
@phoneboy I rarely eat bread these days, when I do it's something like dark rye, sourdough rye or a multigrain variety that sells in a ½-sized loaf.
Other ones I don't mind are spelt & oat breads, the latter only using oats, no other grains. It's also a sourdough.
// @streakmachine
It's mid-winter. We're five days into the second Covid-19 lockdown since March, this time for a 6-week period. It's less strict than other nations as far as lockdowns go but we're asked not to leave home for other than four reasons: shopping for food or essentials; medical/health or caregiving; going to work if it can't be done from home & exercise.
This can lead to vitamin D deficiency, by which I suspect I may be affected. This time of the year I'm normally outside a lot more, so I need to employ that exercise aspect of the out of home in lockdown process.
The link is to a Droplr upload of a brochure produced by the Australian Cancer Council, a voluntary body responsible for public awareness about aspects of cancer. https://d.pr/i/i7mEEv