Bread pr0n

[magid]

A couple of weeks ago I went to a bachelor/ette party. It was, not surprisingly, adult in theme, and contributions were encouraged. I'd just gotten the ginger spread, so my first thought was some kind of bread with a swirl of chocolate and ginger, sweet and spicy. That morphed into making two kinds of dough, chai and chocolate, filled with the opposite filling, and twined together. And then that transmogrified into using two colors of dough (still chai and chocolate) for something a bit more obviously to the theme.

To wit, a lovely bread woman, rather earth goddess-y due to running out of room on the baking sheet for proportional legs, and lack of other proportions (or perhaps, more... traditionally idealized proportions than usual today :-).

One view:

Another view:

Head shot:

She's not perfect (not that I'm throwing stones (to boldly mix metaphors that should not be mixed)), but as as first free-form bread sculpture, she's (in)decent. (And now deceased, er, eaten.)

Many thanks to Coorr for taking the photos and Library_sexy for getting them to me.

Comments

[tapuz.livejournal.com]

WOW. Even more incredible than I expected. Way cool!

[magid.livejournal.com]

Thank you! She was fun to make. (And somehow made me think how cool it would be to have stick-figure bread people baked in different yoga poses (ideally ones that are mostly in one plane, like tree, triangle, and warrior variations).)

[breedingimperf.livejournal.com]

ooh - a tree pose would totally knock the Eldest's socks off.

We went to the physical therapist recently, and she asked him to balance - and he did the tree! Funny kid.

and yummy looking bread. Wonder if we could do chai vegan gluten free bread?

[magid.livejournal.com]

*grin* Eldest is wonderful.

And thanks.

I have a ton of flour left, so I'm starting to contemplate some intensive breadmaking (and giving, though I assume he'd eat it outside your house...), so tree pose bread might happen before Pesach.

I suspect you can make chai vegan gluten-free bread (mine's already vegan, at least :-). Just substitute the tea for whatever water you use, and possibly add some ginger, cinnamon, white pepper, etc., as well. (Though I'd prefer the bite of black pepper, I'd rather not have the flecks of black in bread.)

[breedingimperf.livejournal.com]

ooh, that sounds good. I think I'll make a batch for the seuda tomorrow (tonight?). And yes, he is, isn't he?

Showing the bread woman to the man and the grandmaternal one. The Man says 'wow.' I suspect the grandmaternal will comment on inverted nipples.

[magid.livejournal.com]

I look forward to hearing how it comes out. (And yes :-)

Glad the Man liked it. As for the grandmaternal... inverted nipples? In what way? (They stuck out...)

um, no

[breedingimperf.livejournal.com]

just musing. I'm sure they're lovely, yeasty nipples.

Can we change the subject now, before this gets odd(er)?