From the Galley… Baking?

          As I mentioned previously, we have been attempting to make bread, sourdough to be exact. Marc was inspired by our friends on the Saltbreaker, a fellow boat from San Francisco, who always had a hot loaf to donate to communal meals. One minor hurdle is our lack of an oven. Our hope was the possibility of convincing our pressure cooker to bake it. There are rumors this is possible. After multiple attempts and only being able to manage something resembling a tasteless Dim Sum dish (dumplings), we began exploring other options.

            Some friends of mine that enjoy making pizza at home introduced me to the concept of baking it on the grill using a pizza stone. With that in mind we acquired a random piece of stone (actually it was a table shim at Rosa and Jaime’s taco stand) cleaned it, wrapped it in foil, and turned on the heat.

            At this we were feeling pretty confident, so we splurged on chocolate chip cookie ingredients as well. The cookies just melted and became more of a cake texture and the sourdough wouldn’t rise. With a devotion to never letting anything go to waste, Marc turned the sourdough into pizza and I poured the batter into a tin, which turned into delicious cake!

            Moral: Never give up, especially when pizza and cake are within your grasp.