My cute neighbor Barb gave me a starter of Amish "Friendship" Bread last week. My theory about this bread is that Naomi Ebersole and Rebeccah Stoltzfus were neighboring Amish women who for some reason had a falling out. So Naomi decided she'd get Rebeccah back by coming up with this "Friendship" Bread recipe that Rebeccah had to keep track of for 9-10 days, adding different ingredients at varying days, all the while not refrigerating it; which seems all kinds of wrong seeing as how there is milk in it. She then made up this recipe that you separate into 4 starter bags of dough and try to find four "friends" that you can share it with. You know Naomi knew that Rebeccah would no longer have any friends once they realized what they had to do to keep this "friendship" bread going. I am also certain Rebeccah was equally stressed by the fact that after all that adding, separating, and sharing, when she actually went to make HER loaf of this bread, she didn't have half of the ingredients she needed and is now wondering if she can wait until day 11 to get the rest of what is needed before something goes completely wrong with her starter dough.
Anyone want some Amish Friendship Bread?
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6 comments:
You are dead on with this one. I stay as far away from "friendship" bread as possible...stick to the quilting, I always say. ;o)
I'm so with you on this one...Amish friendship bread stresses me out! I've been known to throw out all the resulting starter kits because I can't handle the pressure.
And, if you have a hankerin' for friendship bread but don't want the stress of distributing starter packets or the stench of fermenting bread on your counter, let me know. I have a recipe!
Oh no! We love Friendship Bread! It's so easy to use with the kids and even doubles as a science experiment!
stay away from anything with yeast !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YIKES
I LOVE FRIENDSHIP BREAD...i used to make it all the time in ohio when i lived there....it was delicious and i used to keep all the others for me too and not give it away..i was always afraid no one would give me any back if i ran out...hahahhahaha
it's the first thing i learned to say "no" to.
FRIEND ONE: "hey, brandie, will you watch my dog for the week while i go to the beach? he's got fleas and he vomits in four minute intervals."
BRANDIE: (reluctantly)"yeah, sure".
"FRIEND" TWO: "hey, brandie, do you want this starter bag of amish friendshi....."
BRANDIE: "nope."
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