This year and last, Food Lion has Macintosh apples for sale by the pound. I grab a bag or two every time I shop. The label says they are from Glenmont, NY, which is near our old home town. I much prefer Macintosh apples for applesauce, pies, and crisps. It's funny how people get excited about certain grocery items. I wonder if this is how a squirrel feels when he finds a special nut somewhere. Let's grab it and scarf it away home and relish it!
I decided to make bread baking a new hobby. The King Arthur Flour website has tons of enticing recipes. I decided to begin with the English Muffin Toasting Bread since it only required one rising. Tomorrow I will make the Chocolate Babka Bread. We ate some of the English Muffin Bread for dinner tonight with eggs. It was a delight! The Babka will be our breakfast bread Wednesday morning after Claire's family arrives for the long weekend. The biggest challenge of this new hobby will be to not gain weight.
Our friends' grandson broke the Pan-American record for cycling from northern Alaska to the bottom of South America. He accomplished it in a little over seventy-five days. You can read about it HERE. He keeps a wonderful blog, loaded with beautiful photos. It boggles my mind to imagine such a feat. Reading his blog gives insight. When we read it, broken down day by day, we can see what type of human strength and character of mind such a feat requires. It is beyond amazing. This is the stuff explorers are made of. It is the type of person to venture into the Antarctic, cross a sea into uncharted realms, or climb into a rocket ship pointed toward outer space. Congratulations, Bond!
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