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Excuses Are Like...
Nov. 17th, 2018 07:05 pmWell, you know. Nevertheless, one might ask, how does one screw up a bread machine recipe? Um, the print in the book is so small I can barely read it. The instructions are poorly organized and difficult to match with actual sequence of steps which need to be followed. I discovered that I have a mouse in my cupboard. Blah, blah, blah.
Actually, one of the first things I learned, when baking bread "by hand," was that the little yeastie beasties are very particular about the temperature of the water in which they're expected to grow.
With a bread machine, that might not be so apparent because the water is on the bottom and the yeast is initially sequestered on top of the flour. Which does, however, suggest something else. Which is that, not only should the water be of a livable temp for them, but so should all the flour, vital wheat gluten, tree bark, and other materials in between.
AND, since I keep my house at a temperature barely fit for HUMAN habitation, most of what I threw into my inaugural bread mix today was not survivable for the little yeastie boys. And girls.
(I guess I thought of the boys first because I could imagine them freezing their little spores off. Or whatever they have in the way of reproductive equipment. Keep in mind that my last class in biology was freshman year of college and that was 50 years ago. Literally. Still, I'm sorry, Dr. Polacek.)
In any case, my dinner tonight was once again unaccompanied by "our daily bread." And so, we fully intend to try again tomorrow. Probably using another slightly less-complex recipe from the bread machine book. Although, I've gotta say, they're all pretty basic.
And so, first thing in the AM, I'm gonna turn up the thermostat. And after that, I'm gonna go out and buy a mousetrap. Just so, when I throw together the next batch, I've no more unlikely excuses...
LPK
Dreamwidth
11.17.2018
Actually, one of the first things I learned, when baking bread "by hand," was that the little yeastie beasties are very particular about the temperature of the water in which they're expected to grow.
With a bread machine, that might not be so apparent because the water is on the bottom and the yeast is initially sequestered on top of the flour. Which does, however, suggest something else. Which is that, not only should the water be of a livable temp for them, but so should all the flour, vital wheat gluten, tree bark, and other materials in between.
AND, since I keep my house at a temperature barely fit for HUMAN habitation, most of what I threw into my inaugural bread mix today was not survivable for the little yeastie boys. And girls.
(I guess I thought of the boys first because I could imagine them freezing their little spores off. Or whatever they have in the way of reproductive equipment. Keep in mind that my last class in biology was freshman year of college and that was 50 years ago. Literally. Still, I'm sorry, Dr. Polacek.)
In any case, my dinner tonight was once again unaccompanied by "our daily bread." And so, we fully intend to try again tomorrow. Probably using another slightly less-complex recipe from the bread machine book. Although, I've gotta say, they're all pretty basic.
And so, first thing in the AM, I'm gonna turn up the thermostat. And after that, I'm gonna go out and buy a mousetrap. Just so, when I throw together the next batch, I've no more unlikely excuses...
LPK
Dreamwidth
11.17.2018
