Wednesday, July 27, 2011

416 - Hephaestus' Kitchen


I spent a good part of today attempting to bake things.  Behold as the dough rises in the infernal heat and cooks to form... lumps of some kind.  Apart from some bread, baking is a weak link in my chain of abilities.   I am working on a new recipe, which I am referring to as Muffin X.  If they actually turn out to be edible, I will share the recipe.


Hephaestus was a Greek god of fire and used a forge for metalworking and presumably muffin cooking, although Homeric-era texts don't ever mention muffins at all.  The god Vulcan was his equivalent in Rome.