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Nothing wrong with baking your own bread... but:
I just wanted to point out that it is perfectly acceptable and dignified to
pay someone to bake you a beautiful loaf of bread in a bakery, and to
honour them by returning again and again to patronize their establishment.
Let's not forget that our economy is based on small businesses and honest,
hard-working people who run them. I'd rather see a baker get into the act,
what with all the specialty items I can also get at the bakery, than just
have the flour and sugar companies (..working conditions??) involved.
Why can't we return to the prosperous, but pre-consumer "small town"
attitude our cities had when they were smaller? I am reminded of a british
TV comedy about a couple who decided to own a mini-farm and be
self-sufficient. They seemed to have a satisfying existence, but there were
mocking overtones to the show, making me wonder: if the idea of this couple
is (as insinuated) so inherently silly, why bother making a show about them
at all? Obviously, the producers were counting on people laughing nervously
and dismissively at all the things they wished they had been brave enough
to do themselves.
David
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> From: Tom Gray <tomgray@igc.org>
> To: positive-futures@igc.org
> Subject: RE: The choices we make (was Starbucks)
> Date: Friday, October 30, 1998 10:14 AM
>
> One of the best moves we have made along these lines is to buy
> a (gasp) bread machine. I did a detailed analysis, and the bread
> costs about 35 cents a loaf, for a good fresh loaf with no
> preservatives and lots of nutrients. I make about three loaves
> a week (1.5 pound) and they supply about a quarter of the diet
> of a family of four.
>
> Or just bake your own bread if you have the time.
>
> Tom