The marina potluck was actually on Dec 24th vs Dec 25th. This meant I had to scramble a bit to get provisions and figure out what to make. Dinner our first night on board was
pressure cooker pasta casserole and it made a ton. So....I used the left over pasta with cheese mixed in and then more cheese on top as one of my potluck dishes.
Chocolate rum cake was my other dish.
There is a wonderful mix of nations here in the marina. We ate good food and had interesting and engaging conversation. Dock mistress Sherry was the hostess with the mostest. She is SUCH a gem. Towards the end of the party, I jokingly said "Same time tomorrow right?" to the remaining boaters. They all looked around at each other and said "Yeah, why not. Let's do it again tomorrow."
Tom and I came back to the boat and made bread. Our first attempt at boat bread. It turned out....ok. A bit dry (Deb, what did we do wrong that it was dry?) but smeared with peanut butter or Nutella or butter....it passes. We managed to keep the flour storm that generally occurs when we bake bread to a minimum...meaning covering us and the surrounding area only.
Dry bread can have a couple causes:
ReplyDelete1) You may have added too much flour in the mixing stage. Add only enough till it's just not sticky when you knead it.
2) You may have added too much flour in the kneading stage. If you don't add enough in the mixing stage and try to compensate for it in the kneading stage the bread will be dry.
3) You may not have raised it in a moist environment. Bread needs to raise in a warm, moist environment like the interior of a microwave or an oven with a bowl of hot water in it.
Sorry it seems so complicated - I've been doing it for so long that it's second nature. Good luck on the next one!
Deb
S/V Kintala
www.theretirementproject.blogspot.com
I am pretty sure it was too much flour during the kneading stage.
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