I love to eat (as my not particularly svelte figure will
attest) and though I do not really like to cook, I do wish I could bake
more. Maybe it is the aroma of baked
goods, or the warmth of the oven. Either
way, baking would be a pretty good hobby--and the upside would be all that
delicious food.
Money isn't the obstacle to baking. You could sink a lot of money in mixers,
pans, and decorative measuring cups, but that isn't really necessary. I have rolled out dough using a glass coke
bottle, and gone without accurate measuring cups. You can make do. Yes, a good mixer would save your arms, but
you probably need the exercise is you're going to eat everything you bake.
Time seems to be the real problem. It takes quite a bit of time to put together
good baking--though my mother can whip up quite half a dozen loaves of bread in
no time flat. After I get home from
work, I just want to eat. I don't have the energy to start kneading flour and
greasing bake pans. As for the
weekend..... there just aren't enough hours in the day. There's yard work, house cleaning, and a ton
of other chores. Add to that the hobbies
that I already have (see the previous 80 or so posts) and you can see that time
isn't on my side.
