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  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    edited October 2022
    I know how incredibly difficult it was to get the allowances etc for my boys. Technically I could apply for some type of carers allowance for my youngest, minute pension rise last year, ended up paying£9 a month tax. ,he got his booster yesterday,funny that after being told last year,he would have to attempt a 50 miles round trip on a train, getting a bus the other end.
  • ErgatesErgates Posts: 2,953
    @tui34 , why did you have to mention home made shortbread? I’ve had a decent breakfast, and trying to enjoy my mid morning coffee, but now my mouth is watering for a piece of shortbread! A boring, dry, chocolate hobnob is not going to do the trick.
  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    Oh, who mentioned chocolate hobnobs? That's not fair
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
  • ErgatesErgates Posts: 2,953
    Me, sorry. It was a very poor substitute for home made shortbread. First thing I’m planning to make when I’m out of isolation!
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    edited October 2022
    I've had two fat slices of carrot cake. Made with oil and no buttercream cheesy stuff (yuk!) so I'm sure it's almost healthy 😇 
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    MIL has given us some cake made with healthy oil. Even my wife won't eat it and she's got the lowest cake standards I've ever seen. :#
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
    Carrot, courgette or beetroot cake, and iced tea, coffee or soup all fly in the face of nature. In fact they’re not far off devil’s work. 😉
    Rutland, England
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    My carrot banana and walnut and raisin cake is the food of the gods
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    My wife's courgette cake is legendary. It's the only acceptable use of courgettes though.
    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
    I've gone right off courgettes since I force fed them to myself after growing a glut a few years ago. Not quite down there with parsnips, but awful close.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
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