aahhh yes - the breadmaker does its thing again!
had this one about a year, and its just fantastic. i don't think i've bought bread since i've had it. its a panasonic sd-252.
not only do i make all our bread - well, put the ingredients in the machine - but really enjoy making soups, especially in the winter. i find all the chopping of ingredients very relaxing, and gives space for the mind to contemplate things of nature as i work in the kitchen. i've really only discovered cooking in the last year and a half. could never understand it before; i couldn't get past the thought of preparing food for an hour or more, only for it to be gobbled in 10 mins.
but now, well, i find cooking very satisfying, and generally more tasty than bought food. and definitely more wholesome as i know what's actually in it. we also have the benfit of walthamstow market just down the road - the longest street market in western europe. so its good to have a yarn with the stall holders as i make me purchases.
this last year has also seen us start composting - its something that i've wanted to do for some time and finally started it in response to being involved in the generous project.
making your own bread, cooking your own food, composting your own organic material - simple things that take more time, more thought, more effort than simply stocking up the shopping trolley in the multi- national corporation's distribution point. and the bi-product is, for a time in the midst of urban living, a quieter mind and healthier body.
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