French toast made with challah is a beautiful thing.

DH was just lamenting the lack thereof. Maybe I'll have to find a recipe and bake my own.

Our annual trivia contest always shows a movie to kick off the contest. Last night it was Casablanca--on the big screen. But I fell asleep putting the kids to bed so I missed going! Claude Rains and Humphrey Bogart on the big screen!

I'm pretty good at baking bread, if I toot my own horn, but my experiment at challah was a horrible failure. Put me right off trying again. Failed bread is so depressing--there's so much time and effort expended up to that part, never mind just using up your ingredients.

I wonder--do I go to sleep, or do I just keep puttering around? I've actually learnt/clarified/worked out some tech stuff in this bout with sleeplessness.

If only I cleaned or cooked instead of sleeping.

I fell asleep putting the kids to bed

That's so cute.

Oh you guys, talking about challah bread. Oh my. What a memory it brings back...

When my dad was still alive, he would do the grocery shopping for the family. My mom did not learn to drive until after he passed away, and she never did like grocery shopping. He had an early shift during the work week - 5am-2pm, so on the weekends, sleeping in until 6 was about as long as he could stand. So he would do the shopping early on a Saturday morning. Usually he would stop at McDonalds and bring home a sack full of McMuffins for breakfast for everyone. If I happened to be awake, I would go with him. One of the stores he would go to had an in-store bakery, and sometimes they offered challah. Once in a while we would get there while it was still warm from the oven. We'd grab a loaf, and some butter (whether it was on the list or not), and sneak a plastic knife from their deli section, and eat some of the bread out in the car before driving home. And everyone else would suffer, because we would be too full to stop for McDonalds.

My DH started to make challah when we moved here, because we haven't found the options in DC to be very good. It's been fun to see how his braiding has improved since that first try.

Oh, P-C, that's excellent news!

Wow. If this keeps up, my heart will stop leaping into my throat as click on Beep Me.

Wouldn't that be cool.

DH was just lamenting the lack thereof. Maybe I'll have to find a recipe and bake my own.

Cash, Lewis' aunt who keeps kosher has been known to use the frozen challah that you have to allow to rise. It makes for a verra nice sub if you can't get fresh, plus nice warm challah smell in the house.

French toast made with challah is a beautiful thing.

DH was just lamenting the lack thereof. Maybe I'll have to find a recipe and bake my own.

Cash, are you near a Trader Joe's? They have good challah.

Cash, are you near a Trader Joe's? They have good challah.

Nope. I'm not even sure where the closest one is. I think I'll google Chicago TJ's and find one near our hotel so I can try to stock up while we're there tonight. I can freeze the challah for later use.

We've got a Trader Joe's, Cash. It's not very big, but I'm willing to bet you can find it here.

Thanks, Sail! I'll pop in when I drive through. It's worth a stop.