Wednesday, August 10, 2011

The Queen has arrived! Test Bread

We had another fairly decent day yesterday, but I didn't feel like doing anything outside, even milking; so, I didn't! Being a retired old person has its privileges....

She arrived in all her Styrofoam packed glory. I dropped everything and unpacked her and put her in her place of honor in the kitchen, the bake and work center, actually corner.



I love that I am familiar with everything but there is a slight learning curve involved....maybe....and I may just use it exactly like my old one.

I needed to make bread and tried my Sis's favorite recipe that uses mashed potatoes.
It was a very wet dough but I restrained myself from adding too much extra flour. I need to start weighing ingredients instead just measuring. The bread turned out great but wasn't a real test since it just made two loaves. I need to do a 12 cup recipe soon.



I read most of the afternoon.

This morning I will get back to my regular schedule. I definitely need to weed the area beside the back door and milk.

More rain is promised today and another 80° day. Oh joy!!