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Sweet girl? sweet bread!

I think I'm always more a savory person than a sweet person- I can totally control myself upon chocolate ice cream and strawberry milkshake, but can never behave myself well when it comes to rye bread and cheddar cheese. Actually, I think cheese could totally ruin my diet one day! 


I don't know if the flavors one fancies have anything to do with his/her personality; I guess I can find some sort of psychological explanation behind one's eating habit. (Scientists are studying all types of weird questions anyway- why did dinosaur extinguish, why one plus one renders two, why do cells have cytoskeletons lol) The most straightforward explanation I could have is "I'm more a tough girl than a sweet girl." Don't know if that is true.

So this time I thought it might be nice to try some sweet to my daily bread. The mission figs seem to be a good pick as the touch of sweetness. They are sweet and full of aromas. The figs were cut into rather big chunks so they really look like pretty rubies in the bread. However when folding and shaping the dough, one needs to be careful not to break it. I added lots of rye flour as it is always nice to balance the sweet with some bitterness.

So, sweet bread? Checked. Sweet girl? Not sure. I guess the real reason I made this bread is because I never forget the wonderful flavor of combining mission fig with blue cheese, prune with cheddar... 


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