Passed My First Vocab Quiz in Nearly 10 Years

[triedunture]

And I was pretty awesome at it, too.

Next week, I think I'll tackle baking. Or watch my very first presidential swearing-in ceremony. I don't know which one would be more awesome. Hmmm.

Comments

[phinnia.livejournal.com]

If you'd like some suggestions for baking, I have lots of recipes. Were you looking at bread or some kind of dessert? you could do both and eat what you've baked while watching the inauguration. <3

[triedunture.livejournal.com]

I have a recipe for brown bread I'm going to try. I'm just rubbish at baking, and bread especially has always scared me, so I never give it a shot. But this time, I will persevere.

Yes we can. Have fresh bread.

I'd love to see some of your recipes, though. Anything that looks quite impressive but is doable for a measuring-phobe with no kitchen equipment?

[phinnia.livejournal.com]

Oooh. *thinks* the problem is that measuring-phobic part. Baking needs measurements, because it's more like chemistry than cooking is.

That said, all of my recipes are here. It's a big collection but it has a little bit of everything. I have a fantastic strawberry rhubarb strudel here that is really easy, looks very impressive, and doesn't require equipment that's more complicated than a pastry brush and a baking sheet.

[triedunture.livejournal.com]

Ohhhh, thank you. That sounds so tasty.

It's not that I'm averse to measuring, it's just...I'm so much better at throwing in whatever. You know? The chemistry of it has always been intimidating, even though I know I'm not such an idiot as to screw up filling a little cup to the brim with something.

[phinnia.livejournal.com]

Check out three books: Foodwise, by Shirley Corriher, the Tassajara bread book and the Tassajara cookbook if you can find copies of them. I know amazon has them all. They're proponents of "organic" methods of cooking, and you might find it helpful to get a feel for the chemistry of it and what different ingredients do to recipes so that you can eventually bake that way. Especially Cookwise - if you have to buy one out of the three, then that one is the one to get, and it's valuable enough that you will want your own copy.