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[@jax2482]

I don't know about anyone else, but if it wasn't for Jack i wouldn't even know the joy of making my own bread!Thank you Jack! You're the best! 😘🍞

[@harryviking6347]

Same here! I do not eat much bread, but I got into sourdough through Jacks videos. Never looked back after that!

[@freddaphoto]

Same here!

[@joanray6897]

Me too!

[@suzyb.6234]

Me too!!! So grateful.

[@PitStopCrew]

Jack gave me the confidence I needed to start….. and haven’t stopped for 3 years now with something fresh every 2 or 3 days! Top bloke!

[@woolymittens]

You might think its the worst video idea you ever had but you executed it beautifully!! I love when you get philosophical Jack! Bravo!

[@kb2vca]

I bake bread and I make my own cheese and my own wine.. and your video captures the significance of all of these activities. Sure, I can buy bread from the store, I can find cheese in the supermarket and I can get wine from the wine shop. But it's the joy of the experience in watching magic, real magic take place. And it's the pleasure found in removing that proudly risen loaf from the oven, tasting that wheel of cheese after a few months of aging, and pouring that bottle of country (or grape) wine for family and friends.

[@Its-gv6jz]

You, Jack, are a fearless master of philosophy AND bread baking. Thank you... more than I am able to say... for this video! Deep appreciation.

[@anthapersephone7311]

Yeah this is actually top tier philosophy

[@henrytheturnip]

Bread Yoda = Broda?

[@Its-gv6jz]

@@henrytheturnip 😆😆

[@cachef1]

Actually it’s a great video. Because it’s applicable to more than bread. Just yesterday I made egg pasta and I’ve not done in years. So satisfying doing it. And today I get to roll it out. All great experiences just like making bread. Thanks again.

[@catherinedavidson7145]

And thank you @cachef1! I've got pasta flour sitting in my cupboard, because "I've never made pasta before and I'm scared"! So I'm going to do it and if it's a mess, it's a mess. 🤗 I've been wondering if the "no knead" approach would work with a pasta dough, just the rest time then stretch and fold 2 or 3 times. 🤔

[@henrytheturnip]

@@catherinedavidson7145 100g flour and 1 egg per person, squidge it all together, roll it flat, cut into strips and into salty boiling water for around 4 minutes. So quick and easy.

[@cindyburnes8226]

@@catherinedavidson7145 How did the pasta turn out?

[@cindyburnes8226]

This is the truth, right here. Thanks @cachef1

[@catherinedavidson7145]

@@cindyburnes8226 it was terrible! 🤣 First of all, it was too dry. Secondly I couldn’t roll it thinly enough. Then I undercooked it, so was chewy as could be. I’m going to buy a pasta machine and keep at it!

[@eartheart3694]

It makes me fume too, Jack. I do not trust what they are putting in our food. I bake my own bread because of this. It's also very pleasurable to bake and grow your own food. I use your recipes, which are always spot on. Thanks Jack. 👍

[@amy8486]

I thoroughly enjoyed this video and the message behind it. Thanks Jack. I love the process of baking bread. Have a splendid day 😊

[@deniseburpee9687]

i think it was one of the better videos you have ever made. You invited us to think of and question our choices of the quality of our food. How important is that? The better or best choice is always more work but with a better outcome... for the body mind and soul.

[@lisapiselli2176]

I beg to differ. BEST video idea you've ever had. It's your philosophy and your passion (and your ability to communicate that) that make you stand stand out from the rest. Keep doing it!

[@22anamae]

You've made my life richer, by generously sharing your bread tips. I really enjoyed this video. Thanks for all your wisdom ❤️

[@brianlance]

Alright... this was the inspiration I needed to bake today... well maybe not actually bake today, but get a couple loaves started fermenting. We have a loaf of store bought bread in the fridge from before I started baking my own a month ago, and no one has touched it.

[@suehedges436]

Well said Jack! I agree with you, experience is so very important and many of our children are missing out. It’s about so much more than bread! 😊

[@user-sw7nc3it1i]

We have just watched this video Jack and my wife said it was the best one you have done so it can't be all that bad. We both bake bread now thanks to your love and passion for sharing your bread baking experiences on-line. We regularly bake a 'his and her loaf ' and give some away and you are spot on. It is an enriching experience in our lives. Thank you very much and pass on our thanks to 'Mrs. Jack' for her supporting your new enterprise.

