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Skriven 2013-02-13 18:17:56 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 33648 av Nancy Backus (63824.cooking)
Ärende: Winter baking
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Hi Nancy,

 NB> Dunno how it'll be southeast of us... we never know whether promised
 NB> precipitation will come as snow or rain, or something between... the
 NB> forecasters aren't much better.   Today there was some chance of rain,
 NB> but we got some sun, and a very light amount of snow instead...
 NB> tomorrow's supposed to be the sunny day, and then seesaw stuff into a
 NB> colder possibly snowy weekend...  I just figure it's a wait and see
 NB> situation...  :)  But with this sort of weather, I do worry some about
 NB> ice...

We're having rain right now, supposed to turn cold enough for it to turn
to snow later tonight but warm up tomorrow.

 NB> keep it  RH>> "contained" if I work on it away from home.
 NB>  NB>> Harder to control the cleanliness of the work spaces away from
 NB> home,  NB>> too...  :)

 RH> Yes, and if I get called to the back for my appointment, it's easier
 RH> to tuck away a small project.

 NB> Quite true...  :)

 RH> Years ago I did a lot of counted cross stitch at a time when I
 RH> needed some physical therapy. The nurses and techs would all want
 RH> to see what I was working on every time I came in. (G)

 NB> With smaller stuff it probably was a different project just about
 NB> every visit, too... :)

Not always, some projects took a fair amount of time. I was working part
time too so had other things to do when I got home.

 NB> after being  NB>> formed as it would in a warmer place.  I've managed
 NB> with a cold house  NB>> and a not warm enough kitchen, but the rising
 NB> can be painfully slow...  NB>>  :)

 RH> Been there, done that with a cooler house. We heated with wood for a
 RH> while when we first lived in NC so temps in the house could be on the
 RH> cool side. Another place we lived in (an apartment) had 10' ceilings;
 RH> we had propane space heaters but only in the bathroom and living room.
 RH> But, I've managed to get bread made under those, and much better
 RH> conditions over the years.

 NB> Exactly... I didn't say it couldn't be done, just that it wasn't
 NB> ideal.. both of those would have been challenges, too... :)

Yes, but the bread was well worth the challenges that went into making
it.

 RH> After a while, if home made bread is the norm, you stop eating as much
 RH> of it. My mom made (white) bread on rare occaisions; 2 loaves lasted
 RH> maybe 2 days. She said that's why she didn't make it more but I told
 RH> her we'd accept it as the norm if she did. Since it was a rare treat,
 RH> it disappeared fast.

 NB> I'm not sure how long I'd have had to go to get it to be the norm with
 NB> these guys...  I think that I'd just have had to get used to the norm
 NB> being them gobbling up all the bread as soon as it was made... (G)

Sigh!

 NB> It was  NB>> just well appreciated, I guess... :)

 RH> Sounds like it. Did you teach any of them how to do it? (G)

 NB> Sandy was somewhat interested in learning, but he didn't quite have
 NB> the attention span to really take to it... he might have done
 NB> something with it after he'd moved out back on his own again later...
 NB> but he did often hang around the kitchen to help me bake or cook... :)

So he probably picked up a good bit of how to make bread.


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Ruth
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