"You can't use silver to buy a loaf of bread"

[scrooged]

The bread we would make was that good it compensated the $50 worth of ingredients, energy and labour per loaf.

 

[errol43]

Wow bread is expensive over there, i should open a bakery in Zimbabwe

Would you have enough gold/silver to buy the ingredients?

Regards Errol 43

 

[screaming eagle]

Go to Zimbabwe, US$, GOLD OR SILVER will buy you a loaf of bread...1 gram gold = 1 loaf of bread or 2 ozs silver. or 10 trillion Zimbabwe dollar..

Regards Errol 43

I disagree with this, having recently been to a number of countries in Africa (including Zimbabwe) buying bread with Gold/Silver simply doesn't occur. It's just like here, if you want to buy something with Gold/Silver, you still have to convert it to fiat first. Zimbabwe actually doesn't have its own currency anymore - USD rules the roost and some places accept rand and other African currencies.

 

[errol43]

Go to Zimbabwe, US$, GOLD OR SILVER will buy you a loaf of bread...1 gram gold = 1 loaf of bread or 2 ozs silver. or 10 trillion Zimbabwe dollar..

Regards Errol 43

I disagree with this, having recently been to a number of countries in Africa (including Zimbabwe) buying bread with Gold/Silver simply doesn't occur. It's just like here, if you want to buy something with Gold/Silver, you still have to convert it to fiat first. Zimbabwe actually doesn't have its own currency anymore - USD rules the roost and some places accept rand and other African currencies.

I thought I mentioned US$.

Regards Errol 43

 

[screaming eagle]

Go to Zimbabwe, US$, GOLD OR SILVER will buy you a loaf of bread...1 gram gold = 1 loaf of bread or 2 ozs silver. or 10 trillion Zimbabwe dollar..

Regards Errol 43

I disagree with this, having recently been to a number of countries in Africa (including Zimbabwe) buying bread with Gold/Silver simply doesn't occur. It's just like here, if you want to buy something with Gold/Silver, you still have to convert it to fiat first. Zimbabwe actually doesn't have its own currency anymore - USD rules the roost and some places accept rand and other African currencies.

I thought I mentioned US$.

Regards Errol 43

You absolutely did, just wanted to get in before everyone jumped on the 'you can buy bread with PM's' bandwagon.

 

[Ipv6Ready]

I disagree with this, having recently been to a number of countries in Africa (including Zimbabwe) buying bread with Gold/Silver simply doesn't occur. It's just like here, if you want to buy something with Gold/Silver, you still have to convert it to fiat first. Zimbabwe actually doesn't have its own currency anymore - USD rules the roost and some places accept rand and other African currencies.

I thought I mentioned US$.

Regards Errol 43

You absolutely did, just wanted to get in before everyone jumped on the 'you can buy bread with PM's' bandwagon.

The day that we can buy bread with PM we probably find the baker prefer Renminbi. :|

 

[BBQ]

The bread we would make was that good it compensated the $50 worth of ingredients, energy and labour per loaf.

* flour is $8-$10 for a 10KG bag, assuming you aren't buying 'organic' ($30ish if you are; still cheaper than buying fluff bread in 700G loaves).
* dough can be made in 20 minutes
* the rest is waiting for it to rise (a few hours, normally)
* salt and yeast and oil are both low cost
* energy is probably 15-30 cents a loaf.
* my typical loaf is over 3x the weight of a regular fluff loaf without the poisons
* health...what is that worth?

 

[BBQ]

I once bought a breadmaker. One of those 'chuck everything in a push a button' jobbies.

It wasn't very successful, breaking before I had enough to build a retaining wall in the garden with the bricks it produced.

Breadmakers are notorious for having that 'non-stick' taste. The inside coatings are non-stick (which is bad for you, but I won't go into my non-stick rant) and the bread they produce always smells and tastes terrible to me. In my opinion the loaves are too small too.

 

[SteveS]

Don't you 'buy' what you need in Zimbabwe by pointing an AK47 at the 'seller'?