tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635439538504492273.post8978487520252849439..comments2024-01-31T00:28:52.239-08:00Comments on Thou shalt not whine: Attempting to cook (and other disasters)Jillybeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12150574987267072428noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635439538504492273.post-8712260046631422622008-06-01T07:19:00.000-07:002008-06-01T07:19:00.000-07:00holy cow..I sat here waiting for something to happ...holy cow..I sat here waiting for something to happen...I expected there to be mice in the flour or the yeast to blow up on ya..lol.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for sharing, a great story it was.Canadian flakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00994909147845893087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635439538504492273.post-83927286002731871502008-05-29T22:04:00.000-07:002008-05-29T22:04:00.000-07:00You are so funny!You are so funny!Threeundertwohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07841404786048246834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635439538504492273.post-40516599099449284282008-05-29T14:58:00.000-07:002008-05-29T14:58:00.000-07:00I just love it when you cross things out. It's ni...I just love it when you cross things out. It's nice to know how things really go down, because they are so familiar...Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12809081257616119677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635439538504492273.post-64741543573565710292008-05-26T06:58:00.000-07:002008-05-26T06:58:00.000-07:00I have had so many times like this trying to make ...I have had so many times like this trying to make bread. I can't do it. I just can't do the bread thing. Gave up years ago. Oh..I learned this when I moved to Arizona years ago and the weavils were taking over my life. Keep flour in the freezer. They won't touch it.RoeHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00131723337404316867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635439538504492273.post-22251440868894866052008-05-24T23:40:00.000-07:002008-05-24T23:40:00.000-07:00Hilarious! I just rolled on over to your blog aft...Hilarious! I just rolled on over to your blog after reading "Navel Gazing." <BR/><BR/>I second the previous comment about the Zojirushi. Bread, pizza dough, even raisin bread come out great.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635439538504492273.post-60324140608533613992008-05-24T18:25:00.000-07:002008-05-24T18:25:00.000-07:00I have a breadmaker you should have called. I eve...I have a breadmaker you should have called. I even have the mix!Roll'in with the Rowley'shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06425916733791540259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635439538504492273.post-26675031173194676652008-05-24T08:59:00.000-07:002008-05-24T08:59:00.000-07:00OR, it isn't as much fun, but you could pop down a...OR, it isn't as much fun, but you could pop down a couple of hundred bucks for a wonderful breadmaker like ours and have it do it every time!<BR/>http://www.zojirushi.com/ourproducts/breadmakers/bbcc_x20.htmlJohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15530972001172936718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635439538504492273.post-41920232456878617772008-05-24T08:57:00.000-07:002008-05-24T08:57:00.000-07:00I could be bribed, with say... a free lunch? to co...I could be bribed, with say... a free lunch? to come give you a bread baking lesson!Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15530972001172936718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635439538504492273.post-62233583647208976132008-05-23T21:59:00.000-07:002008-05-23T21:59:00.000-07:00I'm getting a bosch. I heard that it magically mak...I'm getting a bosch. <BR/><BR/>I heard that it magically makes your bread for you...in perfect loaves.b.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05200037742651165832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635439538504492273.post-60330779722499923452008-05-23T21:06:00.000-07:002008-05-23T21:06:00.000-07:00I am laughing too. Mostly because you write so wel...I am laughing too. Mostly because you write so well. I am going to e-mail you my phone number and you can call and I will help with what I can. Let me preface by saying I am not a perfect bread maker but I can get the job done. <BR/>Next time you buy flour put it in the freezer for 48 hours and then it won't be full of wevil. It sometimes gets in there in the factory. Freezing it stops it from propigating.<BR/>The gasket blowing, things I didn't say but, apparently they heard thing happens here too.Bonnie the Bosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09370681673591214131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635439538504492273.post-58617877595317210642008-05-23T20:16:00.000-07:002008-05-23T20:16:00.000-07:00Jill, I love you! My keyboard, however, does not ...Jill, I love you! My keyboard, however, does not feel the same, as it is quite tired of having various beverages spewed on it, since I insist on sipping while reading your blog, and then laugh too much. So no love there.