Return of the bread, aye
Yes, we have once again run out of "pig bread". This time, however, there is no adventure. After our last attempt to buy flour, Thad had said that he would arrange for the mill to deliver a regular shipment of the whole wheat flour to his mother-in-law, the noodle manufacturer. Later, he said that he would arrange to have the new cafeteria baker make the bread for us. Since then, the new baker has set up shop on campus. ('Tis another branch of the Bidezai chain that baked up our last loaves.) This morning, Thad and Yau Neih went over and placed our order. According to Yau Neih, the bakery folk didn't seem to thrilled to be doing this service for us. Even so, by this evening, voila!, four loaves of bread. Of course, this convenience has its price. They charged us 10 kwai a loaf--more than twice the cost of our last load. The first impulse, of course, would be to balk about the price. The question is, would that be in bad taste, considering that we're the only customers for this stuff? They're obviously doing us a favor by baking it. Oh, well, at least it tastes good. I can always cut back on my consumption and eat more oatmeal for breakfast. Or sneak out to the food carts and get a grease laden sausage roll and hash browns.
posted by John @ 7:24 AM
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