Mr. Hawthorne's birthday was August 31,
and one of the presents I got him,
among a stunning array of gifts,
was this Zojirushi Bread Machine.
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Mr. Hawthorne is excited to start on his first recipe.
Basic white bread.
And Ticky, don't give me any crap
about not having 100% whole wheat.
Mr. Hawthorne is starting with small steps.
He'll get to the other flours later.
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2/3 cup water goes in.
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2 cups bread flour.
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1 1/2 TB each sugar and dry milk
and 1/2 tsp salt.
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A tablespoon of butter.
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1 tsp yeast.
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Dang.
This thang looks complicated.
Whoot!
Look at the buttons.
I can make cookie and pasta dough, cake, and jam!?!
I should probably read the directions.
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Took 3 1/2 hours from start to finish
for a 1-pound loaf.
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A hundred years ago,
when XKT was living with us
- 1993? -
we had a bread maker.
I never learned how to make a decent loaf
with the darn thing,
but Mr. Hawthorne surely could.
I could make bread from scratch,
but I never mastered that machine.
Mr. Hawthorne finally wore it out.
And I thought he'd like another one.
18 years later.
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That's quite a pretty loaf.
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I cut off the heel,
toasted it, and spread on some LOLUB.
That's LAND O' LAKES UNSALTED BUTTAH!
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Meatloaf sandwich.
A lofty, yet humble meal.
A meal after my own heart.
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Buttery meatloaf sandwich
on the heal of of loaf from a Zojirushi bread baker.
One of the pinnacles of gourmet meals.
You have no idea how good this is.
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