May 4:Home-made bread
by Mie
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During this "consecutive holiday season",
I have no place to go out. I made an appeal
to the Female mailing-list friends to have
a class of home-made bread baking in my home.
Miss Tomonari of COARA office and Mrs. Yamaguchi,
who regularly revise her "Lunch box"
home page, responded to it.
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  Miss Tomonari carefully reads the recipe,
expecting to bake her own bread today. First,
all the ingredients are weighed and put into
a bowl foe kneading. At first, she hesitated
to put her hand into the sticky and powdery
ingredients. She soon, however, started to
mix and knead them very well with the concentration
like an expert.
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Soon, the dough turns to smooth texture like
young lady's skin. This is a mysterious process.
The dough is still beaten on the table and
kneaded to make a good dough. |
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After the neading, the dough is set into
the bowls for the primary fermentation (left,
red bowl.) As we have a rainy, relatively
cooler day today, my husband prepared a kerosine
stove in his room for setting the bowls.
When the fermentation process is over (right,
green bowl), it is divided into small lumps. |
 
The lumps are then rolled up into various
shapes with special care to protect them
from drying, using wet canvas, vinyl covers,
and wet towels. The rolls are then topped
with many pleasant materials like poppy seeds,
sesame seeds, starch, and walnut. Some of
them have cuttings on the top, others contain
bean-jam, depending to your favorites.
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Now, they are baked up finally. Lovely
rolle-shaped
or round bread release the mouth-watering
aroma. |
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We did it, anyway. We are relieved and took
a picture in the garden. The rain has stopped,
we take a rest in the terrace by watching
just bloomed red poppy flowers on the background
of the refreshing green. From left, Mrs.
Yamaguchi, Miss Tomonari, and Mie.
just after this pause, Mrs. Watanabe, one
of the Female mailing list, showed up. She
managed her time to join us for a short time. |
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Mr. Ono, the general secretariat of COARA,
joined us in a good timing for a sampling
party. He has been interested in "A
home-made bread class" when he was talked
about it in an off-line meeting of Oita mailing
list held in a beer garden the other day.
How pleasant it is to talk with close
friends
over the tasty "my original"
bread!
From left: Mrs. Yamaguchi, Mrs. Watanabe,
Mr. Ono, Miss Tomonari, and my husband
Ken. |
 
During our pleasant party, the second round
of the home-made bread, a set of butter
roll,
was over (left), They look like very
tasty
with beautiful browned surface. Miss
Tomonari
immediately "tested" it (right.)
Great!, she souted. I was also delighted
to hear it and a satisfactory result
of the
class. |
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Beautiful flowers and a bottle of wine brought
by friends today. How happy I am to see them!
Thanks to the "Home-made bread
class",
I have had a nice Golden Week this
year as
usual. |