[@suepetzer5996]

Profound. And a skill handed down for generations is great. And it is so much better than commercially produced bread

[@catherinewhite2943]

You made the same point as one of my very favorite books. That is "The Supper of the Lamb" by Fr Robert Farrar Capon. It is neither a cook book, a philosophical treatise, nor a recipe book, but interweaves all those facets together about the joy of REAL things and real experiences. It is by turns silly, joyous, hysterically funny (the parsley story will make you cry from laughter), and profound. I cannot recommend it highly enough.

[@barbarahampton771]

Honestly I think it's a great video idea and you're spot on. I live in the US and store bought bread here isn't really bread in any traditional sense of the word...I don't even think it's real food 🤔 I grew up on homemade bread and after my RA got bad I just quit bothering. Quit eating bread unless someone was kind enough to gift me a "real" loaf. Started watching your videos and at first I only used your no knead technique...came out beautifully and I started gifting loaves to friends and neighbors. Then I was blessed to be put on a very good RA medication and now I'm back to regular kneaded loaves 😁 I feel my grandmother's presence every time I make bread. She's probably scolding me for not adding more flour...ha ha! Thank you for encouraging me to reconnect with my love of true, real bread. It truly is a joy to make...and eat!!

[@goattactics]

Your simple yeasted loaf recipe was the 2nd loaf i ever made. I have not bought a loaf since. I bake bread every week for simple fact that it tastes so much better than supermarket bread. Thanks for all you do.

[@enkhyy]

Cognito ergo bake. Don't overthink the joy you experience. Thanks again and carry on.

[@alphabo1]

I'm old and wrinky, but so much happy to hear a young baker express my same feelings about that "stuff" the dare to call bread! Well don Jack!

[@glennadavissr1700]

I'm 70. I have, in the past four months, baked bread for the first time in my life. My friends thought it odd for a man my age who has never baked anything to just up and decide to bake bread. Retirement can be boring. I wanted to do something off the wall. You can teach an old dog new tricks.

[@alphabo1]

@@glennadavissr1700 I'm your same age but I've baked for almosto 50 years. You'll find joy in baking bread, and these days this is something!

[@justin_stoddard]

I would say this is one of the best video ideas you've had as it illistrates the purpose of your channel, to help us viewers experience bread making for ourselves. The joy, the experience, the journey that I have recieved from your channel is much appricated. Keep it up.

[@Lylhlia]

Jack, you are a poet, a philosophe and a wonderful person, giving us so much!

[@kb8041]

Preach, Jack! We’ll said. It’s about sooo much more than convenience or saving money or filling our stomachs. Challenge, learning, creating, pride, etc etc. thanks for the sermon! 😉

[@Gabor_Halmavanszki]

Although not the most useful one, definitely one of the the best videos you have ever made. I have learnt a lot from your more informative posts, but the encouragement is what has helped me through most of the trials and errors. Thank you for that.

[@melvynblunt]

A great and appropriate video, especially for me today. I had not made bread for a month, having been abroad on holiday. The making of my sourdough today was like a religious experience. Putting on my apron and folding my towel; collecting the flours, seeds, salt and starter made ready from last night; mixing and folding as experience now tells me, doing it my way; resting and returning to see the wonderful rise; cutting and pre and final shaping and in the bannetons for tomorrows morning’s bake. So satisfying. Keep it up Jack. Your disciples are with you.

[@oreopaksun2512]

Yes! I can't plant, harvest, winnow etc. my rice; BUT I can bake my own bread! And, the freezer allows me to stretch that experience a little more. Just when I think I have learned the best of Bake with Jack, he surprises us with a fresh look at life! Thanks!

[@christinaball]

Thank you again Jack for your genuineness, and passion for not only your craft but for life in general 😊

[@Rexyspride]

I've recently been getting back into film photography for a similar reason. I find value in the limitations. Baking bread is the same. It takes more effort and the results are so much more rewarding. Plus I'm teaching my kids the value of crafting something yourself. They love joining me in the kitchen. It's such a valuable life skill.

[@msinglinksgirl]

I love this! It’s truth! The pleasure of something that takes time, takes practice, develops skill and experience- that’s what baking bread is about! I take it a step further and mill my own flour from grain grown in our state. There’s a HUGE difference in eating something you put yourself into as opposed to something made in mass quantity by machines.

[@dorothythorpe6183]

Thank you for the pep talk. I can be lazy and I wander away from doing. But the bread you've taught me to bake has nutrition and taste and no bad stuff. Those are the reasons I eat. But I hadn't thought of the strength and joy of the experience. Thanks for waking me up a bit!

[@annlicano3416]

I totally agree with you. I just finished my bread for the week. We are loving it. Keep up the great informative videos.

