Agave bread is out of the oven. It smells nowhere near as nice as the honey version. The other changes I made were to substitute one cup of whole wheat flour and I used old-fashioned oats instead of the quick cook sort. Neither of those changes should have an impact on the smell, not like this.

Does anyone remember the scene in Max Headroom when Edison Carter wakes up in Theora Jones' bedroom completely covered in a thousand teddy bears of all shapes & sizes? I loved that scene.

Man I miss that show.

What does it say to me that I found the "final" Calvin & Hobbes cartoon much sadder than the Robot Chicken claymation?

You and me both, Matt. Actually, I thought the Robot Chicken C&H was hilarious. Seth is a dark, twisted effer, and I like that about him.

But the "final" C&H comic made me very, very sad. And I think it was a very pointed comment about "growing up."

But the Robot Chicken thing was funny. WRONG! but funny.

Best wishes to Tom & Allyson in their respective endeavors.

It's warm in my apartment. 76. I have all the windows open. It's lovely.

Everyone is commenting on the weather, tacking on a "it's March!" meaning March is synonymous with psychotic weather. Which is weird to me cause May was always the crazy weather month. Never got the lion/lamb thing until now.

People who have made Nutty's no knead bread or similar--what are the advantages? Is the flavour better than other breads you have made?

Tastes as good as any homemade bread, though you can do with it what you please. Also, very little work comparatively. If you have a lot of time, see here for about 140 threads on the topic of this bread recipe: [link]

Agave bread, ita? Really?

I love C&H. But do I love it, love it with an urge to reread? not so much.

as good as any homemade bread

Hmm. I will go poking through the threads. I settled on my particular weekly bread (damn, I wish it smelled better with the agave substitutions) because it has a rich, almost challa-esque taste. I'm not sure what "as good as any homemade bread" means in that context. There are quickbreads and fancy breads and, well, you know--the world. I have a mixer that does most of the kneading for me, but I like to get my hands on the dough anyway.

If the perk is no kneading, then it's not particular upgrade for me. If it results in more complex flavours, then it might be worth making that mess for.

It's definitely nothing like challah. It's a little chewy, a little sour, killer crust.

Kat! Been missing seeing you around.

I must admit, agave bread sounds so damned weird to me. Mainly because my parents had a HUGE agave plant in their front yard that took a gardening crew nearly a week to remove. It involved chainsaws hacking it to bits and a heavy duty truck with a winch and then chains and a huge pit and ...it was such a debacle. I have negative agave associations. Besides, those things are pokey. It was nice when it was small. But 15 years of access to excess water....

Kat! Been missing seeing you around.

We were just saying this this afternoon too. Cass says hi!

Hey, Kat! Yeah, I swapped agave nectar for the honey in my standard bread recipe. Curious.

It's a little chewy, a little sour, killer crust.

The crust in the pictures I've seen looks amazing.

Okay, off to try my bread which I do not trust.