On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 10:25:11 -0600, "Mike Pearce"
wrote:

I forgot to add salt
when I was baking this weekend, did the above and had results similar to
what you show and describe. That's the first time I'd done that. I can't
believe I was so absent-minded.

May I suggest a habit to get into when doing anything that requires
several steps that you have repeated many times.

Put all the necessary ingredients and tools in one place that is
uncluttered. As you use each one, put it somewhere else that is
uncluttered, if you do not need it again. When you think you are done,
the original place must be empty or else you forgot something.

That's how surgeons do it, only they leave parts in that don't belong
there. So, after you are done, it might be adviseable to take a look
at the second place where you put things after you were done - just to
make sure you did not leave something like a spoon in the
already-formed loaf.