Outrageous. Unbelievable. Crazy. Impressive. These are just a few of the words that come to mind after making bread from scratch in Thor. And I do mean scratch. I got whole grain in its wholest form: wheat berries. I mean I know that flour comes from wheat. But this is only really a theory in my head, not something I've actually seen change form. Even though the recipe promised that the berries would pulverize into flour and even though it told me I could knead the dough in the container in a matter of seconds, never touching it with my hands or dirtying a counter, I'm ashamed to say I doubted.
Other than letting the dough rise for an additional 15 minutes, the recipe guided me into a loaf of whole wheat bread. I feel like I'm master of the universe. Perhaps what God felt like on his seventh day of making the world; smug satisfaction in creating something so complete and different from so simple and few parts.
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3 comments:
Thor is a beauty! You can make your own flour?! Who would have thought?!
This blog is awesome, Leigh! (This is Michele with red hair.) I have lots of friends who are really into cooking from actual scratch like this, I am telling them all.
"master of the universe" is just how i feel when making bread and i'll never forget watching wheat berries turn to flour for the first time!
i'm so glad you started this terrific blog.
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