gathering it all together
Daily Prompt: Cliché Clichés become clichés for a reason. Tell us about the last time a bird in the hand was worth two in the bush for you. I am a Knitter. Knitters come in two varieties: The Product Knitter and The Process Knitter. The Product Knitter Knits for the end product. They may or may …
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Daily Prompt: Buffalo Nickel Dig through your couch cushions, your purse, or the floor of your car and look at the year printed on the first coin you find. What were you doing that year? Pause for rummage. I have here a UK 10 pence piece, dated 2006. 10p, small change, 2006, big changes. That year …
Well, that was interesting. "Interesting" as in "nowhere near as easy as I had expected it to be." Making the batter was simple and fast - just whisk together the flour, yeast, milk and water. I used a balloon whisk, forgetting that I have a spanking new dough whisk, as yet unused. It took a …
Crumpet, muffin, pikelet and farl recipes | Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall | Life and style | The Guardian. Just for reference, my recipes for yesterday's Muffins and today's Crumpets/Pikelets are the same as the ones in this Guardian article, so if you don't have access to the River Cottage Handbook 3, you can get details here.
When ah were a lass growin' oop bein' dragged oop in Sheffield, we called these tea-time treats Pikelets. Since those distant monochrome days of filth and want, I have discovered that most of the known world has Crumpets for tea. Pikelets, according to various sources, are a slightly different beast (but not when ah were …
Common sense took hold and we passed on the eggs, having had pasta and meatballs at lunch. Verdict? Not bad. Next time, smaller - I'll make a dozen instead of nine. Tomorrow: Pikelets/Crumpets