<BR/><BR/>But I've made a few ugly loaves of bread, too. I made a cherry vanilla bread, using freshly picked black cherries. Turned the dough gray. Looked very moldy fresh from the oven.Jessica G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10641255166732692924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635439538504492273.post-24537651120381243072008-05-23T19:49:00.000-07:002008-05-23T19:49:00.000-07:00Good job with the bread making! I just got a brea...Good job with the bread making! I just got a bread maker as a 'belated sorry I didn't get you anything for mother's day' present. We'll be trying it out soon- I hear you can whisper to it at night that you'd like bread in the morning and it magically appears. We'll see.Amberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07219151687274590976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635439538504492273.post-7181400256930080122008-05-23T18:33:00.000-07:002008-05-23T18:33:00.000-07:00I wish I could have seen the ugly bread. I make u...I wish I could have seen the ugly bread. I make ugly food too. Pretty good, but ugly. I haven't tried bread yet, but I'm sure it wouldn't be as entertaining as yours. :)Hollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15749377046524745581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635439538504492273.post-69488739023287736582008-05-23T16:24:00.000-07:002008-05-23T16:24:00.000-07:00Loved that post. I too have made some very ugly b...Loved that post. I too have made some very ugly bread...but some of mine weren't even edible. Glad you "had fun with the kids" and you even got the kitchen closet cleaned out!<BR/>Blessings, EJTElizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07505258364895249347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635439538504492273.post-91535926602714666892008-05-23T15:08:00.000-07:002008-05-23T15:08:00.000-07:00Ok-seriously LOL here. You need to go spend some $...Ok-seriously LOL here. You need to go spend some $$ and get a Bosch and a grinder and you'll whip up that bread in no time...(LOL again) At least the kids ate it-when they get to be teenagers they don't like anything unless it comes in a paper bag or cardboard box.....Marilynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09899771913707613456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635439538504492273.post-79622951099118493222008-05-23T12:48:00.000-07:002008-05-23T12:48:00.000-07:00You have such ambition to make bread with your kid...You have such ambition to make bread with your kids!!! I try to do that kind of stuff with my kids and it just causes mmore tension and frustration than before.<BR/><BR/>The timer in my house will also bring the children home from the neighbors houses -- in fact sometimes they bring the neighbors with them. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for the great story -- I amnot very good at makingbread either!! :)christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15314804012623766895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635439538504492273.post-34193968854774513792008-05-23T12:07:00.000-07:002008-05-23T12:07:00.000-07:00If a person could survive on nothing but bread, I'...If a person could survive on nothing but bread, I'd be GOLDEN. I'm SUCH a bread person. YUM YUM YUM. I wish you'd taken pictures to post anyway. I mean, if you can write about it, you can show it! And who's to say there aren't others of us out there with cooking disaster stories of our own? LOL You're not alone!<BR/><BR/>I'm glad that after all the effort, it was edible!Leahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13160551209809872319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635439538504492273.post-45066500072735281302008-05-23T07:58:00.000-07:002008-05-23T07:58:00.000-07:00Okay, seriously?! You can make all those amazing ...Okay, seriously?! You can make all those amazing Christmas goodies but no bread?! Astounding! :) I can make bread but I have totally copped out on Christmas goodies for, oh, the last 14 years (ever since I left home and had to be the little red hen instead of chick #2). I have, however, made bread. I'm quite good at it. Come on over and I will show you how! Oh, or you can just do what I did and discover the local bread outlet where you can buy fabulous loaves of bread for $1 and never bake again. Yeah, I like that solution.Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17254208744417742746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635439538504492273.post-68222831221051653512008-05-23T07:31:00.000-07:002008-05-23T07:31:00.000-07:00You are funny! And you are a good blogger to allow...You are funny! And you are a good blogger to allow your humiliation to be laughed at. Don't be afraid, yeast isn't that tempermental. Look at it this way, as long as you get it between not cold and not hot, it grows quite nicely! I wish I could have seen pics. If you make anymore ugly bread, you have to include pics. And P.S. sugar works just fine. white sugar even.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15530972001172936718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635439538504492273.post-37499135857825552572008-05-23T05:43:00.000-07:002008-05-23T05:43:00.000-07:00Ohhhhh.......you are too funny!This was so well wr...Ohhhhh.......you are too funny!<BR/><BR/>This was so well written, have you been at my house during bread making attempts? <BR/>We could be twins.<BR/>Including the not-yelling and gasket blowing!<BR/><BR/>So funny!b.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05200037742651165832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635439538504492273.post-46011683976514063252008-05-23T03:26:00.000-07:002008-05-23T03:26:00.000-07:00I was killing myself laughing...that happens at ou...I was killing myself laughing...that happens at our house ALL the time. <BR/><BR/>We also made bread yesterday - my kids are always so giddy when the buzzer goes! I have a bread maker and LOVE it! With the cost of bread jumping from $3.49 to $5.49 I have decided to make more of it - so, bought a HUGE bag of flour at Costco and will be trying to bake more!<BR/><BR/>thanks for sharing.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08122365458052947125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635439538504492273.post-26144073714967580812008-05-23T02:57:00.000-07:002008-05-23T02:57:00.000-07:00WOW! I'm impressed! I can't bring myself to the ...WOW! I'm impressed! I can't bring myself to the bread making thing yet. . . ever. You wouldn't have to worry about ugly food with me! I am all about the taste:DHey It's Dihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00946511234414730828noreply@blogger.com