[@anthonyriccardella4669]

Thank you!!!!! This was perfectly stated and a point more people need to understand. I bake sourdough English muffins every two weeks and loaves bread when I can. The tactile, learning and sharable time and experience out ways any level of convenience. Not only for bread, but any opportunity presented throughout the day.

[@susanmessenger9052]

You went down a Rabbit Hole there Jack and came out shining at the end. Brilliant words. Thank you from Adelaide South Australia.

[@dkexp725]

I think this is right on! Thank you for reminding us how much more baking bread really is about. Loved it!

[@gingergirl8797]

Thank you for this video. You are so right! I enjoy baking bread, the satisfaction I get from producing that beautiful loaf. The aroma alone of fresh baked bread is worth it. I love to share the bread. My family and friends enjoy and appreciate it. And lets not forget the control of the ingredients, no preservatives, no extra crap I don't want in my bread.

[@helenjohnson7583]

This was the best video I’ve ever seen. Practical AND philosophical. Now this is something I can share with everyone! We love how you think, Jack.

[@crashcris]

PLASTIC! Don't forget all the single use plastic chucked into the environment just for our convenience. Not bought bread for over 2 years now, since discovering this channel. Love you Jack.

[@RocRizzo]

Whenever anyone tells me that something is "the best thing since sliced bread," I tell them that sliced bread goes bad quicker, so you have to buy more! Same sort of idea.

[@chuckdardenne1071]

Jack a great teacher , and a fine philosopher. You are a force for good. Keep it up.

[@Butchamyx]

I’ve been baking bread for years! It nurtures me. Once a young man came to my door, I opened it up and he said, “Wow it smells good in here!” Years ago my grandson was very young and playing in the snow in my yard with 2 neighbor brothers his age. I took fresh warm buttered crescent rolls out to those kiddos covered in snow. They were so thrilled… you are so fun!!! I love a young man your age with such joy for baking!!! Patty in Idaho US

[@helykhomesteading4636]

Ah, Jack, great video. You helped to get us back on the bread making experience. I love bread. I love it nearly as much as I love potatoes! My partner is not overly keen on bread but he makes bread every couple of if days now. One loaf for me, and the effort that he has gone to really makes me feel loved, and a second loaf for my mum so that she doesn't have to make bread unless she wants to. Sometimes I make bread too. Just because it's fun. Yesterday I unearthed a recipe for Cornish splits. I made eight and we had the most exquisite Cornish cream tea with local clotted cream and home made Elderberry jelly. That's what love looks like to us.

[@abacussin]

Hello Jack. I'm on holiday so this is my chance to say thanks for the vids. I'm a fan of home cooking bread so regularly have a look through your content.

[@janbutler9026]

Love Jack's existential musings! Good on you

[@calmeilles]

I've been baking bread, off and on, for almost 50 years. Since the covid lockdowns baked nearly all the bread we eat. But a proper bacon butty cannot be achieved without thick sliced white. 🤣🤣🤣

[@joshuabrande2417]

my level of pride and satisfaction has increased greatly thanks to you Jack. My bread loaves have consistently gotten better and playing with my food more fun.

[@mattwarden7912]

Gréât vidéo idea Jack. You really spoke to me and I hope many others. Thank you for speaking your truth! Since learning to make sourdough from you, bread is a massive part of my family life and every loaf is an event. Thanks Jack

[@sonipitts]

I LOVE THIS VIDEO!!! It totally articulates something I've been struggling to, in a way that makes me go "YES!!! THAT!!!" So thanks for that. I'm off to share this with all my friends.

[@mirandawoods9306]

So totally agree, and don’t apologise for being passionate about what you do, cos that’s what we all need! Making bread is so much more than creating something good and wholesome to eat! As you say, it’s about tapping into your own creativity and appreciating your own unique achievement.Applies to so much more than bread! Keep ranting, we’re listening!

[@teresastorms3774]

I thoroughly enjoyed this video! I have loved making bread since I was a kid watching my grandma making dinner rolls at 5am. Since I've started again, I simply cannot tolerate that stuff from the store. Your simple sandwich loaf is my favorite! I double the recipe and have 4 loaves to share. ❤

[@9brian99]

Love the philosophy lesson and rant against supermarket “bread”. You are of course absolutely right even if it was an ad for the homebakers club.

[@kathycrkath]

Besides being convenient and tasteless store bought bread is full of preservatives and chemicals that are bad for the body. Much rather make bread and know what is in it and enjoy the taste and experience.

