SC - eggs as hydrometers

[Magdalena]

James F. Johnson wrote:
> 
> Being the bad and ill disciplined cook that I am, I didn't bother so
> much with measuring. I heated the honey and added breadcrumbs until they
> absorbed all the honey and I couldn't stir without risk of breaking the
> spoon or my wrist.

Ohhhhh.  Rain-BOW.  I guess I do need more breadcrumbs then.  The stuff
I've always ended up with still had honey nature--definitely not all
absorbed.

> I did grind the crumbs finely, and not until the bread
> had dried thoroughly (I helped it along by cutting the bread thin and
> placing it in the oven on the lowest setting with the door ajar - dried
> but not toasted.)

Something else I didn't do...I actually tried something like that the
first time (because trying to grate fresh bread was evil) but I used
toast, and after munging it looked like I had a pile of gritty dust,
which really didn't seem like it would work.

Vika
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