But Oz never did give nothing to the Tin Man that he didn’t, didn’t already have.
Yesterday, I was perusing a sale paper during my lunch hour while eating my usual sandwich, raw veggies and natural applesauce where I had spotted a really good deal on a featherlight weedeater. I told my husband about it and we mosied over to Big Lots to check it out. We did not think we were ever going to find that thing, but we did seem to find everything else we thought we needed. I did finally locate the weed wacker, but after I decided I needed some silly solar lights that stand on stakes that are used to accent a flower bed or to illuminate a sidewalk. That stupid weedeater ended up costing almost $100 with those garden lights, some other light bulbs we did need, and a baggie of river rocks. I swear stores hide the good deals, so one will need to look at everything else and want to buy it too. The bad thing is I like those lights so much I want to go back and get three more because they make me smile. Being a visionary does get expensive.
I will not suggest buying anything in a very long box and expect it to get into a 2-door car without some serious thought. Poor big baby was squished all the way to the dashboard and we still had problems with getting the door shut. I once knew a married couple who together weighed at least 600 pounds and would travel in a 2-door Hyundai with a drum kit shoved in that tiny car. I have no idea how they managed that.
My husband got the weedeater put together when we returned home and he was acting like he was trimming the carpet in the living room with it, complete with sound effects. Meanwhile, I was out in the yard yelling out "Lookyme, I'm the freakin' Statue of Liberty, wheee!" while holding one of my new garden lights high as a torch in the darkness before I drove them in the dirt. Geez, we are both such dorks, but ya know something? We are having a GREAT time at the new house!
I will not suggest buying anything in a very long box and expect it to get into a 2-door car without some serious thought. Poor big baby was squished all the way to the dashboard and we still had problems with getting the door shut. I once knew a married couple who together weighed at least 600 pounds and would travel in a 2-door Hyundai with a drum kit shoved in that tiny car. I have no idea how they managed that.
My husband got the weedeater put together when we returned home and he was acting like he was trimming the carpet in the living room with it, complete with sound effects. Meanwhile, I was out in the yard yelling out "Lookyme, I'm the freakin' Statue of Liberty, wheee!" while holding one of my new garden lights high as a torch in the darkness before I drove them in the dirt. Geez, we are both such dorks, but ya know something? We are having a GREAT time at the new house!
posted by Nikki | 1:03 PM
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You guys are cute!
I'm sorry if I steered you in the wrong direction with the buttermilk sub; I didn't realize the cultures in it contributed anything other than taste. I've used the substitute in bread recipes before, but possibly they had more yeast in them.
That's ok because the cultures in the did not make much of a difference when I tried it again with real buttermilk. The picture just did not represent a small dense loaf that was the result of that recipe. It tasted good coming out the oven both times and tasted the same. The next day I found it to be like a brick though. I was just looking for a recipe to make a decent loaf for making sandwiches. Back to the search engines.
I'm going to try to remember to type up a couple of recipes for you when I get home. All the breads I've made from that one book I showed you have risen quite high and have been easy to knead...probably because they don't use that much whole wheat flour. But they've been good.
Also, I haven't tried this myself, but you can steam stale bread in a bamboo or vegetable steamer. Wrap slices in foil or something so it doesn't get soggy. Couldn't hurt to try it with your "bricks", but I usually end up making croutons from "failures".
Did you add any extra yeast to the buttermilk version? I didn't slice my loaf until this morning and it seemed heavy, but not quite like a brick. I haven't even had a bite until now, and it's quite dense, but soft enough for a sandwich. But like I said, I used about 50% more yeast...and I used the mixer. I've definitely made my share of bricks though. It's so disappointing after all that work.
Too late, I left my bricks out in the yard for the birds but mommie's little piglet, Oscar, found them first. He thought those hard loaves were great. :) But I will remember the steamer, another good idea!
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