We went to our favorite bakery this morning.

[LuckyCharms]

Spent $40 something, plus a tip given to the cashier.

Breakfast pizza, regular pizza, several type of many cookies.

We took the food home and ate the living shit out of it.

Everything.

It's all gone now.

There is not a molecule of that food left.

We do this about once a year.

Now we're both in separate parts of the house nursing our stomach aches.

[rubbersole]

1. ODed on food 😋.

Could be worse. You could be younger and have done this at a county fair.

[Meadowoak]

2. It's hard to find a good bakery anymore. Almost a thing of the past.

The nearest bakery to me is about 40 miles, and it's not what I would call a good bakery.

[MyOwnPeace]

11. Worked in one for 12 years.......

started in 6th grade (helping on weekends) and worked my way through college there. Terrible life (well, at least for a young guy!), but with my time there I worked my way up and became a 'serious' bench person - I knew how to 'make' the stuff - and knew how to mix the dough (I carried 100 lb. bags of flour to the mixer), how to work the 'steam cabinet' (where the dough has to 'rise' for the next phase), how to work the fryer (flipping 72 doughnuts floating in the 'grease' VERY FAST so that the first ones were not TOO much darker than the last), and how to empty the oven (6 shelves moving like a Ferris wheel - can't stop one shelf too long or you've burned the other 5!).

And the 'cost-cutting.'

The cost of the ingredients kept rising - can't imagine what it must be today! We made a special 'dinner roll' that used REAL BUTTER - and I would literally put POUNDS of butter into the layers of dough - and it truly was a great treat!

Guess it's like the old saying: "They don't make them like they used to......"

Truth is, they COULD - but who is willing to pay for it......

[magicarpet]

3. I OD-ed on cotton candy once,..

.... still can't look at the stuff.

[Cracklin Charlie]

4. I have been on the road for 10 days.

I am ready to pull over and devour someone’s garden.

[MyOwnPeace]

13. OVER HERE - OVER HERE!!!!!!

I have SO many tomatoes and cucumbers - I'm looking for 'unlocked' cars!!!!!!

[Cracklin Charlie]

16. Anywhere near Boise?

I will say…we went to Washington State. We have stopped and bought grapes everyday of 4.

What is it with the grapes here? They taste so so good.

[MyOwnPeace]

17. Er...... no.......

Pennsylvania...... BUT, the western side!

[Cracklin Charlie]

18. Sorry, stopping in Boise.

Went to the market. Very hot, so I stayed in the car with my pup.

Hubs just came out with a big bag of grapes!

[MyOwnPeace]

20. Yeah, but I have tomatoes and cukes!

Oh, well - it would have been a fun drive - gas is cheaper now, right?

[multigraincracker]

5. Oded on tree ripened prune plums a few days ago.

Everything came out OK.

[Evolve Dammit]

8. Ha! Peaches are ripening nicely. Pears have some kind of blight (orange spotting on leaves)?

[MyOwnPeace]

15. OK, Multi......

THAT is TMI!!!!!

[elleng]

6. Thanks, I'l read this as 'permission' to obtain and eat pastries from a patisserie

near where I used to live.

IT moved, and so did I, so when a friend is near it, I request 'desserts.' Will see what comes home next.

[mopinko]

7. oh man, now i know where i'm goin tomorrow.

there's a most excellent, hardcore french bakery not far from here. divine croissant sammies. baguettes caprese. soooo much chocolate.

damn you. i'm only mad cuz they're spendy and i'm not flush atm. but.... but.... eclairs, damn it.
the pastry chef does the decorating in a big window. i'll need to set a timer or something if there's a wedding on the schedule.

[Evolve Dammit]

9. Have one for all of us!

[AllaN01Bear]

10. burp. dont poke me, kabooma.

[Trueblue Texan]

12. What's breakfast pizza?

If you've got the stomach to talk about it yet...

[mopinko]

14. usually sausage, eggs and cheese.

[MissB]

19. Sounds heavenly