Bread is a staple food for us. A must at every meal, most of the time it is baguette, with a golden and crispy crust and ” une mie alvéolée”. In the dictionary I found for “mie” bread without the crust and honeycombed for “alvéolé”…shows that bread is a French obsession. I really miss the taste of the country bread we used to have at my grand parents place. Un pain au levain, a sourdough bread. It is harder to find now so I am starting my own starter, and if successful will try a bread.
And all of this because of the EDM challenge #232: Draw the last thing you bought, it was a baguette, of course.
Le pain est un aliment de base chez nous, indispensable a chaque repas. La plupart du temps c’est une baguette, à la croute bien dorée et croustillante, avec une mie bien alvéolée. Mais le gout du pain au levain que nous avions chez mes grands-parents me manque. C’est plus difficile d’en trouver maintenant alors j’essaie de commencer un levain maison et si le levain lève alors un pain maison peut-être.
Et tout ceci parceque le challenge EDM #232 était: dessiner la dernière chose que vous avez acheté, une baguette bien sur.
8 responses so far ↓
Alex Tan // July 16, 2009 at 2:04 am |
Looks really yummy! I really like them when they’re just out of the oven, smells so good and having it warm in the hands…. and spreading butter onto it and watching it melt….niceeee!!
benedictedelachanal // July 16, 2009 at 12:18 pm |
thank you Alex. Are you a bread baker, describing so well the aroma, the look, the pleasure with oven hot bread ?
Alex Tan // July 16, 2009 at 2:17 pm |
No I am not. But I have an uncle who lives just right above a bakery and everytime I visited him, we’d go downstairs and get some really fresh and hot bread. It’s an awesome feeling
Oh yeah, by the way, I sent the softcopy to Dr. Dany, he liked it so much and he’s showing his wife and daughter. I am thinking of doing another one for him as a Christmas gift, since his birthday is around Christmas anyway. That’d probably be something I’m giving him last since I might be changing company within next year.. -___- sad sad
benedictedelachanal // July 17, 2009 at 3:31 pm |
If I can get the starter to start and bake bread, I will let you know how easy it is…or not.
Very good thing that you gave the different steps of the portrait, it is always interesting to see and make a very special gift.
delph // July 19, 2009 at 5:09 am |
Miam! La baguette fraîche, on ne s’en lasse jamais! Belle page! Beaucoup aimé aussi tes croquis de Montréal et de ta rue, et j’ai adoré les “pivoines fânées”, magnifique!
benedictedelachanal // July 20, 2009 at 2:04 pm |
merci beaucoup Delph,
c’est vrai que la baguette fraiche c’est indescriptible! Mon premier pain au levain est en train de lever…on verra si c’est a continuer.
Lynn // July 21, 2009 at 3:07 pm |
I bake my own bread and buns all the time. It just tastes better! Good luck with using a starter – I haven’t tried that yet. This sketch is just wonderful.
benedictedelachanal // July 22, 2009 at 10:08 am |
Thanks Lynn, the starter is done, the first bread was not a success but I will keep trying.