We awoke this morning to pouring rain, a real change to the ice and snow of late. The day has proceeded to be wet and consequently dull, but the birds have been having a feast at the feeders, irrespective of weather conditions. We have had blue tits, great tits, coal tits, greenfinches, chaffinch, goldfinches, dunnock, blackbirds, fieldfare - we have our own nature reserve right here!
I decided to help to clear the pantry by using up a pack of bread mix, (only a month out of date!). I was dubious as to whether it would actually rise, but thought it was worth a chance, so gave it a go. I put the four moulded loaves on baking trays and lodged them between the radiator and the linen basket in the bathroom, which is just about the warmest place in the house. It took a little longer than specified on the pack, but the loaves eventually rose the required amount and I baked them for 15 minutes. By the time I was ready to make lunch, they had cooled down to a 'new bread' temperature, and I sliced two of them and made mini sandwiches with slices of double gloucester cheese. I have made this type of pack mix before, and can't say that I have noticed a strong taste of salt in the past, but when my DH comments on the salty taste, then it must have a lot. I looked at the pack for the nutitional information - to my horror, the whole pack contained 8g of salt, and we had just consumed half the pack between us! That means my cheese sandwich cost me my (self regulated) day's allowance of salt! Not good. And my mouth is certainly telling me I've had more than I'm used to!!
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