A couple of months ago we used some of our award points from a credit card since they were about to expire. We rarely use this card anymore because they refuse to lower the interest rate on it, we keep it around mostly because we had something like 70,000 points on it, and didn't want to lose them by canceling the card or having them expire.
Anyway, one of the things we bought was a bright red mixer because Rita thought she'd like to learn how to do some baking. She has a friend in Pennsylvania who does a fair amount of baking, so she wanted to try some of her recipes. She knows that banana bread is one of my favorites, so she tried that first, you can read about it here. Her first couple of tries were less than spectacular, but still resulted in pretty edible banana bread. She was disheartened, especially with the first one which we nicknamed "the banana brick", but it still tasted pretty good. For her next effort, she talked to her friend Gertrude who advised her on how to improve her process, and she ended up with an extremely moist loaf which tasted really good, but was sort of messy to eat. After consulting with Gertrude again, she figured out that she'd left out a cup of flour from the recipe, which would explain the moistness. So yesterday, she made a couple of loaves which turned out perfectly. She gave me one to bring into the office, and it's more than half way gone, and I don't expect it to last, especially since the chainmen have discovered it. If it does make it through the day, it's coming home with me. The other loaf is safe at home, where it should be.
Oh, remember the mixer? Turns out the the best way to mix the batter is by hand, not with the mixer.
Anyway, one of the things we bought was a bright red mixer because Rita thought she'd like to learn how to do some baking. She has a friend in Pennsylvania who does a fair amount of baking, so she wanted to try some of her recipes. She knows that banana bread is one of my favorites, so she tried that first, you can read about it here. Her first couple of tries were less than spectacular, but still resulted in pretty edible banana bread. She was disheartened, especially with the first one which we nicknamed "the banana brick", but it still tasted pretty good. For her next effort, she talked to her friend Gertrude who advised her on how to improve her process, and she ended up with an extremely moist loaf which tasted really good, but was sort of messy to eat. After consulting with Gertrude again, she figured out that she'd left out a cup of flour from the recipe, which would explain the moistness. So yesterday, she made a couple of loaves which turned out perfectly. She gave me one to bring into the office, and it's more than half way gone, and I don't expect it to last, especially since the chainmen have discovered it. If it does make it through the day, it's coming home with me. The other loaf is safe at home, where it should be.
Oh, remember the mixer? Turns out the the best way to mix the batter is by hand, not with the mixer.
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