BBA Challege 2: Artos (Greek Celebration Bread)

I made this bread for Easter, but haven't blogged it yet. Bad blogger. No readers for you!

It was HUGE. Seriously, gigantic. It smelled awesome, but when actually eating it it wasn't that spiced. So we have two options: 1, the bread is supposed to be mild, or 2. My spices are old. I'm leaning towards 2, based on what I've read from other people's blogs. I'll be buying replacements for some of my older spices as soon as we get out from under our lease and have some spending money. (Two months!)

I thought sure that Eric would like this bread, because it wasn't that sweet (he's not a dessert kinda guy). But he took a bite and decided it "seems like it should be sweeter". Head/kitchen table. There is no pleasing him, apparently.

Here's some pics:

BBA Challenge 1: Anadama Bread

So, one challenge down. I was so eager to get started that I mixed my cornmeal (in my case, grits) and water right away. Unfortunately, since it had to sit overnight, I ended up having to make the bread after I got home from work on Friday at 6, and since that was a 4-hour process and I had to work the next morning, I didn't get to eat any that night. But it looked good. Here it is, coming out of the oven:




On its own, it was just ok, but in a sandwich (made, in my case, with leftover roasted chicken) it was pretty damn good. I don't know if it was good enough to warrant making it again in the future, however. Eric didn't like it too much, but he was eating it plain, as he's not much of a sandwich man. Overall, a good start, but I'm betting that there's better bread coming my way.

Bread Baker's Apprentice Challenge!

Alright, I'm going to give The Bread Baker's Apprentice Challenge a shot. I haven't used my blog in a while, so I thought I'd dust it off and use it to keep a record of my attempt. I'm waiting for the book to be available from the library, then I'm on my way. So exciting, so overwhelming. So tasty!

I don't get it

I haven't posted here in a long time, and I doubt if anyone will actually read this, but I have to say something about the recent gay marriage bans that passed.

I. Don't. Get. It.

Why? Why would you keep two people from getting married? What do you care? Even if your deity says its wrong, it doesn't affect you in any way. Your church doesn't have to marry them, and the government can't make you. You don't have to get married to anyone. It doesn't impact your current marriage. Why would you vote for this?

I don't know. You must have greater faith than me, because if my god told me to oppress a group of people, to deny them their rights, to keep them from happiness, I would tell my god to piss off. And, I think that any god worth their followers would be happy with me.

I guess its because I know that 40 years ago, I wouldn't have been allowed to marry my husband in a lot of places in the US, because we're (gasp) not from the same race. Maybe that's why I'm so sympathetic to this problem. Or maybe its cause I'm a flaming liberal.

Or maybe because I think people should be able to try and be happy.

They fight crime!

http://www.theyfightcrime.org/

This is a website that randomly generates a phrase, then ends with, "They fight crime!" Sometimes, the results are just too funny. Observe:

He's a war-weary guitar-strumming astronaut She's a wealthy renegade nun with an MBA from Harvard. They fight crime!

He's a globe-trotting native American master criminal with a passion for fast cars. She's a violent paranoid former first lady with her own daytime radio talk show. They fight crime!

And my favorite:

He's a superhumanly strong umbrella-wielding matador in drag. She's a scantily clad mute traffic cop who hides her beauty behind a pair of thick-framed spectacles. They fight crime!

Hi-larious.

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Santa brings out the worst in people

I had the meanest, jerkiest customers today, because... Santa Claus was coming to Petsmart. Oh, you read that right. A day full of people screaming at me for such things as the machine daring to ask them for a dollar for homeless pets or their child being sniffed by a friendly dog, because SANTA, symbol of holiday cheer, was their posing with their pets. After Santa left, the level of customer rudeness returned to normal. Which begs the question, what is wrong with people?!?

And, I found out today that one of my co-workers found my blog. So, hi Heather! :) She works in speciality, so she has a whole different kind of crazy customer to deal with.

Well, here's a cute picture of Eric snuggling with our newest bunny, Sonia, to make this post seem less like a whiny gripefest.