I never really thought about the science of baking bread, but it really is an art. The water has to be just the right temperature – the ovens, the atmosphere. The dough is soft and doughy, and when it is fully baked, the smell….
The dough felt rough when she was kneading it, not the smooth and sensuous flesh like texture she was accustomed to. But she had to extend the wheat flour through adding sawdust to the mix. She just hoped that no one will get sick or get splinters in their stomachs.
I never really thought about the science of baking bread, but it really is an art. The water has to be just the right temperature – the ovens, the atmosphere. The dough is soft and doughy, and when it is fully baked, the smell….
Pound and pull, stretch, flour on my hands and dancing in the air, messy bun and the apron my mother made, feeling like Ma Ingalls
The dough felt rough when she was kneading it, not the smooth and sensuous flesh like texture she was accustomed to. But she had to extend the wheat flour through adding sawdust to the mix. She just hoped that no one will get sick or get splinters in their stomachs.