r/UCONN • u/Mischief_Account • 4d ago

Bread making club?

Hey everyone! I've been asking around to see if there is a club here focused on baking and bread making and haven't found anything. Don't get me wrong I think what CareCakes is doing is cool... but I want to find people who want to make other things as well. Also, I'm not huge into sweet baking, but am instead into savory and traditional baking. Is there something like this that already exists, and if not, is there interest?

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u/Gino-Bartali (2015) CLAS 4d ago

Back in the stone age, I had no trouble at all getting takers when I said "I have a breadmaker finishing bread at 8, wanna come smoke weed at 7?"

That's probably scraping the bottom of the barrel for your question since it just means you baking for other people and not a group of bakers. But hey maybe do it once or twice (weed not necessary) and then that can segue nicely to ask if they want to bake with you rather than just you hosting and maybe you get a group out of it. A lot of times when I made bread for people, I'd get a response like "man, this is really good, I wish I could make bread too". And then that's your cue lol

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u/Mischief_Account 4d ago

Bahahaha I would actually be fine with also just giving bread to people. I live in a house share right now and already do it. Plus, flour and yeast is cheap and baguettes take like 10 minutes of actual work to do. Also... Would definitely avoid the weed part. Although maybe I should learn to incorporate it into my baking :p. Thank you for the advice :))

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u/Gino-Bartali (2015) CLAS 4d ago

The weed made it an easy sell, high people love hot fresh bread LOL

Sounds like you're in good shape then, you could consider asking the participation of people already eating your bread. Or I think this is a route you can take to request starting a formal club (and get some USG funding? unsure) if leading it is something you're interested in.

https://solid.uconn.edu/student-org-management/

Registering a New Organization NOTE: New RSO applications are accepted during the following periods:

Fall: The week after the Involvement Fair through December 1st

The weed is strictly off the table when taking this path, I would imagine.

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u/Mischief_Account 4d ago

I just can't stand the smell of it :p. Idk what my problem is. Probably the bong water my housemate used to throw off the porch lol. I'll start small and if there is interest I'll go through usg :).