Original date of publication: August 3, 2014.
Well, it’s August. There’s less than a month left in this summer, and I have no plans on letting up (though I’m falling behind on my anticipated LSAT studies…).
As part of my adventurous endeavors, I’ve continued to immerse myself in fictional media. I recently started the cult classic show Firefly, which I greatly dig, despite only seeing one episode so far. I also saw the newest Marvel movie, Guardians of the Galaxy, yesterday and greatly enjoyed it. If you haven’t seen it yet, Dear Reader, get off your @$$ and see it!…I’d say more about how mind-blowingly awesome it is, but I’d probably geek out excessively and get distracted.
Anyway, the titular event for this blog post is my most recent experiment in the kitchen: learning to make bread. Using a recipe I dug up online, I dedicated the better part of this afternoon to getting acquainted with yeast, dough rising, and the truly heavenly smell that the prior items create in your kitchen. I wasn’t quite on top of the process as I would of liked (I didn’t put in enough water at first, I initially forgot to flour the surface before kneading, and I forgot to coat the pan with cooking spray), but everything worked out in the end…just like one of my papers! *rimshot*
…Seriously though, here’s some food porn:
The bread was absolutely delicious and went wonderfully with the salted butter I keep in the fridge! It was also surprisingly filling-even though I ate very little today, I only needed three slices to fill me up. I look forward to finishing the rest of this loaf in the near future.
Having successfully crafted another new dish, I have now officially fulfilled one of my New Year’s resolutions (to learn to cook five new dishes). For me, this year has been particularly challenging, between personal loss, mounting academic intensity, and the various difficulties that arise when one lives alone. As such, it’s very satisfying to succeed at something this empowering (and delicious).
Work is winding down, as I have a mere week and a half left of nothing but office labor…hahahahahahaha! Just kidding! I’ll be spending at least one day this week in court watching yet another trial. That day…is tomorrow! Good night, everyone! I'm off to get some much-needed sleep!
Reflections:
I unfortunately no longer have the recipe that I used to make this bread, as the webpage it was from no longer works.
On a more positive note, I have since watched all of Firefly, and Guardians of the Galaxy is still in my top 15 favourite movies.
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