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Loretta
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Feb 08, 2018 05:44AM
Really, MT? (Sorry, not time to follow the link.) I always fancied having twins called Sam and Ella.
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Patti (baconater) wrote: "Using cups is much better than weighing everything as you lot do.You can use any sort of cup. A tea cup, a mug, even a drinking glass.
It's the ratios that's important.
I used to know who inven..."
So what do you do when the recipe calls for one cup of flour and 250grammes of butter as one I happened upon the other day?
If it's ratios you just say, two parts butter to one cocoa or whatever. It's mental doing it one cup cocoa to two cups butter because it isn't the same. Cocoa and flour will weigh different amounts so you will get variations. Then they always add something like, 500ml of water. And is a cup of water the same as a cup of flour because fluids are different to solids so presumably the cup with the flour in has to be bigger, surely, because 250 grammes of flour is going to be more than would fit in a cup that takes 250 grammes of water?
It's basic science, innit? You cannae bend the laws of physics Jim.
Then there's that cups in Australia and the US are different sizes and that no-one in Europe uses them because we're not mad.
So doing cups versus weights and measures or a simple standard ratio system is just taking something accurate and adding an imponderable variable to make it impossible to do accurately, thus making sales of shop cakes soar etc.
The whole cups thing is the devil's work as far as I'm concerned and the principal bane of my cooking life! You could never tell, could you.
M.T. wrote: "Patti (baconater) wrote: "Using cups is much better than weighing everything as you lot do.You can use any sort of cup. A tea cup, a mug, even a drinking glass.
It's the ratios that's important...."
Hmmm, let me think. Not sure I quite got that, ROFL.
I like the way you think. Furthermore, I like the way you put it into words. Thank goodness I'm not the only one who prefers precision.
Afternoon all. Day started with a meeting :( although I was chairing so we tore through all the business and then had coffee.I think the drive has gone (or is just about to go) on my macbook, which is a major pita. Last resort I’ll have to take the disc out and clone it (because OF COURSE it hasn’t been backing up to the server recently - I think they’d fallen out, they certainly weren’t speaking anyway) but will have one last try to get it going and take off all my recent stuff.
Feckin technology
On the plus side I have just made the most excellent espresso :)
We use proper cup measures! no idea where they came from, but very handy if you need that sort of thing. They turned up at the back of cupboard at just the right time last year.
Good grief. You lot are hard work! Good thing I love you!Here! £12!
https://www.amazon.co.uk/ANPHSIN-Stai...
Rosemary (grooving with the Picts) wrote: "Afternoon all. Day started with a meeting :( although I was chairing so we tore through all the business and then had coffee.I think the drive has gone (or is just about to go) on my macbook, whi..."
It's only excellent if you've dumped rum into it.
Never said I hadn’t!
Patti (baconater) wrote: "Good grief. You lot are hard work! Good thing I love you!Here! £12!
https://www.amazon.co.uk/ANPHSIN-Stai......"
We got mum a set of the cups as one of the presents for Christmas. Not because she wants to do a lot of baking (but it would be good if she did)
but
1. In an effort to make things easier as she is insisting on doing as much as she can for herself, we are keeping her supplied with easy microwavable meals and instant porridge -I know it's not the real thing but definitely easier, except for measuring the milk in the little sachet. So the cups were for that.
2. She already had the set of little spoons and the cups matched, plus they are pretty colours and match her set of plates.
At the moment we are ticking along - leaving her little post it notes with suggestions for her meals, carers and district nurses coming in and two half days at a daycare centre.
I'm pleased things are ticking along for your mum, Janet. I spent a summer back home in Canada with my brother n sis n law several years ago cooking up a storm and freezing single servings, including cooking instructions, in hopes of keeping her parents independent as long as possible.
Only delayed the inevitable, I'm afraid.
On that note, Dave's mother seems to be doing better in the nursing home, so we're told. His father has been told that he's not allowed to feed her, so she's getting some nourishment now.
He's in better spirits now as well.
I'm pleased Dave will be able to see how they're getting on in person in just a few weeks. Being away is very hard on on him lately.
Exploding is too good for them.
Rosemary (grooving with the Picts) wrote: "Exploding is too good for them."Ha!
Had the pleasure, way too rare nowadays, of having my two daughters home - one from New York (she drove down this morning), the other from San Francisco! So of course they went off to the Mall shopping.I get a couple hours to write - or sleep. There has been a lot of new stuff, a lot of catching up, and the one thing you can't get from video: hugs. I am content.
Hope your kids are all closer.
Patti (baconater) wrote: "Good grief. You lot are hard work! Good thing I love you!Here! £12!
https://www.amazon.co.uk/ANPHSIN-Stai......"
Lol, well you wouldn't want us to be easy, would you?
Patti (baconater) wrote: "I'm never flying without tea cakes ever again.https://www.atlasobscura.com/foods/ex..."
When we were kids my brother used to love those. My son also loves them. I'm less bothered with those ones but the caramel wafers ... Nom. McMini loves them best too.
I do enjoy that in this day and age you can have a brand with a name that's as Victorian sounding as Tunnocks. With a name like that the firm should really be making a pile cream or something. Do you know, Scotland, the land of Tunnocks' origin, is one of only two countries in the world where coke is not the bestselling soft drink. Go IrnBru. Tastes gross but then so does coke. :-)
Alicia wrote: "Had the pleasure, way too rare nowadays, of having my two daughters home - one from New York (she drove down this morning), the other from San Francisco! So of course they went off to the Mall shop..."
Yay! Enjoy. :-)
Jay-me (Janet) wrote: "Patti (baconater) wrote: "Good grief. You lot are hard work! Good thing I love you!
