Bread
So, this morning, after making blueberry pancakes for Dad’s Father’s Day breakfast, I made bread dough.
I used leftover rice from dinner the other night, sesame seeds, wheat germ, and a dash of molasses and vegetable oil, in addition to the usual flour, yeast, salt, and milk.
The finished loaf came out pretty well, if I do say so myself. Isn’t that a wonderful use of leftover rice?
I actually made three loaves, but only baked one of them. The other two are in the refrigerator, waiting to be baked later in the week.
It came out very nicely, and tasted great with a little butter while it was still warm from the oven. I haven’t made this recipe in ages, but there’s something about the rice and sesame seeds that makes it toast into wonderful, crisp toast. (Because, really, what’s the point of toast if it’s not crisp?) In fact, it’s one of the few times I really like peanut butter, because this bread, toasted, with peanut butter melting into it? Yummmmmm.
Oh, and Bonus Points to Carrie for correctly spotting the detour my weekend reading took. Because, yes, since last night I have read The Black Stallion, The Black Stallion Returns, Son of the Black Stallion, Black Stallion and Satan, The Black Stallion’s Filly, and The Black Stallion Revolts. Hey, they’re children’s books, they’re supposed to be fast reads. And still pretty entertaining in that wide-eyed, 1940s boy’s adventure story kind of way–the kind written with lots of action and lots of exclamation points, but which is still just fun. They’re mirrors of their time, but they’re entertaining, and I haven’t read them in years. In fact, the only one that shows up on my reading list is the original Black Stallion book, which I last read on August 4, 1997.
Really, between the Black Stallion jag this weekend and the Little House books two weeks ago, my reading list for the month is looking very healthy!
Hey, Mom pointed out this blog to me–written by a Border Collie named Fenway. Chappy’s a little jealous that he has a blog of his very own, but I think he’s really just as happy to let me do most of the writing. It’s not like he doesn’t guest-post here and on Mom’s blog from time to time, right? And in the meantime, he gets to snooze while I do all the work. (He’s a smart boy!)
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It wasn’t difficult to spot, you know.
Yum, bread! That is an excellent use of leftover rice.
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I love making bread. Never mind the wheat allergy. I love making it. There’s something comforting about homemade bread warm from the oven with butter or peanut butter. Lovely. Grover is not allowed to blog on his own. His vocabulary is too limited. He’s working on it, but it’s still too much “no”, “stay”, “leave it”, “good boy”, “walk”, “hug”, “cookie”, “puppy food”, “sit”, “down”. We need more nouns and pronouns. Then, he’s all set.