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Bread 1, David 0.
Yesterday morning I decided to bake some bread. Sounds good right? The smell of fresh bread baking. My mouth salivating thinking how soft and warm it will be with butter melting all over it.
Good idea in principle. I set about my task, mixed the ingredients. Let it set for the recommended time.
I knew something was wrong with it, when the yeast didn't foam up in the liquids. I let it "rise". I looked at it after a while and it didn't rise. I mean it didn't rise any! So I put it in the oven. No fresh bread smell. It looked the same as when I put it in the oven. Finally I called it a loss. When I took it out of the oven, it was as hard as a brick! I'm not kidding. It was awful! Even the dogs wouldn't eat it!
Margaret, bless her heart, healed my ego by laughing! I was laughing too. How could I not laugh?
Well since I'm not known to give up, I'm gonna try it again today. I blame the yeast for not "foaming." And my lack of experience working with yeast.
Thomas Edison wrote"I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward."
I feel good today. Yesterday was a rough day. Even though it was rough, It had some good moments. My daughter was here doing laundry. I live in an area known as the 1st ward of Binghamton. The main thorough fare is Clinton St. They call it Antique Row. There's a little shop not far from here, that looked interesting. Mandy and I went down to checkout it out. What a nice shop. I bought two slices of pizza. OMG! was that good! I'm gonna take Margaret there.
Live for today, love yourself, laugh at your mistakes, learn patience, listen to the sound of silence,
David