I'm ill so no interesting posts from me today. I dragged myself out of bed at 11:00 to find there was very little milk in the fridge. I called to my teen son, who had only got of bed recently himself, to run around the corner to the shop and buy some. "Can't," he said brusquely. "Got to meet my friends for a movie in 20 minutes."
"But I'm sick," I said. "And don't forget I gave birth to you. Can't you just run out and get a little milk for your own dear mother?"
"Nah."
I thought I'd make myself a little cinammon toast but there was no bread. My husband puts it in the freezer to keep it fresh for when we need it. But I can't defrost it in the microwave properly, so I'm always left with a loaf that is hot on the outside, and frozen solid on the inside which I then have to slice myself. So I end up with chunks of bread that can't fit into a toaster and mounting frustration. I buttered a couple of the chunks, put under the grill in the oven and sprinkled with cinammon sugar. It was good enough but really, I don't see why there can't be some sliced bread available sometimes.
I'm going back to bed now and hope I'll feel better in a few hours because I've been invited to London to a Proms concert tonight by some musician-y type people. He is a Shostakovich expert (recently did a film about him), and she is a concert pianist who plays a lot of Prokofiev. I'm supposed to meet him by the statue of Prince Albert at 6:30. Will I even get there?
Friday, 8 August 2008
Sick and frustrated
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Po' lil' thang! I hope the bread-and-milk situation has resolved itself. Maybe you should slice the bread before freezing---I know it would be less fresh that way, but at least you could get a slice when you need emergency toast.
Teehee. I know where you'll be and when you'll be there.
Some stalkage, perhaps? :D
HOPE YOU FEEL BETTER SOON.
Oh, Elizabeth, I do hope you feel better, soon.
Must be nice - too sick to go to work but fine when it comes to going to London for a concert!
As one of your commentators says, get Mel to slice your bread before freezing it - that's what I do these days since go through slices at a time rather than loaves at a time. (I bought a bread maker after reading how shop bread is made these days: they don't let the dough rise or prove - they use enzymes to mimic the natural processes and some experts reckon this is why gluten intolerance is becoming more prevalent and many people feel bloated after eating bread. Also additives they're allowed to put in mean bread goes mouldy instead of stale. So now I make our bread and slice it before putting it in the freezer.)
I didn't know that about bread in the shops. Maybe I'd better start using our bread machine again too. It's been gathering dust for a couple of years now.
Elizabeth, we have a fresh loaf every couple of days. I use my bread machine just to make the dough and then do the final rise in our airing cupboard and then bake it in a regular pan in the oven.
I don't like it when the little paddle thing sticks up in the bread, so that's why I just make the dough in the machine.
We keep it in one of those "Lock & Lock" boxes on the cabinet and it works just fine...slice what we need, when we need it.
We calculated it recently and it costs about 65p to make a loaf at home.
What is a 'lock and lock' box and where can I see one of them? I thought you were talking about a combination-lock box for keeping a front door key available outside a house which is something else I need.
I got mine at Lakeland and here's the link: (http://www.lakeland.co.uk/lock-AND-lock-containers/F/keyword/lock+AND+lock/product/5441_3346)
I gave my bread machine away a few years ago and now regret it, although I did find the final product too dry and thick of crust. We don't eat much bread anymore, because of the carbs, but every now and then I do enjoy rolling up my sleeves and kneading a good grainy loaf. Very therapeutic and good for the upper arm muscles...!
wow, BWJ, your diet is so good. All those veggies and not much bread. See, I would keel over and die without bread. It is an essential component of life -- I'll bet you outlive me by 20 years because of your good habits.
Oh, gosh, I could live on fresh yeasty bread and butter with good cheese (NOT Velveeta:):) but I have to ration it or I'd just fill up on that and never look at a vegetable!
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