"Your brother has a way with yeast." Thanks, mom. The reminder that even my brother is a better baker than me wasn't lost. She didn't say it to shame me. She was telling us how they made homemade pretzels when they visited him. Her helpful hint from the story was "Just add more water if it doesn't look right". But I peeked at my sister, the professional baker, and she had a horrified look on her face and was vehemently shaking her head.
I also tried to make homemade bread, I figured I was on a roll. I have a bread machine and have been successful in making a loaf in the past. It's basically dump all the ingredients in, press start - wait 3 hours - presto! Fresh, Hot, Homemade bread. It didn't quite happen that way. Something went wrong, and I ended up with a loaf about an inch high, with the inside tasting and looking like wet cement. Needless to say, bread machines are not foolproof.
Where are the pictures?! :)
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