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What's a frugal trick you've chanced upon recently?

I accidentally semi-reinvented the "trencher". Basically, in medieval times, food would be served on a slab of bread and that would kinda be the plate. Or, you know, bread bowls for soup and the like.

I have an air fryer, and I've learned I can line the basket in a large flour tortilla, and it generally keeps whatever I'm cooking/warming up from getting the pan too dirty aside from some easily knocked-out crumbs.

I hate washing things, and I hate wasting paper liners, so it lets me cut down on those, and I can just eat the tortilla.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was under the impression that bread makers don't actually save money, they just make better bread for the same money.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

When I did the math, it comes out to a substantial saving. Not just bread, but pizza dough, too!

But, there's a nuance. If you're buying small bags of bread flour and those tiny jars of instant yeast, you're going to overspend like crazy.

Large bags of all purpose flour and big bags of active yeast are key. When I compared results using instant yeast and bread flour, nobody in my family could tell the difference ๐Ÿ˜‚

Edit: clarity

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

When you say bread dough do you mean bread flour?

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yes! My bad. Corrected now.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Unless you're making 5 leaves a day, give makin g sourdough a shot. No more need for buying more yeast.