His Daily Bread by Larner

[dreamflower]

Author: Larner
Title: His Daily Bread
Rating: G
Characters: Frodo Baggins
Summary: A hobbit appreciates the small things in life...(a drabble)

His Daily Bread

Frodo awoke to the scent of baking bread. He took a deep breath, rejoicing in the odors of yeast and flour, treacle and honey.

“Ah--brown bread today!” he thought as he sat up. He took stock; the sun was shining; his stomach was calm and head clear. With only a mild ache to his shoulder, he found he looked forward to Rosie’s brown bread spread with sweet butter and May’s currant jam. Today, he thought as he rose and began reaching for his shirt, trousers, and braces, it is good to be a Hobbit of the Shire.

Frodo Baggins smiled.


Honey Wheat Bread
(directions for bread machine)

1 cup lukewarm water
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons honey
1 tablespoon treacle (molasses)
2 tablespoons soft butter or margarine
2 cups whole wheat flour
1 cup high-gluten bread flour
1 package dry yeast


Place ingredients in bread machine in order given. Set machine to “Whole Wheat” and “Light Crust.” When bread is finished, rub butter over surface of bread and slice. Excellent with currant jam!

Comments

[dreamflower]

This is a lovely drabble, Larner. It's so good to see a post-Quest Frodo able to enjoy the simple pleasures of being home, and smelling fresh bread.

I love making bread in my machine--I will definitely have to give this particular recipe a tryout!

And thank you so much for taking part in the Challenge this year!

Dreamflower

[blslarner.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Dreamflower. Yes, I agree that Frodo needed some good days, too. And what better aroma to waken to than the smell of good bread baking! And thanks for helping me get started.

Re: Dreamflower

[dreamflower]

You are very welcome! And since I saw you now have an LJ, I friended you. Hope you don't mind.

[shirebound]

How lovely and peaceful. Frodo deserves to awaken every day like this.

Shirebound

[blslarner.livejournal.com]

Oh, indeed, everyone deserves to wake up to such anticipation of simple pleasures. Thanks so much, Shirebound!

[mews1945.livejournal.com]

It's so lovely to see a post-quest ficlet with Frodo having a good, peaceful day of simple pleasures.

Mews

[blslarner.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much, Mews, and I so agree. He had to have enough experience of simple pleasures to make it worthwhile to seek the further peace in the West, I think.

[harrowcatliz.livejournal.com]

A good day for Frodo. There really is not much to beat waking up to new baked bread. My friend has just bought a bread machine and I swear I am enjoying it more than she is! Every time I go to visit I take flour, yeast etc! Now a new recipie to try - Wonderful.

Harrowcatliz

[blslarner.livejournal.com]

I didn't realize you had a livejournal account. So, you found this here.

I don't do as much baking as I once did, but I do love my bread machine. I used to have the children help me knead the bread when they were younger--there's so much fun to be had in it! But the machine gives it a better texture, I think. And Frodo deserves some good days!

[grey-wonderer.livejournal.com]

I do love a drabble. I also could smell that bread. Yum!

Grey Wonderer

[blslarner.livejournal.com]

So glad you like it, GW! I don't do many drabbles, but this seemed to fit. And the smell of baking is so basic and visceral! We need it! Certainly, someone such as Frodo deserves such lovely scents to rise to!

Thanks.

[mumstheword54.livejournal.com]

Oh, this is wonderful, Larner! Simple blessings are indeed often the most precious. And your recipe sounds mouth-watering!

Mumstheword

[blslarner.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much, Mum. Yes, the simplest blessings are the ones that stay with us longest, it seems. And hope the recipe turns out well for you.

[surgicalsteel.livejournal.com]

Nicely done!

SurgicalSteel

[blslarner.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you like it. Now that I've finally gotten an account made here, I'll have to get back to reading your stories again. I've missed them!

Re: SurgicalSteel

[surgicalsteel.livejournal.com]

I've been updating daily (or nearly daily, anyway) over at The Last Ship (http://thelastship.org/eFiction331/index.php) as I was at SoA before. ;) The updates on LJ are mostly over at surgsteelfic. Things are a bit more sporadic on the update side over there, and I do jump around a bit, but I'm enjoying myself, which is the main thing for me. I've taken the liberty of friending you with both journals, so all you need to do if you want both the fic and the real-life miseries is friend me back.

Glad to see you here!

[pearltook1]

Yum! And Mister Frodo is right, it's good to be a hobbit of the Shire!

I make a honey oat whole wheat bread in my bread machine that is really yummy too.

A well written wee bit, Larner!

PearlTook

[blslarner.livejournal.com]

Oh, I agree. If only he could have continued that way, but he'd been so profoundly changed.

You'll have to send me your recipe--I LOVE making bread in my bread machine. Thanks so!

[baranduin.livejournal.com]

Oh my, that's lovely. I could smell that bread!

Baranduin

[blslarner.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you like it! Thanks!

[(Anonymous)]

Well, you’re just full of surprises, Larner! I don’t think I’ve ever seen a drabble by you, and I didn’t know you had an LJ. That leaves me the last person in the universe without one, I guess!

There are few smells as heavenly as baking bread…though bacon and coffee rank right up there too. I’m glad you gave Frodo this nice little moment of enjoyment.

Wonder what he would have thought about bread machines? ;)

Inkling

Inkling

[blslarner.livejournal.com]

A LONNNNGGGGG time ago I signed up for a LiveJournal account, thinking it was necessary to read someone's work--and then realized that person posted on SoA, so I never did anything with it. I'm told I can have the Larner account name again if I'm willing to pay $35 for the honor of having the account name I abandoned, and I'm too stubborn--and poor--to do so. So I joined up using my email user name instead--simple as that--and only did so the other night.

Am not certain how often I'll use the account here, actually. It was Dreamflower who posted the story for me.

I've only recently done some drabbles, but they're not natural to me, I find. This one is a true drabble.

I agree about the baking bread and bacon, although you can keep the coffee--I'm more of a hot chocolate person, myself.

And was glad to give Frodo at least one morning of pleasure--he certainly deserved it, and needed to know at least some to sustain his own joy, I think!

As for bread machines--he'd probably think we were terribly lazy! Heh!