[@DartmoorPaul]

100% right as usual, Jack. The smile on my face when I lift the cloth and see the first rise or the joy when I open the oven door and see 2 beautiful crusty loaves but then also the fighting and arguing with my wife over who gets first dibs on the fresh warm crust end of the bread 😂. It’s all joy and the other day when I had a piece of convenience bread it was a “yeeeeuch 🤢” moment.

[@M_J_nan]

Love your passion! Making and creating is SO important.

[@rpastore5429]

Jack, great video. If you can set up a small raised bed vegetable garden, do so for the same reasons outlined here. Being able to grow some herbs and a few veggies like tomatoes vastly broadens that experience of making your own food. :)

[@katieberberich826]

This was so interesting and true. I made your loaf tonight and I found myself staring at it in admiration. I can’t wait to eat it tomorrow and if there are leftovers it’ll become breadcrumbs for future meals. Nothing goes to waste and nothing beats the taste. Thank you, Jack. ⭐️

[@9brian99]

By the way, just used your no kneed method for a batch of my standard white loves. And they turned out beautifully, first try. Three folds over 2 hours, really easy. Thanks.

[@WhatWeDoChannel]

No, that was a great idea! I love the experience of doing things from scratch, my own veggies, wine, bread!! The other day I had the wonderful experience of eating a simple slice of toast from a loaf I baked, smothered in home grown and made black currents jam, yum!

[@kitschiguy]

I'm never buying a loaf of Hovesmill or Kingsburton ever again

[@user-np8bk9hn1t]

Jack that's a wonderful video, very philosophical! And a big thankyou, thanks to you we have enjoyed making and eating our own bread for years now. Thankyou for sharing your tips.

[@anthapersephone7311]

I just made a 6/10 loaf, and it was actually my best ever bread 😅 thanks specifically to your kneading information and demonstration

[@jbakker610]

One of your best, Jack! You are so right!

[@bcvahsfam]

YESSSSSSS! I love being a home baker. I'm not at home now... on the road. And I couldn't bring myself to buy store bought bread. And I love this video because you are so right!!!

[@claremacd1784]

Dear Jack - wonderful. Thanks!

[@charlesbruggmann7909]

SOURDOUGH! the rest is… badly fermented 🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴

[@Mrs.Patriot]

I bake all our bread products. Mainly because of all the absolute garbage ingredients in commercial whatever it actually is because it's not bread!

[@brendakunkel2684]

This is a great video. It’s an eye opener for me. I need to enjoy my experiences, not convenience. Thanks Jack, I needed that! ❤

[@berndstrauss151]

Best video ever😊 compliments from an ex 3 michelin star head pasty chef

[@lisarct1012]

I bake therefore I am. Oh, and I love how you knead & dance, too.

[@jakea1035]

Very well said!

[@onenight0666]

Bravo Jack, Bravo!!!

[@juliegraham5033]

I've not bought bread in like forever. I did however pick up a pack of brioche buns to go with the home made burgers I'd made for tea. Then I read the ingredients list (about 30 things I could barely pronounce. Put them straight back on the shelf, went home and made them myself with just 6 ingredients

[@onelmaldonado5507]

Greetings from Panamá 🇵🇦, marvelous video. Thanks.

[@kmy6217]

This is not really about bread. Thank you Dr Jack. ❤

[@GoneBattyBats]

Brilliant ! So true that convenience can be a double edge bread knife. Keep on helping us question everything. Peace

[@louisalowry6229]

Thank you Jack!! Well said ❤

[@davidsauls9542]

Wise beyond your years !

[@mandyhasler4802]

Not the worst video - valid points all. Haven’t bought bread since I started watching your channel 3 years ago. And I’ve got the ‘instant gratification’ thing sorted! Two loaves baked each week - one frozen whole until needed. The other sliced up and frozen on Day 2. Done. Keep it up Jack. We think you’re brilliant.

[@ingridowen6229]

Spot on 💗

[@followthetrawler]

There is a place for bread made using the Chorleywood Process - but one con you didn't mention - it has been shown to increase likelihood of IBS. I'll continue to practice making my own, I doubt I will ever get it right, but at least I know and control what goes into it.

[@freddaphoto]

Great message! I wouldn’t be baking bread if it weren’t for your encouraging videos that demystify. In the beginning I had lots of fails but they were still better than the pile on your table. I didn’t have a kitchen for awhile and hardly ate any bread at all. The first thing I did in the new kitchen (before the faucets were in) was bake bread. I ate one immediately and gave away 2. I love sharing it as much as eating it. Thanks Jack!

