03-31-2022, 05:56 AM
Back in the day I used to enjoy baking. My version of Christmas Cheer was to deliver loaves to a bunch of friends. But I haven't done it in a while.
Decided to try my hand at it again now that I'm retired and have the time. Baking bread is a lot like having a garden. It makes zero sense from a pure food source perspective when you consider your time. Produce - and bread - is cheap and plentiful in this country. What you bake/grow does taste better but IMO you should be doing it because you enjoy it. I discovered that I still do.
Here's the fringe benefit. I plan to incorporate bread day into housecleaning day. Cleaning is the single easiest thing for me to put off until I gross myself out and spend the better part of a day taking care of my own mess. Lot of down time with bread - waiting for it to rise and bake. So baking/cleaning days will be merged.
Decided to try my hand at it again now that I'm retired and have the time. Baking bread is a lot like having a garden. It makes zero sense from a pure food source perspective when you consider your time. Produce - and bread - is cheap and plentiful in this country. What you bake/grow does taste better but IMO you should be doing it because you enjoy it. I discovered that I still do.
Here's the fringe benefit. I plan to incorporate bread day into housecleaning day. Cleaning is the single easiest thing for me to put off until I gross myself out and spend the better part of a day taking care of my own mess. Lot of down time with bread - waiting for it to rise and bake. So baking/cleaning days will be merged.