In great haste, but just have to show you this and tell you a quick story:
I got up early in the morning the other day, to bake some bread before starting work. I measured out the flour, salt, yeast etc, and was about to start mixing it all together by hand when something in the flour caught my eye…and lucky I saw it too, for it was a tiny little scorpion! Where it had come from, I don’t know, but it was possibly hiding on the underneath of my flour container, and had fallen into the bowl when I was measuring out the flour. I’m just glad it happened to fall on top of the flour, as opposed to being buried under it, otherwise I would have been given a very nasty wake-up call in the form of a very unfriendly sting. Scorpions of all sizes give a painful sting, but the smaller they are, the more potent the sting, and the more sharp the pain. A close escape, I’d say… I suppose, when you consider how many years I have lived in the bush, I have got away quite lightly (touch wood!), and have only once been stung by a scorpion - that was on my backside, about ten or fifteen years ago, when a few friends and I were lying back on some giant flat rocks at dusk, watching the stars appear one by one in the night sky…It was my own fault really, as I should have known better than to tempt fate (and scorpions) like that. It took about 12-18 hours for the pain to subside. No sleep for me that night! You know how some pain comes in waves - not so with a scorpion sting - the pain is consistent and burning for hours….but at least you know you just have to wait it out and you’re going to be OK - an African scorpion sting is not dangerous, as such…so it’s a matter of gritting your teeth and bearing it.
7 Comments posted on "Scorpion Loaf"
Theresa Siskind St Petersburg FL on April 7th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
Whoa girl, that’s one painful way of getting protein in your diet! Recently, Antony @ the Lions Guardian Blog told us he had been stung by a scorpion, his cook Maria quickly applied her saliva to his bite, and it helped take his pain away! Once I was baking brownies for a boyfriend, but unknown to me, one of my cats broke a glass and pieces of it got into the mix. Well, you can imagine my horror when he bit into one and discovered a piece of glass. Luckily, no harm done!
Dana_Phoenix Arizona on April 7th, 2008 at 6:16 pm
Sorry about the Tanya, but that incident sure made a action packed photo :>) I live in the Southwest United States and I certainly know about scorpions and luckily I haven’t been stung (yet) - I hate those critters!!!
filmingwild on April 7th, 2008 at 7:41 pm
Hi Theresa and Dana…thanks for stopping by…yes, the scorpion almost-episode (as nothing happened, it probably doesn’t really qualify as an episode!) at least served the purpose of waking me up properly that morning!
Theresa Siskind St Petersburg FL on April 7th, 2008 at 8:00 pm
Tanya, sounds like a good theory to me! Whatever works…sorry about your bread, love the smell of bread baking.
Joyce, ElephantVoices on April 7th, 2008 at 9:48 pm
hi Tanya, I was just looking around at the other blogs and saw yours and thought to say hi! please give my love to Simon. Lucky about the scorpion!!
filmingwild on April 8th, 2008 at 7:04 am
The bread didn’t suffer in the end, Theresa…I just flicked the scorpion out with a spoon, and continued…so we still had fresh bread that morning. Joyce - HI! Lovely to see you here. I hope you are well.
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