Bread Disaster
A while ago, I tried making bread for about the fourth or fifth time. Every other time it had gone pretty well, and I had this new flour that Cyd suggested from the Dekalb Farmer’s Market with extra gluten. What Cyd neglected to tell me (not that I would EVER blame anyone else for my mistakes or anything) was that this particular flour rises much faster than the regular stuff. So I let it rise the usual four hours and it got huge a scary looking. Harold wouldn’t even go in the kitchen after he saw it. Nikki laughed at me.
Well, I decided to try to bake it anyways, and when I went to check on it about fifteen minutes in, this is what I found:
It had grown so large, it actually got stuck in the oven. If you look closely, you can see that the shelves above and below are actually bending with the weight of the ridiculous bread.
At the time, I was kind of discoragued because it was the end of the semester and I just wanted some fresh bread. But now I’m totally over it and I didn’t feel like I could move on without sharing this picture.
So, I’ll let you know how it goes the next time. Which probably won’t be until I have my new kitchen. With my new, tough oven that will be hard to bend (I hope!)
June 2nd, 2009 at 15:04
omigod. How is that even possible? Funniest bread disaster ever. This looks like something that would happen to me.
June 2nd, 2009 at 15:59
See? That’s what your gluten-loving ways will get you.
June 2nd, 2009 at 18:28
That is hilarious! I love it! It’s like the blob!
June 3rd, 2009 at 23:16
Um, maybe it tastes better than it looks. (Did it explode when you cut it??)