Those of you who have had to put up with me bitching about commenting on our cool weather this Spring can now say it: nah-nah-nah-NAH-nah-nah.
For on this April 30th here in lovely Arizona, the mercury has climbed to near 80 degrees in mid-afternoon.
That's almost 27 degrees Celsius in Canada and Europe and Australia and, well, most of the rest of the enlightened world.
Now I'm not complainin'.
In fact I fired up the oven in the Taylor Family Kitchen this morning to replenish Judy's supply of English Muffin Bread.
Honest to gawd, they really aren't that ugly.
They're purtier than that, I swear.
I even tipped one loaf over on it's side to try to get an artsy-fartsy shot.
Well, there's not much else I can do.
Like me, they don't photograph well.
But Judy says they make great toast for her breakfast so there.
I remember many years ago when I was working for a television station in Phoenix, where it gets much hotter than here.
I got the bright idea one day to see if the old saying "It's so hot you could fry an egg on the sidewalk" was actually true.
Maybe if we'd left it longer it might have fried.
Or burned, more likely.
But the idea was a failure as the egg just turned into a slimy mess on the sidewalk.
It did work (sort of) though when we tried one on the hood of my photographer's car.
I don't think our culinary efforts got picked up by either Gourmet or Bon Appetit magazines though.
I'm still waiting to hear from the Food Channel.
17 comments:
are they as crispy as english muffins when you toast them?
I think a slightly different consistency but, yes, they're crisp and tasty.
English muffin bread caught my attention. I like English muffins.
You can't fool me Bruce! they are not loaves of bread - they are bricks used in Native American adobe house building.
Oh, no! You got me!
131 on my car's outside thermometer in Phoenix one sun shiny day! Acck!
When it gets hot enough, you can fry a couple eggs on the sidewalk, and have yourself an Egg McMuffin-Loaf.
Yummy bread! Who cares how photogenic they are. 80 is lovely, 90-100 not good and over 100, Hellfire.
I can identify with those loaves. I don't take good pictures either, and I carefully avoid looking in the mirror. But life is good. ❤️
I tried leaving a comment, but did I remember to click Publish? That's the trouble with not being able to check right away. If I remember I will come back and check later. Good Lord!! 😊
80 degrees is heaven and the bread looks wonderful.
Hmff...only just in double figures here..and feels less.. although we might just reach the heady heights of 15⁰C this afternoon....
You and Judy bake the most delicious looking breads. Yum! I love your fried egg experiment. I'm really glad you tried it. (NewRobin13)
We are having lovely weather here in Illinois! You are so good at baking and those loaves look great!
The only way on the food network these days is to make it a contest...how many people can fry an egg on the pavement sort of thing. :-) Those loaves of bread look divine!!
It is sunny here and it feels beautiful even at only 16˚C. I bet the bread tastes wonderful since I love a toasted English muffin.
I have no toaster at home.
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