SC - Herman-practical Huswif skills

[Par Leijonhufvud]

On Sat, 11 Jul 1998 LrdRas at aol.com wrote:

> <<  I was, however, far to canny to take him on,  >>

...having my own sourdough starter in the freezer since many years,
ready for whenever I want to bake sourdough bread (I tend to eat most of
my grains in the form of porrige, a perfectly period custom).

> Although I can understand the "horror" stories of the Herman phenominon, the
> reality of the situation is that all one has to do is make a loaf of regular
> sour dough bread 2 times a week to keep the starter viable. Given the amount
> of bread that a household consumes in a week this doesn't seem so horrifying
> to me.

Of course not. For periods when I do want bread I generally bake once a
week, but then make a bigger batch (a total of four hours commuting each
day is not conductive to mid-week baking). Also note that the baking
customs in parts of the world was set up for seasonal baking. Make a
"ton" of crisp bread a few times a year...

I think the horror comes about when everyone is trying to pass off
pieces of Herman to each other, and serve it in every dish. 

> family but becomes a basic necessity when power outages or natural disasters
> could limit your access to Stroeman's Wonderbread.
                             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
And I who thought you were talking about food... the only wonder
about is that people actually _eat_ it, strange as it may seem. ;-)

/UlfR

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Par Leijonhufvud                           parlei(at)algonet.se
http://www.algonet.se/~parlei
"Unix IS user friendly... It's just selective about who its friends
are."

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