Subj : Decrepitude
To : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Thu Jan 11 2024 12:07:44
Hi Dave,
DD> Wouldn't it be nice to be old without *getting* old? Bv)=
RH> Nice thought but the real world won't allow for it. Then there's the
RH> picking of a particular age (or range of ages) you would want to stay
RH> at. I can think of pros and cons to just about any age. (G)
DD> I was referencing the "creak and groans" part of getting old. Not the
DD> "repeating my misteaks" part(s) of life.
I wasn't thinking of mistakes so much as just various things that
happened at various stages of life. For instance, I met Steve the day
after my dad's 50th birthday. A month later, I was hit by a car, doing a
major number on my right knee. It never was 100% but useable, until I
had to have it replaced in 2019. Steve and I will celebrate our 49th
wedding anniversary later this year.
DD> Here's a cheesy bread that I "made up". These days I let the bread
DD> machine make the dough. Then, depending on the final use either put it
DD> in loaf pans or form baguettes or French/Italian loaves on a sheet
DD> pan.
RH> No, I've dropped a lot of the bread making that I used to do. Might
RH> get back into it, see what the hand doctor says.
DD> That's where the bread machine is invaluable. I just took a look and a
DD> nice item that even does gluten-free bread is available (more than
DD> one) in the U$74 - U$85 range.
I've got one but it resides in the butler (mobile island) most of the
time.
DD> Given my lack of counter space/work area it good to have something
DD> like that which stores easily in the pantry and does away with needing
DD> any
DD> kneading (yes, I at stated it that way in purpose) room.
DD> Last thing I used my stand mixer, which does not move off the counter
DD> easily, for was a bundt cake which I made as a my contribution to a
DD> pot luck at my work.
I have a Kitchen Aide Professional, 6 quart mixer that stays on my
(limited) counter space. I've used it for mixing up & initial kneading
of bread, last time I used it was for the fig cake. I'll be making
another one of those next week for a pot luck and seeing a hand doctor
about the right hand; right now there's no way I could knead a loaf of
bread.
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Catch you later,
Ruth
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