Bread Quotes

Alright, got a nice order for 2 dozen rolls this weekend...anyone else?

I wanted to start finding some quotes on bread, so here's a few, which do you like best?

“Blues is to jazz what yeast is to bread. Without it, it's flat.”
Carmen McRae, Jazz vocalist and pianist. (1920-1994)


“Good bread is the great need in poor homes, and oftentimes the best appreciated luxury in the homes of the very rich.”
A Book for A Cook, The Pillsbury Co. (1905)


“Oh, God above, if heaven has a taste it must be an egg with butter and salt, and after the egg is there anything in the world lovlier than fresh warm bread and a mug of sweet golden tea?”
Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes (1996)


“Bread is the king of the table and all else is merely the court that surrounds the king. The countries are the soup, the meat, the vegetables, the salad but bread is king.”
Louis Bromfield, American novelist (1896-1956)


“There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.”
Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)


“Good bread is the most fundamentally satisfying of all foods; and good bread with fresh butter, the greatest of feasts.”
James Beard (1903-1985)


"How can a nation be great if its bread tastes like Kleenex?"
Julia Child

Fruit Bread pondering...and better baguettes!

I've been thinking of concocting a sweet bread this week, similar to pannetone but a loaf bread with fruit cake mix and walnuts on top...still pondering.


Had some great comments on the olive bread last week.  Ya' know, I tried Panera's baguette and it is just TOO CHEWY for me.  I love going to Panera, but I believe I've been blessed with a better baguette.

Rolls were a smash at Thanksgiving!

“Then Jesus declared, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.” (John 6:35) Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica

I had some of your bread with my dinner last night when I got back in. I'd made some black beans and rice for dinner, so I had a slice of the olive loaf with butter and one of the rolls. That bread was truly a highlight of my week. thanks again.

-Cheryl F., Stone Mountain, Georgia

Happy Thanksgiving to all.

Love Thanksgiving!  Getting ready to go to my aunt's house even as I write.  Blue sky, white clouds, leaves falling, inviting...a beautiful day.
This year I have the pleasure of contributing to the dinner with my yeast rolls and looking forward to how they will compliment the turkey and dressing and sweet potato souffle...my mouth is watering thinking about it!..sopping up the gravy.  Oh, I've got to stop it now.

May all the wonderful blessings of God and the fruit of mother earth be upon your table and in your home today.  God bless your meal, your desserts, your pies, your family and friendships and conversations today!..and your napping, and your waking to do it all over again tonight.

What are you looking forward to today?

Give thanks with a grateful heart, and forget not His wonderul benefits to the sons of man.

Love to all, and love to hear from you.  Love, Karl

Breads to be displayed at Bake Sale!

Prison Ministries will be selling some of my breads tomorrow (Sun.) at Church in the Now.  If you are in the area, I believe the sale will be in the lobby from 9-10, and again after service probably 12:30-1:30.  There are usually some really awesome cakes there, too, and the cafe there is open before and after service.  Great place to relax and mingle.
http://www.churchinthenow.org/

Got Bread?

Got Bread?

You know you want to have some good rolls with that Thanksgiving dinner, right?  Sooo...?
I'll be delivering on Wednesday, k?  I don't want to hear ya' at the table saying, "nice, but I wish we had some better rolls."  Come on...how often do you have "THANKSGIVING?"


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I enjoyed giving free samples to some of you this past weekend...I hope that you enjoyed the rolls.
They would go well with a Thanksgiving meal, so if you're interested in that please let me know something by that Tuesday noon, so I can have time to cook the bread orders and deliver them Wednesday. My suggestion: 1 1/2 or 2 dozen rolls, depending of course on the number of your family and how much they like fresh bread!

I'm currently looking at some holiday bread recipes, seeing if I can have more goods available for you to choose from and enjoy.

Thumbprint cookies with muscadine jam are available too.
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This past weekend we shared communion at church and were reminded how we are all one body.
I'm thinking how all mankind is like one big lump of dough! God bless!

What's going on.

Just made a really nice Mediterranean Olive bread, added fresh rosemary to it and it smells great...can't wait to dig into it tonight. It weighs about 1 pound 9oz., nice big loaf, no pricing yet.

Keep me in mind for Thanksgiving, I think the knotted yeast rolls I make will go great with turkey and gravy, maybe mashed potatoes.
I'm selling them at an intro price now at $5.99 dozen, $3.59 half doz.

Baguettes intro price: $2.79 (can also make these 50/50 wheat, thinking maybe of organics soon and determining prices for those.) Let's talk, I'm sure we can work something out.

