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May 05, 2010

The Greatest Thing?

Those of you following me on Twitter probably know that I have been baking bread lately.  It's kind of magical what flour, yeast, salt, water and time can produce.  And I am not tooting my own horn, but the bread is pretty darned good.

But I have noticed something.  My two sons - who for whatever reason eat a lot of toast - use store-bought bread instead.  The reason?  It comes already sliced.  This saves them a few seconds and leaves fewer crumbs to clean up... even though that bread isn't as tasty as the freshly baked stuff.

It follows, then, that (at least my kids) are willing to eat something less delicious if it's easier and fast.  This means I should ban sliced bread, but always have prepared veggies and sliced fruit on hand.  There should always be a picture of water in the fridge, and the beer should be at room temperature.

Mom was right again.

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