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wrote:
>
> Thomas H. O'Reilly wrote:
> > Well, I can't deny that bread is best when cooled, but I think it's
> > stretching the forebearance of any child to pull something they
> helped
> > prepare out of the oven, and then tell them they can't eat it. Heck,
> even I
> > find that difficult. I'd let it cool for ten minutes, but surely
> serve some
> > warm. I don't think the off flavors will bother the child, or even
> be
> > noticed. And a little butter and jam can hide a multitude of sins.
>
> How about saving a bit of the dough and baking it as a roll, alongside
> the loaf? Then she could taste it right away and you wouldn't have to
> cut into a whole loaf.

We ended up eating a few slices off the end of one of the loaves before
I took her home. She carried "the fruits of our labor" while I carried
her duffle bag.

Priscilla