Here! £12!
https://www.amazon.co.uk/ANPHSIN-Stai......"
So glad things are going ok for your Mum Janet. It's so hard trying to look after them and keep them at home for as long as possible.
Good morning all. The BBITW is in bed with a cold. Nearly six foot of moping teenage boy takes up a lot of space on the sofa when he stretches out horizontally.I start my new job on Monday, so I either want to dodge this cold or have it quickly and be over with it by Sunday night. Wouldn't give a good impression to miss my first day on a sickie.
Hope everyone is fit and well.
Morning all, slept but feel tired and headachy. Got 3 deadlines but hopefully no meeting. Need to get petrol after work and trying to sort out fundraising at Pets at Home.I like Irn Bru MT, especially over Coke. Glad things are going OK for your mum Janet. Glad you had some quality time with your daughters Alicia
Morning, all. Horrible drizzly day here.
Morning all. A little sleet in the valley this morning but nothing much worth shouting about. Looking forward to the weekend now, especially as next week is the last one before half term for us. Aside from small jobs, like servicing the car, I'm hoping to get a full week of writing in, which will be novel (pun intended), as it'll be the first holiday all year that Mrs Gaff hasn't been able to get time off.
Morning everyone. Lovely here today. Warmer again, next minute it'll be spring!
Morning, each. Grey and damp here - and the weather is as well.
M.T. wrote: "So glad things are going ok for your Mum Janet. It's so hard trying to look after them and keep them at home for as long as possible. "Thanks MT - reading your posts and blogs has helped.
And thanks everyone else for your thoughts.
My house really needs an industrial type clean - but at the moment I'm more or less just collapsing into bed when I get home. With the tax deadlines in January I was taking work home because of having to take time off and I've not caught up yet with things that had to be postponed (like cleaning!!).
I have some spa vouchers, shopping vouchers and an afternoon tea voucher from Birthday & Christmas to use. Don't know when I'll fit them in. I have been making time for the gym as an escape.
This morning I arrived to take Mum to the day centre, and she was sat in her snuggly dressing gown with a cup of tea and her feet up. I had to spoil her plans for a lazy morning !!
Jay-me (Janet) wrote: "M.T. wrote: "So glad things are going ok for your Mum Janet. It's so hard trying to look after them and keep them at home for as long as possible. "Thanks MT - reading your posts and blogs has he..."
Oh, January is hard if you deal with tax. It takes a while to unwind after that (hub's an accountant). Hope you get chance to use your spa vouchers.
That's just the sort of morning I'm hoping for tomorrow, Janet.Had a lovely day. Very busy but got so many hugs!
bright and fine today, bit chilly and a bit brisk :-)
Do hope you manage to find time to use your vouchers Janet, could you pay a cleaner? Might make you feel a bit better if it's getting done.
Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "Do hope you manage to find time to use your vouchers Janet, could you pay a cleaner? Might make you feel a bit better if it's getting done."I really need to go through the house (probably with a flame thrower) before letting a cleaner in.
Jay-me (Janet) wrote: "Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "Do hope you manage to find time to use your vouchers Janet, could you pay a cleaner? Might make you feel a bit better if it's getting done."I really need to go thro..."
Yeah, that's often my problem. I think I will have to pay a cleaner this month, but need to do some tidying first.
My last cleaner got a better job. What? Better than cleaning for me? My new one starts Monday - lovely lady. She'll hoover round my mess.
Got away junk food on the way home. Do I feel guilty?Do I buggery.
I'm waiting for a Tesco delivery, so I will have a fridge full of options for dinner tonight. I may order in a takeaway.
Apparently it’s National Pizza Day. An essential celebration of all things doughy, tomatoey and cheesy. So we are having pizza tonight. Dough is rising nicely and I am trying to leave a few olives to go on top :)
Well, popped into Pets at Home and the manager was in, so rang my manager who gave him permission to give us the cheque for the fundraising we did in December - the deal was I had to have my pic taken but it was £1.1k so I accepted that - it will be on our website/Facebook page at some point over the weekend. Wish I'd known I was having my picture taken though!! Not done much housework but made my list :-)
Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "Well, popped into Pets at Home and the manager was in, so rang my manager who gave him permission to give us the cheque for the fundraising we did in December - the deal was I had to have my pic ta..."Wonderful. Hope the pic didn't hurt too much. It was for a good cause.
Haha,. That pizza looks like a starter for my OH. You should have seen his face when I suggested I have a slice of his in future as I don’t want a whole one.
Alicia wrote: "Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "Well, popped into Pets at Home and the manager was in, so rang my manager who gave him permission to give us the cheque for the fundraising we did in December - the de..."Would have been better if I was prepared!
Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "Would have been better if I was prepared!"Indubitably.
Good morning!It's bucketing down here.
Snuggled in my bed reading and listening to the rain on the roof is rather pleasant.
raining as usual here, at some point I will have to go out in it and feed sheep
Morning all, pishing doon here too. I'm supposed to be training it into Edinburgh today, at the moment I am feeling less than keen
I was planning on going shopping. Think I'll defer it and serve freezer rubble.
There's a bright glow on the horizon: looks like a high overcast. Bit of frost on the cars parked in the street . . .
Morning all. Grey and dismal here, I've not fancied actually looking outside yet.We indulged in national pizza day as well!
Morning all, is supposed to be snowing but fortunately its raining! Cats woke me up extra early today. Fundraising this morning, sorting out some homing forms while there. Then food shopping before popping to do some more homing forms. Then really need to do some housework
Piddling here, too. Was going out into town. Not gonna happen.
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