Grantham Gingerbread
I did my plan last night. Again, not much of one, but it seems to work.
I rose at 6.30, checked emails (there were 2), did comments, found Derrick Knight was already up and commenting, caught up with blog posts from the last few days and find it is now 8.06. So I checked my emails again – nothing. Checked my comments again and about a dozen had come in.
I’ve finished that now and it’s time to move on with the rest of my day. It is grey, windy and spotting with rain outside. I am inside feeling smug.
The original plan was to write this post later in the day, but if I do it now I can avoid doing something more useful. Sometimes it seems like planning just isn’t for me. I’m slightly distracted because my stomach feels it is time for breakfast This is a real dilemma. The words “Morton’s Fork” came o mind. The thought of cutlery made my mouth water.
If I make breakfast I risk waking Julia before she is ready to get up. This may make her less than sunny. When woken earlier than she wants, she is more Paddington than Pooh, and tends to stare across the breakfast table. But if I leave it much longer, she will get up, prepare breakfast and make me eat something full of healthy fibre. Healthy fibre is all very well but it doesn’t quite beat a cooked breakfast. Anyway, I will be cooking Mediterranean vegetables tonight, probably as a pasta bake, and that is enough of a high fibre penance.
Gingerbread Men
Talking of which, I have another dilemma. Do I bake cheese, onion and garlic soda bread to go with it, or try my new idea – Stilton and Leek soda bread. Or, lazily, do I chip the pack of frozen garlic bread from its icy tomb and try that.
I’m also considering doing rock buns. I’ve been thinking of them for a while. but I’m not sure if I can substitute oil for butter and the internet is mostly silent on the subject. I don’t really want to do rock buns, I want to do Fat Rascals, but it’s probably better to start simple. Some of the comments make me think that they won’t be successful with oil, so we will have to see. I can’t really do recipes where you do the flour and butter between your fingers and I can’t be bothered to get out the food processor, use it, wash it and put it away. I may just stick to scones and muffins.
Cutting out gingerbread men
Once I was a reasonable baker. It’s hard having to learn it all again.
It sounds like you are not really relearning to bake, just learning to bake a different way to work around arthritis and energy levels. You will do just fine with whatever you set out to do.
I hadn’t looked at it like that, but yes, you are correct.
My gosh, this post made me hungry. And I’m all agog to learn what choices you made.
Cheese, onion and garlic soda bread and soft rock buns – made with oil instead of butter. Will try them later his week again. 🙂
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I think that I am reading your posts in the wrong order. Having tempted me with soda bread, now you are dangling rock buns before me. This is not doing my slimming regime any favours.
The rock buns, made with oil, were very easy, but not rocky. They ended up as biggish biscuits. I had to eke out the dried fruit with chopped apricots. They had a deliciously light texture. And they are all gone. 🙂
I think that I will have a go at them.
I am going to do them again. Will let you know how they go.
I will.
Im very sophisticated…
I have often thought that as I read your life and times as a New York socialite. 🙂
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Im amazed at your lack of emails. I wake up to at least ten….none personal
Sometimes I have more. The junk starts coming in from 10ish – mainly seed catalogues, auctions and eBay. A dull selection. 🙂
I get a lot of ny times and Vogue updates …
Very highbrow. 🙂