Today is my boy's birthday. When he was a lad yesterday would have been that day that we went to fetch the tree. After trimming the tree, we would have a birthday Carpet Picnic by its light. He liked boy-type food, unlike his sister - she would choose Baked Alaska instead of birthday cake, but …
Bill Update 2
Bill, 48 hrs: working! and fed. I missed the initial signs of fermentation, of the first odd few bubbles. I removed Bill's lid this morning and initially thought that he was still not working, but the smell gave him away. The surface of the brew was dead smooth and almost glassy, but the volume had …
Honey Apple Challah
Sundays often see us having a Brunch and a high-ish tea, skipping a traditional Sunday main meal in favour of things that we like better... ham, bacon, CAKE... This morning saw the advent of the Staffordshire Oatcakes, which are very nutritious and substantial and look like keeping us stoked for most of the day. A …
Staffordshire Oatcakes
Staffordshire oatcakes have been an unappetising mystery to me. Having seen them from a distance, they looked pale and flaccid and very ... plain. I never met one close-to and from this you may deduce that I never ate one. Not until today. My DH recalled them with fondness - he spent several years living …
Update Bill
Bill at 24 hrs: no activity discernible
Ode to Bread
One of an occasional series of bread-related literature. Ode to Bread Bread, you rise from flour, water and fire. Dense or light, flattened or round, you duplicate the mother's rounded womb, and earth's twice-yearly swelling. How simple you are, bread, and how profound! You line up on the baker's powdered trays like silverware or plates …