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Flying pigs
Feb. 13th, 2007 12:00 amI've adored When Pigs Fly's six grain and pumpkin seed bread for a while. It's easily obtained at Harvest (as long as I get there early enough in the day). In December I went to a holiday party that someone had brought some breads of theirs I'd never seen, and I found out that they have stores in Maine with varieties not available elsewhere. Obviously, a road trip was indicated.
So yesterday I went to Maine to buy bread. They have two storefronts, in Kittery and York; we ended up in Kittery, having taken an unplanned long cut. It's a simple storefront (the bakery itself being at the York store), with baskets of different kinds of breads, plastic bags and twist ties for whichever you choose on every table. One wall had cubbies with shirts and hats (I resisted, but they were awfully cute; I think the flying pig is adorable, and one had a spiral pig parable on it), and a couple of tables had non-kosher things (jams, olive oil and balsamic vinegar, chocolate bread mix), but the rest were all yummy fresh breads. Some were delivered while I dithered, the smell filling the room. Yum. (It also gave me the chance to talk with the baker, and suggest Russian raisin bread, which is not pumpernickel with raisins. He sounded interested, so there's a chance!)
There's a table where a woman cut slices of whatever kind of bread you'd like to sample. This did not help me narrow down my choices! There were jars of cookies, a number of them vegan (and one of them in the shape of a flying pig :-), but I was able to stay focused on the yeast-based stuff. I was more interested in the loaves I can't get locally, so I ignored the more straightforward types (whole wheat, rye, pumpernickel, etc) to concentrate on the more exotic kinds. I bought a loaf of harvest bread (apples, raisins, walnuts, seeds) for snacking (read: lunch) in the car, and some sourdough rolls that I ate with ratatouille for dinner. The other five are in the freezer: a loaf of orange, roasted pistachio, and cranberry bread; a loaf of bread with green olives and hot and sweet cherry peppers; red pepper, potato and roasted onion bread; a loaf of apricot, ginger, and pecan bread; and a loaf with dried fruit and marzipan. Now to find the perfect uses for them....
It was about five quarters of an hour on the way home (read: the direct route). I suspect I'll be going back some after-Pesach day.
So yesterday I went to Maine to buy bread. They have two storefronts, in Kittery and York; we ended up in Kittery, having taken an unplanned long cut. It's a simple storefront (the bakery itself being at the York store), with baskets of different kinds of breads, plastic bags and twist ties for whichever you choose on every table. One wall had cubbies with shirts and hats (I resisted, but they were awfully cute; I think the flying pig is adorable, and one had a spiral pig parable on it), and a couple of tables had non-kosher things (jams, olive oil and balsamic vinegar, chocolate bread mix), but the rest were all yummy fresh breads. Some were delivered while I dithered, the smell filling the room. Yum. (It also gave me the chance to talk with the baker, and suggest Russian raisin bread, which is not pumpernickel with raisins. He sounded interested, so there's a chance!)
There's a table where a woman cut slices of whatever kind of bread you'd like to sample. This did not help me narrow down my choices! There were jars of cookies, a number of them vegan (and one of them in the shape of a flying pig :-), but I was able to stay focused on the yeast-based stuff. I was more interested in the loaves I can't get locally, so I ignored the more straightforward types (whole wheat, rye, pumpernickel, etc) to concentrate on the more exotic kinds. I bought a loaf of harvest bread (apples, raisins, walnuts, seeds) for snacking (read: lunch) in the car, and some sourdough rolls that I ate with ratatouille for dinner. The other five are in the freezer: a loaf of orange, roasted pistachio, and cranberry bread; a loaf of bread with green olives and hot and sweet cherry peppers; red pepper, potato and roasted onion bread; a loaf of apricot, ginger, and pecan bread; and a loaf with dried fruit and marzipan. Now to find the perfect uses for them....
It was about five quarters of an hour on the way home (read: the direct route). I suspect I'll be going back some after-Pesach day.