I could meet with you the day before Thanksgiving if needed...any earlier I would suggest freezing the bread.

Fresh breads are for the locals, but those out-of-state I can ship my fresh Italian biscotti cookies. I'm tellin' ya, these taste great and are not the hard teeth-breakers you find in the store or at some coffee shops. Haven't checked yet on shipping costs yet because of my current bread focus, but I'll keep ya posted. They'd make a great gift/holiday item...shoot, my son and I just eat them as snacks, too...of course I like them with coffee, tea, and crumbled on ice cream... dee-ee-licious!!!

God bless you all with an awesome day...good things are rising!
Love, Karl

Yayyy...first few orders coming in...thanks!

First orders have come this week!..yayyy, and thanks to those of you who have been so supportive!..love ya'!
I'm probably be up most of the night tonight filling a couple bread orders for tomorrow (Sun) for those of you whom I'm meeting afterwards at Church in the Now. Gotta be in Augusta today, wife is doing makeovers there at the mall all day.

A couple prices right now that I've been telling everybody are the following; French Baguette (~14oz) is $2.75, British knot rolls are $3.59/h.doz., and muscadine jam is $4.99 12oz jar.

I'll be working on the biscotti prices, but it looks like they will be around $7.50-$8.50 for a 9oz bag.
I'm also currently looking at what I can do with the ripe persimmons coming out, such as bread, muffins or cookies...gotta try some out first.

Love to all, and God bless!
-Karl

Most of you heard me say that I'll have some prices on here today. I do have some in mind that I'm working on and will put more when I can...thank you for your patience.

I will give you an idea of one or two, though it may not be the exact one I settle on just yet, so here goes...; British Knot Rolls hanging around $3.45/half dozen, $6/dozen.

French Baguettes around $3
Muscadine Jelly 1 pound $6.50

Might be working on Pita Bread soon.

Love you all and keep checking back!
A big "thank you" to Pastors Jeff and Nancy for their purchase this week and their great encouragement!

Do you think muscadine jelly would be good in a thumbrint-type cookie?

Saw a recipe today for muscadine pie! I might attempt it, I've picked so many grapes...great blessings in the woods.

Anyone for good, sturdy pita bread? Tried a recipe last week that came out well, tasted great hot with melted butter.

So..."How did the baker get so wealthy?"...answer: "He made a lot of dough!"

A couple of prices coming

Some of you have expressed interest in placing an order for some of the breads that I make. I'll try to have a price at least for the baguettes and knot rolls by Friday and post them on the blog or e-mail you.

Thank you very much for your interest...oh yeah, for the muscadine jelly, too! I appreciate all the good feedback that many of you have given me on the blog and pursuing this venture.

Comments encouraging

I just wanted to say "thank you" to those of you who came to me this weekend and said such positive and encouraging comments. The blog seems to be doing it's job at least in making ya'll hungry for bread! That's great!

Thanks again, and God bless!

Thursday Sept. 10...took this picture yesterday of British Knot rolls I made...man they tasted good with butter and cheese!

Perfecting Recipes (site under construction)

Not sure how much I can work on this today, but believing for good things, got lots of plans and good recipes, some I've tried, some I'm looking forward to trying.

To be honest, I'm not sure yet really how much to charge for the products, right now I'm working at "perfecting a few recipes."

Under Construction (sneak peaks)

I'm glad that you have come to check this out...thanks!

Making it Happen!

August 1, '09
I've shared this site with a few of you while it is still in draft stage, and I thank you already for some of your comments, they really help and make me feel well and that this would definitely be time and energy well spent.

If possible, please leave some comments below, which is enabled for you...would love to hear your thoughts and suggestions/ideas... and by all means if you have had any of my biscotti or bread I would highly treasure any testimonial that you could write about (1 or 2 sentences is usually plenty), that I could use here on the blog...that would be terrific, and would help others want to try my goods...who knows, you might get a special treat out of the deal!!!

...ps. If you have forgotten, ask me for a free sample of bread/biscotti and I'll see what I can work up.
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Now this is where I'm drafting and brainstorming for now...
This is where I would put something about daily stuff, maybe a new bread I'm working on.
Now where would I put educational or how-to video clips?...here sometimes or on the side, maybe bottom? hmmm...record my own clip from webcam or camcorder.
- pictures of the breads
- people eating the breads
- slide shows
- what else?
- the significance of bread in different cultures
- quotes.

I believe we'll begin with the baguette, very popular...some educational text on the side, see if a video fits there.
ahh yes, everybody kneads bread on their table.





example "how-to video", try to keep under 5 minutes.