So I swear to you all that I did not plan for things to occur as they did. Remember yesterday, when I wrote that horrid post complaining about my failed bread experiment. How hopeless it all seemed. How the dough was terrible and nothing came out right. Remember that? Remember all that drama?
Well it was drama over nothing. I let the dough sit over night, and even though it didn't rise, I decided to bake anyway this afternoon. Boom. Took the plunge.
I preheated the oven to a piping hot 400 degrees, put some cornmeal on the baking sheet, and popped that stick goo into the oven. I put twenty five minutes on the timer, and went to do dishes. Bam. It was a long shot, trust me. I expected things to go horribly wrong, or for it just pander into nothing.
So imagine my surprise, when the sweet aroma of fresh bread wafted over to me. That warm smell. Ah, that sweet, rich scent of toasting crust. I peered into the oven, and there was a round loaf of bread.
What?
I tested it and sure enough, cooked through, soft on the inside with a crisp crust. Whoa.
So not to get philosophical, but no really, let's do it. I was completely shocked by this turn of events. Yes, it's bread. But hey, it's the little things we take the most from, isn't it? The bread dough really had no reason to come out as tasty as it did. But in the end, with a little faith, hope, and maybe some pixie dust it came out alright. It sure as hell didn't have the end result I had aimed for in the beginning, or the product I thought I was going to get when I put it in the oven. I did have some tasty, tasty bread. Bread is bread, right?
Well wrong. But still, sometimes the road we take to where we want to go isn't going to look right, and maybe the result will be different than what we planned for. The directions will be tricky, the steps don't take you to the right places or leave you with not-quite-right results. I guess the lesson here is to keep going. I didn't have to bake that batch, but I did anyway. And well, the bread came out just as tasty. Mistakes can help you, they can propel you to new places, and help you learn. Or maybe those mistakes turn out to be as great as if you followed the recipe and succeeded.
You just have to keep going.
Thanks Bread, you really taught me something today.
Well it was drama over nothing. I let the dough sit over night, and even though it didn't rise, I decided to bake anyway this afternoon. Boom. Took the plunge.
I preheated the oven to a piping hot 400 degrees, put some cornmeal on the baking sheet, and popped that stick goo into the oven. I put twenty five minutes on the timer, and went to do dishes. Bam. It was a long shot, trust me. I expected things to go horribly wrong, or for it just pander into nothing.
So imagine my surprise, when the sweet aroma of fresh bread wafted over to me. That warm smell. Ah, that sweet, rich scent of toasting crust. I peered into the oven, and there was a round loaf of bread.
What?
I tested it and sure enough, cooked through, soft on the inside with a crisp crust. Whoa.
So not to get philosophical, but no really, let's do it. I was completely shocked by this turn of events. Yes, it's bread. But hey, it's the little things we take the most from, isn't it? The bread dough really had no reason to come out as tasty as it did. But in the end, with a little faith, hope, and maybe some pixie dust it came out alright. It sure as hell didn't have the end result I had aimed for in the beginning, or the product I thought I was going to get when I put it in the oven. I did have some tasty, tasty bread. Bread is bread, right?
Well wrong. But still, sometimes the road we take to where we want to go isn't going to look right, and maybe the result will be different than what we planned for. The directions will be tricky, the steps don't take you to the right places or leave you with not-quite-right results. I guess the lesson here is to keep going. I didn't have to bake that batch, but I did anyway. And well, the bread came out just as tasty. Mistakes can help you, they can propel you to new places, and help you learn. Or maybe those mistakes turn out to be as great as if you followed the recipe and succeeded.
You just have to keep going.
Thanks Bread, you really taught me something today.
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