Pizza Bread.

 



Thursday. August 7th.  2025.  Provo  Utah


Miei cari amici;


I wonder how many of you skip down to the menu for today, never bothering to read the brilliant stuff I compose before I reveal the meal . . . 

It’s discouraging to think about.

Everything is discouraging to think about at 2 in the morning.

As Mark Twain said:  “No one is quite sane in the night.”


I fell asleep in front of the TV at 9 and woke up at midnight.  I took my Advil and a warm cup of milk, then read, but when I finally turned off the light sleep could not be tempted.  Instead it came into my mind to make pizza bread.  I fought the idea for a while, insisting to myself that I would soon be a-snooze. But the pizza bread got the better of me.

It’s like an upside down cake, I layer the bottom of the pan with olive oil, balsamic vinegar, and a dash of cooking sherry, then lay down sliced onions, mushrooms, and tomatoes, along with a can of tomato paste. I top all that with smoked paprika, rosemary, oregano, sea salt, and pepper.

Then pour over it a thick rich savory quickbread batter, with parmesan/romano cheese mixed into it.

It’s baking now, and will be done in 30 minutes.

When will I be serving it?  I dunno.  It depends on how much more sleep I can get tonight, if any, and what time I manage to get to the Temple in the morning.  Maybe for lunch.  Maybe for dinner.  I’ll let you know – don’t crowd me, you hungry hounds!  I may just call people and offer it all day long.  That’s what I did with yesterday’s wheat berry salad, and I managed to give away all of it.  Of course, some people say they will come to my door when I invite them and then they never come . . .  the back of my hand to them for being churls and varlets.


I’m finally getting sleepy, so there’s no poem today. 

Well . . . maybe there is:


Ev’ryone’s talking of tariffs –


But like weather, just what can you do?


Kvetch all you want, our blonde Commandant


Won’t listen to me or to you.



Yeah, yeah.  I know.  I’ve done better.  But what do you expect at 2:25 in the morning?


Con i più alti saluti,


Henry Armetta 




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