My mother usually buys this large loaf to cut up for toast, as the smaller ones tend to be too sweet. At €2 a piece it makes those back in Japan seem like an excessive treat. We are all off west for a week on what might turn out to be a busman’s holiday.
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Alan
29 May, 2007 #
Oh, to have an oven big enough to bake a loaf like that!
…..Alan.
Adekun
6 June, 2007 #
Walking around here you can see plenty of bread ovens adjoining the houses. In some of the gardens they are in the shape of a chimnea, others brick – which has set things going in my head.