A meme, as tagged by Amy and Fez
oh man... this sounds really boring, but I LOVE LOVE LOVE this book...
"Researchers had thought that the ratio of these two proteins might determine whether the gluten in a particular flour would prove to be especially elastic or extensible when kneaded. Nothing seems to have come from this hypothesis, or from the idea that the molecular weight of a subfraction of glutenin might tell the story. One scientist who has devoted a lifetime to understanding the protein in wheat thinks that typical American bread flour is simply too high in total protein to bake a proper baguette."
taken from Jeffrey Steingarten's "It Must've Been Something I Ate".
honestly, this book is SO great, I laughed and laughed reading it (you just got the driest part) AND it made me want quality food.
I'm not going to tag anyone... I'm not a party pooper... I just want to go to sleep. If you want to play too, find the closest book, turn to page 123, find the 5th sentance, post it and the next 3 sentances.
2 comments:
Good going on the meme .. that one has really made the rounds and some wag ought to collect all the "3 sentences" that were posted and make a book!
Yes, here there are great fields of tulips and daffodils .. iris later as well. We are a huge valley of perfect soil and weather for them and the growers are Dutch immigrant descendants such as the Roozens. They sell bulbs. And cut flowers.
During the festival you drive or take a bus or bike out around the fields and walk around and take pictures and ohh and ahh ...
Normally thousands of people are here all during the festival -- all of April -- but this year has been sooo cold that the flowers are barely out! Later ...
you can google up Skagit Valley Tulip Festival and find out all the scoop and pix.
Guess I'm out... The closest book to me had 121 pages... 2 pages short.
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