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I personally bought 200 lbs of flour from a mill (they only sold 50 lb bags, and I needed a couple of different types of flour to do the different baking projec
by remmargorp64 6y ago
I personally bought 200 lbs of flour from a mill (they only sold 50 lb bags, and I needed a couple of different types of flour to do the different baking projects I wanted to do).
Each bag was around $30. With shipping and handling, the grand total came to around $200 total.
I've already made 6 pizzas, 8 loaves of sourdough bread, 3 cakes, and 4 batches of cookies. I've been baking about two new loaves of sourdough every week.
When you consider that a single pizza order for delivery typically costs around $30 after tip and your typical artisanal bread loaf at the store is around $5, my flour has already paid for itself, and I still have months of flour left (assuming I keep baking 2 loaves every week).
I would agree with you, though. Many people probably aren't actually using their flour and baking goods they have been hoarding (beyond making a couple of things).
For me, though, baking has essentially turned into my hobby.
$200 to fund an entire hobby that will keep me entertained (and and my little family fed) for months? Not the worst $200 I have spent, that's for sure.
- tonyarkles 6y agoHeh, it's funny. I haven't baked nearly as much as you have during the lockdown, but it's been surprising! I admittedly panic bought a few things (e.g. rice and flour) but now that my wife and I have a bunch of time on our hands, we've been going through both of them at a pretty solid clip. What I thought was "excessive flour" is starting to run out, and we keep finding new stir fries and curries to cook together to eat with rice. Overall food bills have dropped significantly (it's easier to cook at home than to pick something up) and we're eating healthier too, and having fun together!
- TylerE 6y agoThe expensive bits of the pizza are the cheese and toppings, no?
- ido 6y agoOT but by "a single pizza order" do you mean 1 pizza or several in one order? Even good (i.e. not fast-food) pizzas cost maybe €10-12 around here, if it's for a single pizza $30 sounds like a lot of money to pay for it!
- zeristor 6y agoI’ve been going deep on sour dough, like so many others. A key thing people don’t seem to mention is having an oven that can get up to a high temperature 260° C seems to be the goal. 180°C seems to be as high as the oven I inherited in my flat will go.
- bagacrap 6y agoyou got the yeast, eggs, sugar, cheese, toppings, milk etc all for free?
- weaksauce 6y agoa good sourdough pizza made from scratch in your own oven from your own starter is divine. definitely worth the hassle of making a starter.