Good morning, everyone. It is a dull and damp start to what is supposed to be a gradual warm up and improvement in weather. Indeed, the BBC preducts 'thundery showers and a gentle breeze' which sounds absolutely delightful (!!) but, if you look ahead from today, it appears to be more or less wall to wall sunshine, which will be lovely. It always was thus - as soon as schools restarted, the weather improved significantly! It's traditional!
Now I'm looking forward to the Lathcoats' pick your own season.
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As it is seeds, I must make it UK only. I'm sure there are rules about not importing/exporting seeds and anyway - postage.
Going back to the start of the day, I had a one pound loss at Slimming World. I aim for one to two pounds each week for a steady and healthy loss so I was very pleased with that. Then I went and won the raffle (yet again) and came home with a strawberry growing kit and a pack of assorted seeds - a salad bar selection including radish, spring onion, leaf mix, tomato, cucumber, rocket, cress and lettuce.
Now, I'll give the strawberries a go but I never have any luck with seeds so I thought I'd do my first ever give-away in here - just a little one.
Now, I'll give the strawberries a go but I never have any luck with seeds so I thought I'd do my first ever give-away in here - just a little one.
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As it is seeds, I must make it UK only. I'm sure there are rules about not importing/exporting seeds and anyway - postage.
If you would like these seeds, just say in the comments below and in a few days I will choose a name using the very scientific 'Name out of a plastic container' method. Let's say next Wednesday, 19-04-23, and will post the winner on Thursday's blog.
Moving on, after group I did a quick tidy up before Sharon came to sort out my hair. I always feel so much better after she has worked her magic.
Ditto for the cleaners - not with my hair, with the house.
Ditto for the cleaners - not with my hair, with the house.
I thought today was going to be a bit empty but, thinking about it, no, it isn't.
I was going to do Lindsey's SET class online as usual but she has just posted that there's spaces at the Shimmy Studio so I'm going over there. It's always more fun doing it with others.
I want to make my bread for next Sunday today. That's one white loaf and one wholemeal, both using 500g flour. It's worth turning on the oven for two loaves!
I also thought I would half make the scones - make the dough and cut them out, then open freeze them so I can cook them lovely and fresh on Sunday afternoon. Dave and Anna have confirmed that they can come which I am very happy about so I will make five fruit and five plain. I ummed and ahed about making cheese scones too but will ponder that one. You can have too much of a Good Thing.
(I can see I am going to bore you all rigid with my baking escapades this week!)
After all that, I will see how I feel. I might go for a walk (thundery showers permitting) or I might just chill with my kindle, crochet and a film or two. I'll see how I feel.
I hope you all have a lovely Saturday. Remember to say if you would like those seeds.
Take care, stay safe and be happy! xx
Which scone recipe do you use, even when I was a reasonably good cook my scones were a dismal failure.
ReplyDeleteProbably the BBC Good Food one but use plain yogurt instead of milk, although I will look at the Mary and Delia versions before deciding. I don't make scones all that often.
DeleteHow are they a failure - do they not rise?
Here's the Good Food link to copy and paste.
https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/classic-scones-jam-clotted-cream
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Mine never rise but I can make a nice sponge with no problems at all.
DeleteWell, there you go. My sponges are - er - variable, shall we say. The scones came out nicely though. xx
DeleteYour afternoon tea sounds delicious. I always use yoghurt in scones and freeze them as soon as possible to save overindulgence. Enjoy your day. Catriona
ReplyDeleteI've decided that when I make them, I will freeze all but one which I will bake, just to see how they do. They're only going to be titchy ones anyway, not great big ones. xx
DeleteJam looks lovely and I am sure will taste wonderful. Would love the seeds - I grow mostly salad bits in the summer along with a few potatoes and courgettes. Have a lovely day x
ReplyDeleteYour name's in the box. :-)
DeleteI did scrape the pot, obviously (!), and it was scrummy! xx
Lovely little pots of jam - I'm sure they're as tasty as they look.
ReplyDeleteI think they will be. It's quite hard to go wrong with the flavour of home made jam unless you burn it or something. It's the set that can be a problem, isn't it, and that was fine. xx
DeleteThe jam looks great
ReplyDeleteAlison in Wales x
Thanks, Alison. xx
DeleteI have been making scones all my life. They are one of our "basics" but now only when the oven is on for something else sadly. I make all our jam too from whatever fruit comes my way in the summer. Where I was brought up, the milkman delivered bottles of buttermilk as well as the usual milk. It is just not so readily available in England but a good substitute is milk that is "on the turn" - not good enough for your cuppa but not exactly off. The proportions of acid in milk that is just on the turn mean that you get the most fantastic well risen scones with the benefit that you have redeemed the milk too.
ReplyDeleteThe seeds sound jolly useful. Our three youngest grandchildren each have their own raised bed to look after on our allotment and would love to share a packet of seeds like that. They are all so proud of anything that they have grown themselves.
Well, Jo, if you have an air fryer, you could use that. I tries one and it worked beautifully. It makes them much more3 affordable, doesn't it?
DeleteI 'soured' the milk with some lemon juice as the recipe said, and it was fine. Morrisons often has buttermilk in but I didn't need it.
Your name is in the box. xx
I think home made strawberry jam is my absolute favourite. I need to sort out my jam stash and make sure it's still edible.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure it will be. Jam is like chutney - made properly, it goes on for ever (almost). xx
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