Hello,
Thought I'd post this. I dug up this old photo I took of my very first bread that I tried to make, over a year ago.
I call it my "brain bread" or "poop bread" or something. "Abstract Art" -- yeah, that's it!
For new bread bakers: There is hope! Keep trying.
(note: I still consider myself very much in the 'newbie' category, but with reading of books, and much help from TFL, and some perserverance, there was hope...)..
Funny:
*laugh*. Happy baking!
Not to be all wishy-washy or anything, but the greatest part (I think) about bread-making.. as with much in life:
It is the journey, not the destination. :)
My first loaves tended to look just like the bricks they are named after-heavy and lethal! But no more! The journey has been a few years for me and it has been wonderful and delicious fun. This is a picture of a Multigrain Bread I worked on. Here is a link to that post:
http://www.thefreshloaf.com/node/20163/great-whole-grain-cereal-loaf
Keep going!