My son Brook Martin adds an anecdote about the bread and coffee: Milly told him that after the old Finnish ladies drank their coffee, they would turn the cup over as a sign of respect. Milly told me that after she served bread and coffee, the old Finnish ladies turned their cups over to examine the label on the new bride’s china, to show that they liked it.
Brook also cautions that if you bake the bread using a stand mixer, beware that the stiff dough can make the mixer overheat. If that’s the case, it might have a high-temp cut out, and will re-boot after the motor cools down.
Kneading bread, like typing, is great exercise for toning arm muscles. When Mark and his buddies were junior high age, they were trying to turn the crank on a manual ice cream maker, but the ice cream was getting stiff. Milly, who did all the typing for West Lane Plumbing, said “You boys are just weak in the poop!” She grabbed the handle, engaged her typing muscles, gave a strong pull, and broke off the crank.
Milly displayed muscles like that one other time, to her embarrassment. We had gone Christmas shopping in Eugene, and dropped a coin in a parking meter. The meter didn't register, so acting silly, she grabbed it and shook it. And she also broke that off in her hands.
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