Bread!

[cjsmith]

I can sorta see why people might cook. I love to bake, and that probably gives some of the same bennies. Yummy smells! Anticipation of exactly the kind of food I had my heart set on! No need (well, presuming you went to the grocery store earlier) to leave the house in the pounding rain!

On the "cooking" side of things, the bean soup is starting to smell mighty nice. That'll go well with the bread dough that's still in the fridge waiting its turn to rise and bake. (See, baking always has to come into it, with me. It's the part I can do well. (Is fondue therefore baking?))

I have the other half of the bread dough in the oven, proofing. I'll start to bake it in probably ten minutes or so. And then I get to shred cheeeeeeeeeeese, and by the time the bread is done and slightly cooled, I'll get to dip it in fondue.

...oh don't go out tonight;
there's a bread dough on the rise...

Comments

[mama-hogswatch.livejournal.com]

You know, it's like a gateway drug. Bread baking leads to making soups and then before you know it you're growing your own herbs.

Get help while you can.

*GRIN*

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Aw, I can handle my drug. I've been baking for YEARS and I ain't no cook yet! :-)

On the other hand, I would so grow rosemary to put in breads. In my opinion there is no more divine flavor to add to a bread than rosemary.

[mama-hogswatch.livejournal.com]

See? See???? You're looking for ways to fool yourself.

Denial isn't just a river in Egypt.

*giggles*

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

BAKER! Not COOK! La la la la I can't hear you!

You can't put me into bread

[spindle-rose.livejournal.com]

That wouldn't taste very good at all.

You do live in the perfect climate for growing rosemary, though. Go to the garden center and find a nice bushy specimen, put it into a pot with nice acidic soil, and park it somewhere outside where it will get good sun and moderate moisture. Then snip as needed for breads, soups, roasted potatoes, and whatever else strikes your fancy.

Re: You can't put me into bread

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Yes, putting Rosemary into bread would be a very bad idea, while putting rosemary into bread is lovely. :)

Rosemary bushes will happily grow completely untended here. There is an... ongoing discussion between Rob and me about whether rosemary bushes are "dark and ugly and scraggly looking" (him) or "lovely-smelling and so cute when they bloom" (me). So far, the net result of this discussion is that no action has been taken, which means we still have ivy in the front yard, which we BOTH hate!

Re: You can't put me into bread

[ladycelia.livejournal.com]

There are two kinds of rosemary: trailing and upright. If you get upright, it won't look as scraggly.

Re: You can't put me into bread

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

I like how trailing looks, but eh, I think for Rob the main point is "dark". *sigh*. One of these days I'm going to wait for him to be gone for a weekend...

[CJ looks around furtively, noting that Rob is currently gone for the weekend]

...and dig up all that ivy and plant a rosemary bush or two. Even if he doesn't like the very deep green of it, a bush of it has got to be better than all that ivy!

Re: You can't put me into bread

[recordersmith.livejournal.com]

Plant something light green and flowery with it and call it a compromise.

Re: You can't put me into bread

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

He's going to be gone for a couple weeks in early March... hmm... :-)