Hi Shel thanks for your kind comments about the blog. I wish I could figure out the tech diff you're experiencing with the comment section. It has something to do with type incompatability I think. I think you perhaps don't have the font loaded on your computer, the trouble is that the code on the back end with all the if=then statements for type is very hard to make sense of so I can't just go in and change it quickly... but I haven't forgotten and read more about it each day. Hopefully I will have a fix soon.
Back to the baking...I feel for you and know how it is to be in a kitchen that is unconducive (is that a word lol?) to cooking! Especially when you love to cook! I too make all my baked goods by hand (for the most part), I don't have the muscle strength anymore (right now because of health issues) to do the whipping parts that my hand mixer or stand mixer does for batter type stuff or egg whipping etc. But I make my pastas and doughs through hand combination. And the feeling you described about the pasta of the pride and satisfaction you feel is truly incredible. And so hard to communicate! I feel that same satisfaction with all my things like the pasta, buns, breads pitas and flour tortillas I'm now doing. Just the fact of being able to be self-sufficient and not eating all the preservatives present in most of those items is so freeing. LOL, I have Stinky (my sourdough starter) hungry right now and my biggest problem is deciding what flavor of sourdough I'm going to make today so I can go get the levain started! Hahaha. Such issues huh?
Anyway, wish I could help ya out with the buns, although I would be tempted to make some for you if you would pay for the freight. I think it would take overnight or 2 day for them to still taste fresh though, since again, no preservatives! I'd feel safer doing dry ice and overnight service. Prolly isn't worth it though!
