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Amy writes:
Monday was the first day back for teachers, and while most of you don't have sympathy for us, and only a few of you have empathy for us, we were tired. It was only professional development, but it was exhausting to hear how the new plan, based on state guidelines, of how we teachers are going to be "rated." I'm not going to go into that. But Tuesday was the staff potluck bar-b-cue and on the way home from school on Monday, I couldn't even bring myself to stop at the store.
I got home, changed into pajamas, and wandered around the kitchen, racking my brain wondering how I was going to keep up my culinary reputation among my co-workers when I had almost no ingredients and no creative energy. Then I spotted that loaf…
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.%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3EOf%20course,%20the%20milk%20was%20spoiled%20and%20while%20Chris%20wasn't%20yet%20home,%20so%20could%20stop%20for%20me,%20by%20this%20time%20I%20had%20my%20eye%20on%20the%20pile%20of%20garden%20tomatoes%20(some%20ours,%20some%20from%20the%20neighbor)%20on%20the%20windowsill%20and%20the%20wheels%20started%20turning.%20Is%20there%20such%20thing%20as%20tomato%20bread%20pudding?%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3EAn%20Internet%20search%20turned%20up%20a%20few%20interesting%20recipes%20that%20I%20thought%20I%20could%20rely%20on:%20one%20from%20Giada,%20which%20sounded%20very%20good%20but%20seemed%20a%20little%20complicated%20on%20this%20particular%20evening;%20one%20from%20Geoffrey%20Zakarian,%20whom%20I%20adore%20and%20think%20is%20a%20genius,%20but%20that%20one%20sounded%20more%20like%20a%20bread%20salad,%20and%20I%20had%20made%20that%20last%20year;%20and%20one%20by%20Rachel%20Ray.%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3ENow,%20I%20don't%20mean%20to%20offend%20anyone%20here,%20but,%20to%20put%20it%20mildly%20(or,%20perhaps,%20to%20understate%20it),%20I%20am%20not%20a%20fan%20of%20Rachel%20Ray%20nor%20have%20I%20ever%20been.%20I%20don't%20like%20her%20forced%20perkiness,%20I%20can't%20stand%20those%20too-cutesy%20names%20for%20foods%20she%20makes%20up%20(e.g.%20%22stoup%22%20and%20%22sammies%22),%20and%20I%20firmly%20believe%20that%20really%20good%20food%20takes%20longer%20than%2030%20minutes%20to%20make.%20But%20I%20ignored%20my%20instincts%20out%20of%20sheer%20weariness%20and%20the%20desire%20for%20a%20relatively%20easy,%20quick%20recipe%20that%20used%20what%20I%20had%20on%20hand%20(namely,%20butter,%20old%20bread,%20and%20garden%20tomatoes).%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3EI%20followed%20her%20recipe%20to%20the%20letter,%20other%20than%20doubling%20it%20to%20make%20a%20portion%20fit%20for%20a%20crowd.%20I%20took%20a%20long%20look%20at%20it%20before%20I%20put%20it%20in%20the%20oven.%20It's%20old%20bread,%20tomato%20puree,%20a%20little%20salt,%20a%20little%20sugar,%20a%20little%20pepper,%20some%20butter%20and%20cheese.%20Where%20was%20the%20real%20flavor%20going%20to%20come%20from,%20I%20wondered?%20It%20needed%20herbs,%20at%20the%20very%20least,%20so%20I%20sprinkled%20it%20with%20Italian%20seasoning%20and%20called%20it%20a%20night.%20As%20it%20cooked,%20it%20smelled%20very%20good.%20When%20it%20came%20out%20of%20the%20oven,%20it%20looked%20pretty%20good.%20I%20stole%20a%20small%20corner%20piece%20to%20taste.%20It%20tasted%20like%20soggy-ass%20pizza.%20So%20nasty%20that%20I%20refuse%20to%20include%20the%20recipe%20here%20because%20I%20really%20don't%20wish%20this%20on%20you.%20What%20a%20waste%20of%20some%20gorgeous%20tomatoes!%20Wah!%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3EI%20re-checked%20the%20recipe%20and%20realized%20it%20wasn't%20me.%20I%20hadn't%20made%20any%20errors,%20had%20even%20added%20flavor%20to%20it,%20and%20now%20there%20was%20nothing%20else%20to%20be%20done.%20I%20cooled%20it,%20chilled%20it,%20brought%20it%20to%20school%20and%20served%20it%20at%20room%20temperature.%20Most%20unusually,%20but%20certainly%20not%20unexpectedly%20(especially%20after%20that%20icky%20taste%20test),%20not%20a%20single%20person%20asked%20for%20the%20recipe.%20Really,%20dear%20readers.%20Don't%20try%20one%20this%20at%20home.%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3EThanks%20for%20nothing,%20%22Ray-Ray.%22%20Next%20time,%20I'll%20have%20Chris%20stop%20for%20milk.%3C/p%3E){kind=link}