60 muffins of three flavours (pumpkin, carrot-raisin, blueberry)

45 scones of three flavours (apple-cinnemon, peaches&cream, apricot-nutmeg)

51 oatmeal raisin cookies

48 peanut butter cookies

4 loaves of tuscan loaf

6 loaves of sour dough

4 loaves of sesame seminiola (sp?)

4 loaves of ciabatta

6 loaves of raisin-walnut

some sort of almond biscotti

new york-style cheesecake

carrot cake

chocolate cake

i managed to have "scandinavian blend organic" coffee (i question the name, it wasn't nearly burnt-tasting enough) and cigarette inbetween scone/muffin duty and bread-detail. left before noon, for the day.

the co-op's scone recipe worries me... it's not the recipe i used to use back at river rock coffee shoppe... where our scones had all the town in a buzz... i feel it's too early to start stirring up trouble as it was only my first day at the co-op... but soon enough... it'll happen. i was trained by old scandinavian, lutheran farmer's wife-women... i have folklore on my side.

i'm reminded of marion and i back at lyle's cafe. she questioned how i hardboiled eggs. she showed me "her" way. it wasn't like mormor's. it wasn't how i had learned: place eggs in cold water. bring to boil. remove from heat immediately upon boiling point. cover. let stand for twenty minutes. remove eggs, soak in cold water for five. stick in refrigerator for easy peeling in a day's time (assuming that the eggs were not fresh out from under the chicken's arse). marion and i fought about this the entire summer. she liked to boil her eggs for 5-7 minutes because it was quicker, though not always accurate. (*cough, cough* marion, by the way, was of GERMAN decent... if that tells you anything.)

and so it was with the scones today. tony (whose girlfriend is responsible for my pierced rook, small world!) put the dry mixture and cold butter into a brilliant, gigantic chopping device (it puts the cuisinart to shame). i prefer to cut in the butter by hand... provides for a better texture of finished product... i can see this becoming a fight eventually, but i did it his way today because i was anxious and apprehensive about making muffins and that on my mind. (they turned out wonderfully, p.s.)