Posted by glutenfr | Posted in bread, Lifestyle | Posted on 04-10-2012
Tags: convenience food
No, this isn’t a whimsical bushwalking holiday filled with energy bars and songs around the campfire. This is the real deal – a genuine tree-change down south to spread the gluten free word beyond the city walls.
(Okay it is actually a lifestyle move – but I am determined to lobby my local supermarkets to stock some of the city-slicker gluten-free products I have come to rely on).
Of course my co-blogger Mandy will remain within the bright lights to bring word of all the cutting edge stuff in the urban supermarket scene. But for me the jig is up. I must either make my own bread or find a local supplier who offers a soy-free loaf minus all the preservatives (that turn our cheeks red and make us scream) that is also decent sandwich fodder for lunchboxes.
Yes, I have spent sleepless nights mulling this all over – and I have decided to make a general appeal to any of our readers in a similar situation.
Anyone who lives in a rural town of less than 10,000 inhabitants is probably in a similar situation. Our local supermarket sells a popular gluten-free loaf –but owing to its increasingly liberal use of preservatives, we need to go further afield. I figure I have three main options. Find a decent packet mix and bake regularly; order my favourite loaves online in bulk (and buy a deep freeze!?); or is there some other way?
I’d love to hear any other suggestions from the trenches from anyone in a similar situation…
Lucy
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Simply Wise bread mix is awesome and very easy to make. Instructions suggest a free form loaf however I put mine in a loaf tin and it is fantastic.
Great – thanks for the tip!
How is country life going? How is the great Bread challenge going? Would love to know how your research is going?
The bread challenge has been solved in the short term by us bringing our favourite vac packed bread from Sydney (the Schar brand). But looking to the future – things could be tricky as I don’t yet have an oven for baking my own. We have discovered our local pharmacy stocks a frozen loaf which ticks most of our boxes – and free of preservatives and only has a little soy in it as an emulsifier (we don’t tolerate soy flour too well). Though at $7 plus per loaf is an expensive option. I’ve also found Livewell rolls in another nearby supermarket which helps us out a bit too for lunchboxes. None of these are perfect solutions however – so my mission is ultimately to buy an oven – and find the best recipe I can for baking my own rolls and loaves. Either that or stock up each time I travel to Sydney.
Coles has the Laucke GF bread mix. It is SUPER easy to make – literally add lukewarm water, mix, rise, bake! I thought its quite nice, haven’t looked at any others yet though!
Thanks -we’ll give it a go!