Bread & Women

Baking Bread & Women.

Two very complex things of which, in large part, man is still trying to figure out. The variations are endless. You think you might be on the right track…but you’re not. You think this might be the one…but you mess it up. You think, for some odd and insane reason, you think…that you are beginning to understand…oh but how wrong you are! Even after listening to all the experts and following all the directions somehow, SOMEHOW, you still can’t get the final product you’re looking for.

Bread & Women.

The outside has no bearing on what lies within. Don’t judge it…there’s no way to tell the texture, flavor, warmth or any variation therein by looking. Gentleman (and some ladies), for that
there’s only one way…get your hands dirty…experience. You may experience the hardest, most rough crust on the outside, but on the inside…no sir…it’s all soft. Some have that hard crust and stay hard to the core, while others are soft all the way through. Am I talking about bread or women??? Who knows? What I do know for sure is that an outstanding bread, and especially a good woman can be completely out of this world. You all know what I’m talking about…that warm and wonderful feeling you get inside when you find one. It can change your world buddy.

While I can say that in large part, women, as most men could say, are still a bit of an anomaly to me. However I’ve recently acquired a book which has made the complex task of creating ‘good’ homemade bread quite easy. The book is called “My Bread” by Jim Lahey. It describes his revolutionary new technique which involves simply mixing the ingredients together and letting them sit in a bowl to do their magic for 12-18 hours. Then the product is finished off in the oven in a cast-iron pot. The yield is something truly wonderful.

Maybe this guy should figure out women next…my guess is he’d win the Nobel Peace Prize for that one;)