02-17-2009, 11:30 PM
I bought a loaf of italian bread from Trader Joe's last week. When I went to use it the next day, it was more stale than I expected. I cut off the end and was going to cut that up into a few slices and I managed to slice my thumb pretty good. I cleaned it up as best I could, wrapped it in toilet paper and electrical tape and then drove down to Long's to get some real band-aids.
I wasn't sure what to do with the stale bread, so I looked online and found a bread pudding recipe. My son was coming over tonight and I thought that would be a nice dessert. I also had some work that I thought I could get done better at home with less distractions. So I came home early, and got the loaf of bread out again, and the same serrated knife. I was careful to not have my fingers in the path of the blade this time, but the bread was pretty serious and I was sawing away when the knife slipped and ran across my left hand pointer finger. I looked down and saw that I had a pretty deep cut, so I immediately wrapped it up in toilet paper and gave it pressure. I got on the computer and looked up the nearest Doctors on Duty, got in the car and spent an hour and a half getting stitches and a tetanus shot. I get to see a hand surgeon on Thurs.
I took a couple of pictures after the stitches were finished. The before shot would have looked too much like stage makeup. I'm debating whether or not to share...
I have now shredded the bread by hand into little tiny pieces. Tip: when making bread pudding, soak the bread in the milk before tearing it apart.
--tg
I wasn't sure what to do with the stale bread, so I looked online and found a bread pudding recipe. My son was coming over tonight and I thought that would be a nice dessert. I also had some work that I thought I could get done better at home with less distractions. So I came home early, and got the loaf of bread out again, and the same serrated knife. I was careful to not have my fingers in the path of the blade this time, but the bread was pretty serious and I was sawing away when the knife slipped and ran across my left hand pointer finger. I looked down and saw that I had a pretty deep cut, so I immediately wrapped it up in toilet paper and gave it pressure. I got on the computer and looked up the nearest Doctors on Duty, got in the car and spent an hour and a half getting stitches and a tetanus shot. I get to see a hand surgeon on Thurs.
I took a couple of pictures after the stitches were finished. The before shot would have looked too much like stage makeup. I'm debating whether or not to share...
I have now shredded the bread by hand into little tiny pieces. Tip: when making bread pudding, soak the bread in the milk before tearing it apart.
--tg