The Many Perils Of Rice Bread....

I am having to post a sketch from my sketch book today

for day 9 of Art Every Day Month

because I am resting my hand up from a somewhat nasty rice bread injury

maybe nasty is a bit of an exageration but annoying none the less

yes people this is the culprit right here

dangerous stuff this, delicious, but dangerous ...

You may remember earlier this year I was boasting about my porridge mastery

anyway ... as Summer approaches porridge is just not suitable

no matter how fluffy and perfect I make it

and because Phantom Steve is a coeliac

we only have rice bread in the house

which means every single morning

I take my life in my hands and risk life and limb just to toast the stuff

and get my Vegemite fix

I  starts at 5.30 am... yes 5.30 am ... don't ask

when I drag it from the freezer and try to lever a few pieces from the loaf

it inevitably breaks off into a clump of three or four pieces

and then I have to use a knife wedged in between the pieces to try to jemmy them apart

now I am not coordinated at the best of times

and at 5.30 this takes on scary proportions

made worse by the fact that the bread shows odd suction type tendencies

and you need to put your whole weight into it to get it to release

which means that every single day I scrape my knuckles when it suddenly gives

and explodes across the kitchen bench

necessitating a very unladylike lunge and curse while sucking on my poor scraped knuckles

But the problems don't stop there

oh no this stuff goes in the toaster and holds heat better than any substance known to man

slap a bit of this on the side of an igloo and you would have an instant window

and it requires several toastings, and it curls as it cooks

so you have to get it out of the toaster and sort of flatten it out between goes

all while getting third degree burns on the previously scraped hands

To top it off it needs two and a bit goes in our toaster

and while it does make this cool hissing noise

so it makes it like toasting a snake... which is very satisfying

you have to keep an eagle eye on it

as it goes from barely toasted to flaming... literally on flames.... in two seconds flat

so I have to get in close and hit the button at just the right moment

Our toaster is a tad temperamental so sometimes it barely pops

and you again burn those poor scraped knuckled hands getting it out of the toaster

and on other days those molten bits of toast

launch out of there like they are being sent into space

necessitating me to try to catch the stupid things

and brings the burning of the hands, tripping over the dog, and taking an eye out into play

the multitudinous perils make breakfast an adventure if nothing else

I now sit here with scraped knuckles and singed off fingerprints

built up from a week of totally delicious Vegemite toast

so I am being gentle with them for the rest of the day

I read somewhere that chocolate may indeed help them to heal faster

worth a try I think ...xx

And if you have time

head over to Paint Party Friday where I will be the featured artist this week

big shout out to Kristin and Eva for hosting this great get together every week ...xx

But wait there is more...

not a set of steak knives but my last few post links are here as well...

My Kind of Sunset ....

Blue Moose Walking ...