Saturday, January 20, 2007

Pumped

I just baked four baby Pumpernickel breads! The dictionary says pumpernickel means "Devil's Farts." The "pump" is the fart. Back in the old days rye meal was indigestible. You never know the full meaning of a word until you hunt down its ancestry!

The breads came out great. They look like black breasts! I used wheat, corn, oats, rye flour, molasses, and sourdough starter. Speaking of breasts, I am reading parts of Gray's Anatomy this morning to understand some of the muscles working inside me while I hold and play my horn. This is what I found:

The diaphragm is the principle muscle of inspiration.

     - Gray's Anatomy

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