Thanks for the birthday wishes, everyone.
On the humiliation humor topic, I hate humiliation humor. I can't stand listening to those radio shows where they prank call people. However, I just saw Borat, and it didn't seem like that at all. For the most part (with maybe two scenes that I can think of as exceptions), the people he was talking to weren't upset or embarrassed at all. It wasn't watching people in pain at all. (Well, OK, there were two scenes where I was cringing. But that wasn't the point of the movie.)
I made the recipe this weekend, and it yielded one good loaf, with a strong crust and good soft insides with lots of holes. Very European.
I was just going to ask if anyone here had made that! Isn't there something about a Dutch Oven, though?
Well, I used a Le Creuset pot. But apparently any oven-safe pot with a top will do; you need the top so that it will get steam and form a nice crust.
I thought one of the attractions of making bread was the kneading part, at least among people who like to make bread. Me, I've always preferred the breadmaker.
I thought one of the attractions of making bread was the kneading part, at least among people who like to make bread.
It is. I haven't made bread in about a year or two, but there is something entirely soothing about kneading. and the smell. Another good thing.
I'll have to check that out - I have a very similar recipe. In the one I have, you bake the loaves on the bottom side of a cookie sheet. You just spritz the loaves a few times with water during baking to get the crust effect.
Reading about kneading, smelling, and eating fresh bread is just about killing me here!
Also, please to not type so much today because I really loved this thread title lots.
Also, please to not type so much today because I really loved this thread title lots.
This is a good thread title. May the next one be equally amusing.
Now I want bread.
oh my god so tired. no reason that I can think of. I fear the cold may not be quite dead, or a new one has been given to me by co-workers. really not a time to be sick.
want to curl up and close eyes. seriously.
