This note is for PJ regarding the post with the sticky buns and her son's first loaves of bread. My son is living on his own for the first time and wanted to make some bread so I sent him the link to that post. His summer accommodations aren't permanent so we haven't gotten him all set up with everything he needs but despite that he made his first loaf of bread yesterday using that post as his guideline. He doesn't own a scale, measuring cups, or measuring spoons, and he was still successful. He eyeballed the flour, used an empty apple juice can to measure the flour and apparently eyeballed the rest of it. He ended up having to add more flour because when he went to shape his loaf he said the batter was "running" through his fingers. He mixed up the ingredients in a pot, and baked the loaf in a skillet. There were several phone calls from start to finish, but when he took the loaf out of the oven he called me and said it tasted great and the crust was really, really good. He sent me a cell phone picture and it looked great. I figured you would be just about as proud of him as I am, so I wanted to share. Thanks for your part in helping him make his first loaf!! Sue, what a wonderful story!! Thanks so much for sharing. It's nice that we, as moms, still have something we can teach our sons - even when they're "all grown up." BTW, my son called the other night and said he'd made pizza, but the top was all burned and the bottom raw. I asked him if he'd used a high oven temperature. "Yeah - broil." OK, lesson 2: How to read an oven dial... :) PJH

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