Sunday, September 24, 2006

Making bread

We only begin to appreciate what we have when we start doing things we normally wouldn't do.

Like making bread.

We take bread for granted. Just a few bucks and you can buy a loaf of bread from the supermarket, already made for you.

But do we know how hard it is to make bread?

I made bread yesterday, using flour and yeast. The whole process is a very messy one. The dough sticks to your hands. You have to wait for the dough to prove and rise, which takes a long time. And there is no guarantee that the final product is good. Not to mention the washing up afterwards.

It took me about 3 hours to make 12 bread rolls. The satisfaction of eating one straight from the oven was great. Maybe I was too hungry to notice the difference, but it is quite an achievement to turn flour into an edible bread.

Isn't it wonderful that we live in a world that is so convenient? We should be grateful of everything that we have.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Yes, I totally agree. We sometimes take things for granted and sometimes we even make complaints. We need to be more aware of the people around us, a simple or brief greeting or caring would spark and feel grateful

Anonymous said...

i blame the convenience on capitalism.