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I so dearly miss baking when I\u2019m on the ship. We\u2019re not allowed so much as a hot plate, and the show kitchen is strictly off limits unless you\u2019re the Hostess. So, no baking therapy for me. Once I get home though, I will jump at the excuse to get up to my elbows in flour.<\/p>\n
Tomorrow is the annual Symphony Splash \u2013 probably the biggest event in town next to Canada day \u2013 I haven\u2019t been since I was a teenager when my Dad\u2019s orchestra was actually playing. But Amras and I decided to go, which means we\u2019ll have to get there early and stay all day if we want to have a decent seat on the lawn.<\/p>\n
Which means I get to pack a picnic lunch. A proper real one. Because in my family, picnics do not<\/em> mean throwing together a few ham sandwiches and calling it a day. Mum owns a cookbook\u00a0just<\/em> for picnic cooking (“the Gourmet Picnic” it’s called). Granted, we did go to the grocery store this afternoon and pick up some chips, and applejuice and deli meat \u2013 just to have. But when I got home from that, Mum handed over one of her recipes for picnic loaf \u2013 which neither of us have ever actually tried to make \u2013 and I proceeded to don my apron, pull out the stool that is required for me to be the proper height to actually knead bread \u2013 and lost myself in the sing-song pattern of flour, sugar and a pinch of salt. The back door is open on days like this, because we\u2019re in the height of summer and the weather is beautiful \u2013 so I had fresh air and sunshine to go with my eggs and sugar. Always good ingredients.<\/p>\n Whether or not the bread \u2013 which is filled with ham, cheese and sliced olives \u2013 actually turned out is still in question, since I don\u2019t want to cut it open until the Splash tomorrow\u2026but I can tell you this, it smells<\/em> great..<\/p>\n And has reinforced one thing: wherever I end up in life? It better have a really good kitchen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I so dearly miss baking when I\u2019m on the ship. We\u2019re not allowed so much as a hot plate, and the show kitchen is strictly off limits unless you\u2019re the Hostess. So, no baking therapy for me. Once I get … Continue reading