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  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    edited March 2021
    You can make themΒ @Liriodendron!Β Β 
    https://thegreatbritishbakeoff.co.uk/recipes/all/paul-hollywood-fig-rolls/Β 

    I use ginger biscuits for the base of a no-cook lemon cheesecake and used to like digestive biscuits with cheese.Β  Can't find either here and my one attempt at making digestives a few years ago was not good but that's OK as I now prefer bread with cheese.

    I make a very good chocolate chip biscuit and oatmeal based biscuits and flapjacks but only for an event such as patchwork or a garden group meeting.Β  Β 
    VendΓ©e - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,328
    Thanks for the link, @Obelixx.Β  I try not to bake too often because cakes & biscuits are my weakness... I can resist shop ones but not home made, so I try only to bake for special occasions, and for other people.Β  Not had enough occasions (or visitors) for quite a while...
    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    I like that this website is a thing.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    edited March 2021
    @Liriodendron other than the Creole Xmas cake I haven't baked a cake or a biscuit since October - the last patch group meeting.Β  I hope I haven't forgotten how.Β  Β 

    There was a chap at dance club in Belgium who loved fig rolls and I'd get him a packet when I went to the British supermarket for Irish black pudding and golden syrup and mint jelly.Β  It hasn't had any deliveries since December and has had to close.
    VendΓ©e - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,328
    That's a shame, @obelixx.Β  There aren't many recipes I make which need golden syrup, fortunately - because it's hard to get here too - and honey or date syrup often work instead...
    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    I used to be able to buy it here @Liriodendron and have a stock of several bottles in the pantry but I think they are now a precious commodity.
    VendΓ©e - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    I like that this website is a thing.
    It's free \o/

    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Stupid knee getting really painful now so I called for appointments for repeat infiltrations.Β  1, 8 and 15 JULY!!!!Β  Lots of sleepless nights then.

    Not sure you can say "free" @wild edges given how much it's cost everyone in terms of delays and shortages and likely price rises.
    VendΓ©e - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Speaking of price rises I just found out my council tax amount for the year and it's the highest in Wales at over Β£450 above average. I also found out though that my neighbours are in a lower band and an identical house to mine that's just up the road is in a lower band too. I tried to appeal my rating but the website takes you around in circles and basically tells you that you can only appeal under very strict circumstances. I've managed to start an appeal going I think but I'm not holding out much hope of an easy rebate. They'll probably just increase my neighbours' bills instead and I'll end up feeling guilty.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    We are charged as semi detached even though we are E oT. Gave up arguing.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
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