Having a lazy day today. Would just like to say how proud I am to 'know' you P'doc. When I'm watching the news I often wonder what type of person puts themselves at risk to help others, now I know.
Welcome back Bushman, glad you are enjoying Scotland, keep the piccies coming.
Hope you have an exciting and relaxing time in Paris DD, don't worry I'm sure you and Charlie will have a great trip.
Hosta and Steve, well done, makes my 10lbs look pretty feeble
Can't remember anything else, 'see' you all later.
Add salt to flour and rub in butter. Add beaten egg and combine, adding a little milk if necessary.
Roll out gently to about 3/4" thick and cut into rounds using smallest cutter.
Bake in hot oven until risen and beginning to brown.
Split each rusk into two (they should pull apart easily) and put back in hot oven to crisp (about 5 mins).
Every Suffolk farm worker would take some rusks and cheese in his pack up. They're also served with butter and cheese (and a dash of mustard pickle) as part of Sunday tea. My ex mother in law taught me how to make them before I married (my family weren't from Suffolk and Ma never made rusks).
Lovely train journey [ yes really ], green fields and trees.
OH met me off the train at Chesterfield and although she had been against the trip, was happy to see me.
Shepherds pie and a bottle of red for tea, no booze and not much food recently.
Thanks for your lovely comments, but my actions may not have been completely altruistic. I hope I don't offend anyone, when I say that I always loved the drama of major trauma, even though I knew for a long time that it was damaging to my own health. I needed another "fix"
Plan to sleep and garden as much as possible for the foreseeable future.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
P'doc - ((hugs)) I don't think there's any such thing as total altruism - we all get something back - it doesn't mean that the act is any the less for that
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Those look good Dove. I always make my scones with an egg. Rarely make them now as they need eaten on the day of making. Something I never have any trouble doing....
Altruistic or not doc. You still went out there and did it.
I promised youngest fairylet we would go to Ikea tonight. Seriously regretting that...
Clari - time you went elsewhere, love. They really take you for granted. Not helpful to your wellbeing I'd have thought. I hate seeing people 'used' in that way. Can we round up a posse?
Anyone seen Steve and Hosta? Oh - there they are....they're getting so slim I can hardly see them....
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Ah, clicked send too soon ... P'doc, I know what you mean by needing the 'fix' of the drama - I used to work in the arts - the quieter times of preparation then the highs of performance gave me a buzz. - not like yours but a buzz just the same.
Later on there was a buzz when I was working in child protection - when one of 'those' phone calls came and I was out on a visit with the police I got that same buzz - it didn't mean that I was glad a child was needing protection - just that I worked well in that heightened situation.
Couldn't have done it day after day - no wonder so many people burn out - but my role meant that there were quiet periods followed by a spell of highly intensive work and it suited me. There have to be people who get something out of those situations - people who didn't wouldn't be able to do the job.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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Hi folks,
Having a lazy day today. Would just like to say how proud I am to 'know' you P'doc. When I'm watching the news I often wonder what type of person puts themselves at risk to help others, now I know.
Welcome back Bushman, glad you are enjoying Scotland, keep the piccies coming.
Hope you have an exciting and relaxing time in Paris DD, don't worry I'm sure you and Charlie will have a great trip.
Hosta and Steve, well done, makes my 10lbs look pretty feeble
Can't remember anything else, 'see' you all later.
Joyce -
Suffolk Rusks
8 ozs SR flour
4 ozs butter
one beaten egg
a dash of milk
pinch salt
Add salt to flour and rub in butter. Add beaten egg and combine, adding a little milk if necessary.
Roll out gently to about 3/4" thick and cut into rounds using smallest cutter.
Bake in hot oven until risen and beginning to brown.
Split each rusk into two (they should pull apart easily) and put back in hot oven to crisp (about 5 mins).
Every Suffolk farm worker would take some rusks and cheese in his pack up. They're also served with butter and cheese (and a dash of mustard pickle) as part of Sunday tea. My ex mother in law taught me how to make them before I married (my family weren't from Suffolk and Ma never made rusks).
http://www.eadt.co.uk/ea-life/living_off_the_land_1_197915
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Like scones with an egg then. Like the idea of splitting and cooking again. Must be lovely with cheese and maybe a few herbs added.
You'd think they'd be like scones, but they're much lighter and crisper - more like a pastry than a scone.
Last edited: 20 October 2016 16:38:11
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thanks Dove
I too like the thought of the crispiness. They look moreish. . .
Oooh, they look absolutely delicious Dove.
Home again.
Lovely train journey [ yes really ], green fields and trees.
OH met me off the train at Chesterfield and although she had been against the trip, was happy to see me.
Shepherds pie and a bottle of red for tea, no booze and not much food recently.
Thanks for your lovely comments, but my actions may not have been completely altruistic. I hope I don't offend anyone, when I say that I always loved the drama of major trauma, even though I knew for a long time that it was damaging to my own health. I needed another "fix"
Plan to sleep and garden as much as possible for the foreseeable future.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
P'doc - ((hugs)) I don't think there's any such thing as total altruism - we all get something back - it doesn't mean that the act is any the less for that
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Evening all - does it count as evening ?
Those look good Dove. I always make my scones with an egg. Rarely make them now as they need eaten on the day of making. Something I never have any trouble doing....
Altruistic or not doc. You still went out there and did it.
I promised youngest fairylet we would go to Ikea tonight. Seriously regretting that...
Clari - time you went elsewhere, love. They really take you for granted. Not helpful to your wellbeing I'd have thought. I hate seeing people 'used' in that way. Can we round up a posse?
Anyone seen Steve and Hosta? Oh - there they are....they're getting so slim I can hardly see them....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Ah, clicked send too soon ... P'doc, I know what you mean by needing the 'fix' of the drama - I used to work in the arts - the quieter times of preparation then the highs of performance gave me a buzz. - not like yours but a buzz just the same.
Later on there was a buzz when I was working in child protection - when one of 'those' phone calls came and I was out on a visit with the police I got that same buzz - it didn't mean that I was glad a child was needing protection - just that I worked well in that heightened situation.
Couldn't have done it day after day - no wonder so many people burn out - but my role meant that there were quiet periods followed by a spell of highly intensive work and it suited me. There have to be people who get something out of those situations - people who didn't wouldn't be able to do the job.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.