In which I buy bread

[desperance]

Is it feeble of me to duck it, or would it have been ridiculous to bake bread simply to make breadcrumbs...?

I have, as it were, an emergency dinner party tonight. Right now, mid-afternoon, bread is rising (for bread, you understand); stew is stewing (for stew); vegetables are roasting (for soup); potatoes are boiling (for mash). Apples are waiting to be peeled (for apple cake). The vacuum is waiting to be pushed around a bit (for cleanliness, showing willing, gestures towards). The table is waiting to be cleared (for eating thereoff).

But I wanted to make an olive crust for the stew (beef in sherry, since you ask: with carrots, onions, fennel, mushrooms, herbs & stock, but mostly beef in sherry), and I had no bread. So I was planning to bake a second loaf. Only it would actually have been a third loaf, as I was planning to bake ciabatta as well as granary, give the little darlings a choice; and - well, I ducked it. I bought a bread for the breadcrumbs for the crust.

And am quite remarkably discontented with myself. I shall be apologising for it all night now.

Comments

[lagilman]

i admit -- I go to the local bakery outlet and buy the day-old stuff just for breadcrumbs.

I revel in my utter laziness (except it's a 10 minute walk each way to the outlet, so maybe not so lazy...hrm.)

[desperance.livejournal.com]

Clearly not lazy at all, when it's the Right Thing To Do. (The only thing unlazier would be to buy fresh the day before and keep it deliberately to stale. Which I have done, on occasion. But it's probably frivolous, if the day-old is sold cheaper...)