If too cold the bread, chilled, will not rise as it should have done had the liquid used been the right temperature.

Good bread may be made by using milk, potato water or whey (drained from thick sour milk), and good bread may be made by simply using lukewarm water.

I prefer a mixture of milk and water to set sponge.

Milk makes a fine-grained, white bread, but it soon dries out and becomes stale.

Bread rises more slowly when milk is used.