February 8, 2007
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new depths of skill
This is ridiculous.
After finally setting up my breadmaker again and procuring all the ingredients, I rolled up my sleeves and put my prodigious breadmaking skills to work. (I've made plenty of loaves in the past... the typical size of the finished loaf is ~7 inches high).
I didn't have a good measuring cup or spoons, but that's never stopped me before. I threw in 'just the right amount' of ingredients, added "a little of this and a little of that" as the token randomness, and pushed the Start button.
Four hours later, my heart was crushed. Solid un-risen densities rivaling particle accelerator cores. On the bread scale at least. At least my puny 2.4 inch loaf smells good.
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too much salt, I think.
-hug-
~Sol
haha! aww, i hate when that happens.
Oh how sad! I'll see if I can't find a set of measuring cups to put in the mail for you!
I've had that happen too. The worst part is having to smell it and not be able to eat it.
Tee-hee! Or, tiny-hee! I make bread the same way you do, and I've not had this problem. I think it was your lack of yeast. But, how would I know for sure? I like to put in the warm water first, add the yeast, and then add a T. of sugar. It gets the yeast going.
aw, at least there wasn't too much of it to taste too salty... well, saltiness isn't such a bad thing, eh?
Better success next time! (my roommate asked, "Is he an *English person*?" when I read this to her. 
Nah, just multi-talented.
You could probably sell it as "European Bread." All of there bread over there is like that, it is just missing the round headlights.
Jess is quite a bread maker, she has been on a sourdough kick lately and is looking for people to pass the starter onto.
have you ever made bread by making the dough in the BM and baking it in the oven? I think it tastes better and isn't as "thick" in consistency....
Sorry to hear about your mishap. Maybe measuring spoons/cups are in order. What kind of breadmaker do you use?
tim, I'm sure you've done your mom proud!
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