[@donnabudgen2268]

And this video emphasizes why I am going to freeze prepared homemade bread dough to get us through a kitchen renovation. All I need is to find a friendly neighbour to let me use their oven!

[@Pachurry14]

it´s true that this video is not the usual but that also means that this videos is truly special and for me that has enormous value. great content Jack!

[@johnburk6564]

Oh, oh; you have become a philosopher.

[@scotsam7590]

Grocery Bread: No nutritional Value. No fibre. No flavour. It doesn't fill you, especially long term. BUT, it does cause sugar spikes and acid reflux. Go figure. My go to bread is sourdough - dark and seeded mostly. Jack taught me how to make it!

[@clarewillison9379]

Great video. You’re a profound thinker and I like that a lot. The only time I bought supermarket sliced bread was when it was reduced to 7p a loaf and I’d get a couple and make bread pudding. As far as stopping feeling hungry, unnaturally thin models used to eat tissues to fill themselves up and imo much of the commercial bread is just thick puffy paper with more calories. (As such bread is cheaper than tissues and we need to save trees, maybe you could iron those slices and blow your nose on them. They’re biodegradable, I bet they’ll flush too...)

[@GARDENER42]

It takes me roughly 30 minutes to turn 1kg of flour into 24 soft rolls (30/70 rye/white), which is enough for a couple of weeks (I freeze 20 & defrost as needed). I think I've bought bread in the UK maybe twice after taking heed of Jack's instructions 6 or 7 years ago & starting to bake my own. I will however say industrial white bread here has one thing going for it: It's not quite as awful as the stuff you get in the USA...🤮🤮

[@pmoss94]

This video was more insightful and helpful than you think! Thanks so much!

[@Bakewithjack]

My pleasure 🤗🤗🤗

[@alanhirschman1320]

You think; therefore you are.

[@timhudgel7098]

Best video ever! Thanks Jack

[@patrickstanley8655]

that was fantastic, a very nice bit of thinking, many thanks

[@simonclarke4156]

Zen master! Love the philosophical take jack! ❤

[@brendadodd1075]

lol. Entertaining and truthful. Thank you Jack

[@BurtKwouk77]

love this direction of your channel

[@ronmcc100]

Not your worst video! I enjoyed it! Excellent philosophical discourse.

[@KnackFarmer-theanswerismeat]

Ohh look at you going all Zen and Existentialist! Love you, love your work! ❤

[@beatricebarton7096]

Jack Potter & The Philosophers Bread Stone.......... Enjoyed your musing's just now. As Epicurus said ' “Self-sufficiency is the greatest of all wealth ........” “The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom,”

[@custosdelucerna]

Jack have you ever read Michael Ende's Momo and the Timesavers? It's a kid's book, but I think you'd enjoy the message behind it

[@pamcullen537]

Everything nowadays is geared up for convenience and time saving, we are living in a fast paced world. It’s time to re-evaluate our lives, slow down a bit and appreciate the things that with a small effort on our part are so much more enjoyable and make us feel good about ourselves

[@gigi3242]

existential bread; perfect. Thanks Jack. I am working on making Salt Rising Bread, I miss it, and can't find it in local bakeries any more, because it is too time consuming to make.

[@virginiatozier9957]

Salt rising bread? Huh?

[@gigi3242]

@@virginiatozier9957 A bread recipe they believe originated in the Appalacians; no one really knows why it is called Salt Rising, there's hardly any salt in it. It's a taste I miss, makes the best toast.

[@virginiatozier9957]

@@gigi3242 Would you share the recipe when you get it where you want it. Every morning I have a piece of toasted sourdough and coffee. My dogs always wait patiently for the crust.

[@gigi3242]

@@virginiatozier9957 when I get the recipe that "works" for me, I'll share it with you. There are a lot of different recipes, I just have to find the one that tastes like my memories, lol

[@gigi3242]

@@virginiatozier9957 It would be really difficult for me to list the recipe here, because the process is quite long. If you search youtube, you will find some very good videos, there is even a channel called Salt Rising. The ingredient list is simple, but it is the process that is involved, and needs to be followed. There are two ways to make the "starter", one with potato, the other with corn meal; I am finding the corn meal stronger tasting, which I like, but you can try both methods, and see which suits you. You really shouldn't treat the starter like sourdough, it is a make it and use it thing, because the agent at work is a bacteria, not yeast. Oh, and yes, it is a super stinky process, lol

[@loman0071]

Cracking video and message.

[@angelaisland4036]

Great info! True facts