Americans cook post haste...as fast as we can.  If it isn't fast enough there is always Wendy's, Golden Corral, McDonald's, the sub shops, pizza places and all the rest.  It has become our lifestyle due to both parents working or the culture we have become accustomed to.  Even Chief Ramsey's Hell's Kitchen is a "hurry up, get it done yesterday," show.  Fast cooking or fast food isn't always all that good, 'though.  The French used to always have "potherbs  on the back of their stoves, simmering during the day.  I don't know how they cook now, but they still have their famous cooks and chiefs.

Bread:  We buy bread that is processed , sanitized, pulverized, vitamin-ized, and chemical-ized by the ton, planted and cultivated in big kettles, and then, on the tongue, tastes much-like glue that sticks to your teeth and roof of your mouth.  Dare I mention "homemade bread" that takes a little time and effort...surly not!  I am just as guilty as anyone, buying "store bought bread."  Every once in a while I get the yen.  And then...

I baked two loaves of bread from scratch.  They didn't turn out pretty, but smelled good and tasted better, esp. hot from the oven slathered with butter.  That was supper and a second slice with jelly was for dessert. One loaf will go into the freezer and the other loaf goes in me.

It has been a long time since I made bread the old fashioned way. Because it was hard on the arm..I will use my bread machine next time.

 

Did anyone see the "Mrs. President" get off the plane today?  Could her pants get any tighter or form fitting?

*

RISE UP, YE RICH WOMAN,

AND HEAR MY VOICE:

YE CONFIDENT DAUGHTERS,

GIVE EAR TO MY SPEECH.

FOR AFTER DAYS

AND A YEAR,

YOU THAT ARE CONFIDENT

SHALL BE TROUBLED,

FOR THE VINTAGE

IS AT AN END,

AND THE GATHERING

SHALL COME NOT MORE.

*

Isaias 32, vs.9-10

*

END