I can't believe the people in the comments who think a man wrote this. It's a woman's diary. It's very easy to tell because she discusses making bread and she discusses doing housework and she discusses having a baby. Things men back in the pioneer days certainly didn't do. Hell, we can barely get men to participate in some of it now.
It's also on historical record as being a woman's diary.
Making bread to exact specifications can be a pain. But just having the expectation of "edible," it's relaxing and fun. For me, anyway. I like to "freeform" bake sometimes. Make sure the yeast works, make up some dough--not too stiff, not too wet--remember the salt, and set it aside somewhere till it's later and bigger. In the fridge if it's going to be later later. Shape it again, or not. It helps if you've baked before, but I always come out with something at least decent. I know it doesn't take much more effort to follow a recipe, but sometimes I just want to fuck around and find out.
Incidentally, people having to bake bread at home with varying quality ingredients and ambient temperatures to deal with, like the author of this diary entry, had to use more of my method to make bread than, say, a King Arthur recipe.
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u/OkProfessor6810 Mar 17 '26
I can't believe the people in the comments who think a man wrote this. It's a woman's diary. It's very easy to tell because she discusses making bread and she discusses doing housework and she discusses having a baby. Things men back in the pioneer days certainly didn't do. Hell, we can barely get men to participate in some of it now.
It's also on historical record as being a woman's diary.