The Hobbit Hole XXII - ...Apple, thorn, and nut and sloe

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[HairOfTheDog]

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

...Apple, thorn, and nut and sloe

• First thread: New Zealander builds Hobbit hole
• Second thread: The New Hobbit Hole
• Third thread: The Hobbit Hole III - Journey to the Cross-roads! (Congratulations, we filled it up!)
• Fourth Thread: The Hobbit Hole IV - The Road Goes Ever On...
• Fifth Thread: The Hobbit Hole V - Where Many Paths and Errands Meet...
• Sixth Thread: The Hobbit Hole VI - And Whither Then? I Cannot Say...
• Seventh Thread: The Hobbit Hole VII - But not yet weary are our feet...
• Eighth Thread: The Hobbit Hole VIII - Still round the corner we may meet...
• Ninth Thread: The Hobbit Hole IX - A sudden tree or standing stone
• Tenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole X - That none have seen but we alone.
      Eleventh Thread: Wedding Edition: The Hobbit Hole XI - No One Admitted Except on Wedding Business!
• Twelfth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XII - Tree and flower and leaf and grass
• Thirteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XIII - Let them pass! Let them pass!
• Fourteenth thread: The Hobbit Hole XIV - Hill and Water Under Sky
• Fifteenth thread: The Hobbit Hole XV - Pass them by! Pass them by!
• Sixteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XVI - Still round the corner there may wait...
• Seventeenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XVII - A new road or a secret gate...
• Eighteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XVIII - Though we pass them by today...
• Nineteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XIX - Tomorrow we may come this way...
• Twentieth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XX - And take the hidden paths that run...
• Twenty-first Thread: The Hobbit Hole XXI - ...Towards the Moon or to the Sun.

New verse:

Upon the hearth the fire is red, Beneath the roof there is a bed; But not yet weary are our feet, Still round the corner we may meet A sudden tree or standing stone That none have seen but we alone. Tree and flower and leaf and grass, Let them pass! Let them pass! Hill and water under sky, Pass them by! Pass them by!

Still round the corner there may wait A new road or a secret gate, And though we pass them by today, Tomorrow we may come this way And take the hidden paths that run Towards the Moon or to the Sun. Apple, thorn, and nut and sloe, Let them go! Let them go! Sand and stone and pool and dell, Fare you well! Fare you well!

Home is behind, the world ahead, And there are many paths to tread Through shadows to the edge of night, Until the stars are all alight. Then world behind and home ahead, We’ll wander back to home and bed. Mist and twilight, cloud and shade, Away shall fade! Away shall fade! Fire and lamp, and meat and bread, And then to bed! And then to bed!

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[2Jedismom]

Yep! Now I'm making a loaf of bread on the quick cycle. It should be done just in time for the jedis to get home. They can have hot fresh bread with their lunch!

[JenB]

Mmmm... fresh bread...

[Overtaxed]

Mmmmm....free potato chips...

[2Jedismom]

Crud bucket! No flour!

Gonna walk to the store...bbl.

[Corin Stormhands]

Corin's off at a bored meeting, but what are your excuses?

Nope, I was off at an infernal pre-bored meeting.

[JenB]

No! No carbs! Carbs bad!

[Overtaxed]

But they're free!

[Oberon]

No! No carbs! Carbs bad!

I wonder what Farmer Cotton's wife would have said to that...

Of course, she was built rather like Farmer Cotton's wife. =]

[JenB]

Sheesh, that's just cruel...

[JenB]

The carbs aren't free, though... carbs are the evil...

[Overtaxed]

Mmmm.....carbs....

[2Jedismom]

Did I give you some yeast? At ShootMoot?

I can't remember.

Anyway, if I did...1.5 tsp equals a packet of regular yeast, IIRC...I figured it up one day and wrote it on the baggie I keep mine in.

If the recipe calls for a packet...that's the measurement I use. If it calls for a certain amount, I just use that amount and not worry about it.

Also, this yeast doesn't require "proofing".

[Overtaxed]

Yes.

[JenB]

Yes.

[JenB]

Oh, yeah, we're having company, and chicken curry, tomorrow. Do you have your youthish group tonight?

This time we're definitely having people over. If some don't show we just won't start in on Full Metal Panic.

[2Jedismom]

Well, if the recipe calls for you to let the yeast proof in warm water or something, you can blow it off. Just dump it in with the rest of the ingredients. I like to disperse mine equally in the flour.

Drives Steve crazy, he's a creature of habit and if his grandmother's recipe says to proof the yeast, by golly that's the way it's supposed to be done! [Emphasis his.]

But this yeast is a totally different beast than his grandmother's. He can't stand the idea though. LOL!!! He's so funny.

[Overtaxed]

But I like when it gets all foamy and smells of alcohol.

[2Jedismom]

See 3,216.

[2Jedismom]

Heh!!!

Well, Steve still does it, so it apparently doesn't hurt anything...but it's not necessary.

[2Jedismom]

Jedis should be home soon. Probably have time for a swim before lunch...