The Mary Situation

We knew that last weeks stitch was going to be memorable. Kintea's friend Julie was our special guest star, visiting from North Carolina (and she knits too!) Maux and Mr. Sato were also in the house.

I arrived at Kintea's house around 6pm and a tense conversation was going on about Kulich dough. Kintea...how do spell Kulich? Kulich is an egg bread, slightly sweet with raisins, eaten at Orthodox Easter. Back to the story, the dough wasnt rising. I asked if the kitchen was warm enough, they both thought so. The getting of the Kulich recipe is a story told best by Kintea but it was a struggle.

So what to do..the dough isnt rising?? In Pulp Fiction, my favorite story is The Bonnie Situation where Mr. Wolf arrives to help Jules and Vincent. Well, this is The Mary Situation where Isabelle is called to help Kintea and Julie with their non rising dough issue. I wish we could have had this call on speaker phone. Isabelle is the sweet lady who goes to church with Kintea and gave her the recipe. Turns out Isabelle has had similar issues before and provided some tips for future batches. Note to self...bless the bread before it goes in the over. That blessing may compensate for overmixing!

Even though the dough didnt rise, Kintea and Julie baked it anyways and it must have been an Kulich miracle. The bread rose in the oven and turned out delicious!

We were a full table minus Momma Thea and Karen who was in EWA for work. Hope to see everyone soon!