Guest 700- Registered: 11 Jun 2010
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One way to warm the house, do some baking:
date squares, yesterday:
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I intend to make bread later - and that gives me a good excuse to make some cakes as well, to "warm the oven"! When the kids were little it was great fun to make the bread roll hedgehogs and quick bake biscuits with them and their friends......always gave the friends something to take home as well. Happy days..........
Thanks for the prompt, Kath!
Guest 663- Registered: 20 Mar 2008
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That sounds yummy Kath, just give us the word and i'm there am a sucker for home cooking
Guest 686- Registered: 5 May 2009
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Aren't we all Jan? The wife has some soup brewing and I hope it's for lunch today as the smell is driving me nuts.
Although not required in these days of central heating, the subject reminded me of something my Nan used to do: Do some baking and then leave the oven door open afterwards to keep the kitchen warm for an hour or two!
Phil West
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LOL!!! bet your sitting there with your spoon at the ready Phil
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Happy days indeed Bern, I remember the lovely times baking with my two girls when they were little. Daughter Briony has carried it on and still bakes when she comes home and up in London when she gets the time.
Phil, I still leave the oven door open after baking for the warmth, old habits never die!
Kath, your date squares look mouth-watering delicious!!!
Guest 650- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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They look wonderful. I am useless at baking - wish I wasn't. I have just about got the idea of fairy cakes now. That was only after one of my daughters showed me how!
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I'm ths same as you Maggie, baking and me go together about as well as oil and water
Guest 700- Registered: 11 Jun 2010
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Hope you managed to make the bread, Bern
- it is SO satisfying and you have the lovely new bread smell all over the house !!
Melissa - not only 'little fingers' licking the bowl clean !!!
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Guest 686- Registered: 5 May 2009
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Re my post #5: It was carrot soup - and there's enough left for another meal!! Yummy.
Phil West
If at first you don't succeed, use a BIGGER hammer!!
Jan Higgins
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I am making my vegetable soup today to go in the freezer.
Long ago memories, I always used to make it at the pub when the ramblers were coming. Kath, you and Bob had some many years ago after the Boxing Day village walk, it was our first Christmas there.
Isn't it strange how we all remember some fairly small events so vividly and forget other relatively more important things.
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Spent the morning yesterday making 3 white and 3 brown loaves. I have been making all our bread for about 3 years now. Yesterday we really indulged ourselves and had fresh warm bread slathered with butter for lunch and to hell with the calories. It was sensational.
Due to bad back did not have really good bake up but it really is one of my favourite things to do. I have always done this with the grandchildren too.
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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I used to make a lot of our own bread. The kids stopped eating it when I once joked about kneading dough being the best way to clean your fingernails.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
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Not baking but making a yummy venison casserole and gratin dauphinois for dinner tonight.
Guest 641- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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After reading these posts am going to ignore the plastic stuff and bake a loaf of bread
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I recommend the bread flour from Crabble Mill, you can get it at Veg for All Seasons in Cherry Tree. Jeff Vane will flog you a bit of fresh yeast (the dried is ok but fresh is best for flavour) and Bob's your uncle.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Is that the little farm shop on the end next to the river pathway? I'll have a go. I have never managed fresh yeast very well, although I would love to be able to. I have stuck to dry yeast - sometimes literally! - because I know I can handle it. Memo to self: be more adventurous!!
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That's the one, Bern.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
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