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[Tim]

.... celebrating getting some flour today; SR and plain.

[Collette]

Trying not to throw up after eating too much munch box. 🤢😇

[Gordon]

Tim wrote: ".... celebrating getting some flour today; SR and plain."

The elder Little Miss D wants home-made pizza tomorrow, so I'm hoping I can get white bread/semolina flour to make the base. Otherwise she'll have to have wholemeal, which I personally think would be revolting.

[Serial]

Tim wrote: ".... celebrating getting some flour today; SR and plain."

Good stuff, what're you gonna make?

[Serial]

Collette wrote: "Trying not to throw up after eating too much munch box. 🤢😇"

Somehow I imagine a 'munch box' is much the same, either 'fresh' or regurgitated.

[Tim]

Serial wrote: "Tim wrote: ".... celebrating getting some flour today; SR and plain."

Good stuff, what're you gonna make?"

SR is used mostly for the weekly sponge cake, and various desserts. Plain comes in for numerous things. Crumble being an obvious one that springs to mind.

I'd ordered a bag of each from the deli in Hitchin last week in desperation, then a couple of bags of SR online (without much hope of success as it had become unavailable on previous attempts). To my great pleasure we got it this time, and I found a smattering on the shelves going round, and picked up two bags of plain. So we have enough to keep us going for a while now.

[Brass Neck]

So much effort in the desperate search for little bags of white powder...….

[Craig White]

in nasal whine.

'whit ye waant, man, ah've goat nae skag, nae coke, nae crack, bu' ah could dae ye some self-raisin', man, 's aw ah've goat, but if ye wur lookin' tae create a delightfully light an' fluffy victoria sponge wi' mibbe a subtle butturcream an' apricot jam fullin', man, a tennur bag'll see ye right!'

[Tim]

😀😀

[Collette]

Serial wrote: "Collette wrote: "Trying not to throw up after eating too much munch box. 🤢😇"

Somehow I imagine a 'munch box' is much the same, either 'fresh' or regurgitated."


Actually, it's a work of art, dahling!

[Serial]

Tech XXIII wrote: "in nasal whine.

'whit ye waant, man, ah've goat nae skag, nae coke, nae crack, bu' ah could dae ye some self-raisin', man, 's aw ah've goat, but if ye wur lookin' tae create a delightfully light a..."

Professor of Jakey Studies.

[Serial]

Collette wrote: "Serial wrote: "Collette wrote: "Trying not to throw up after eating too much munch box. 🤢😇"

Somehow I imagine a 'munch box' is much the same, either 'fresh' or regurgitated."


Actually, it's a wo..."


YEUK :0

[Isabella]

Tech XXIII wrote: "in nasal whine.

'whit ye waant, man, ah've goat nae skag, nae coke, nae crack, bu' ah could dae ye some self-raisin', man, 's aw ah've goat, but if ye wur lookin' tae create a delightfully light a..."

I'll take it, I'll take it! But I gotta have icing sugar, it's no good without icing sugar...

You wouldn't hold out on a desperate old baker, would you? Just to get the price up? You can have half the cake...

[Brass Neck]

Collette wrote: "Serial wrote: "Collette wrote: "Trying not to throw up after eating too much munch box. 🤢😇"

Somehow I imagine a 'munch box' is much the same, either 'fresh' or regurgitated."


Actually, it's a wo..."

And yet for you it was nearly a munch boaks!

[Craig White]

"I'll take it, I'll take it!"

in that case ah'll huv to put you oan tae MR BIG! 'e's the brekkin' bad dude o' camberwick green, jist ask fur windy miller - tell 'um ah sent ye!

[Isabella]

Aaargh! Too late... the Food Squad just picked him up for dealing wholemeal to minors.

[Gordon]

Mickey Murphy's bought all of Windy's product for the next month. PC McGarry (number 452) turns a blind 'un.

Meanwhile, up at Pippin Fort, Captain Snort is having a blast.

[Collette]

Brass Neck wrote: "Collette wrote: "Serial wrote: "Collette wrote: "Trying not to throw up after eating too much munch box. 🤢😇"

Somehow I imagine a 'munch box' is much the same, either 'fresh' or regurgitated."


Ac..."


Oh Boom Boom, Mr B! You'd give a wean a row for wolfing their grub down like that. 😆

[Brass Neck]

Gordon wrote: "Mickey Murphy's bought all of Windy's product for the next month. PC McGarry (number 452) turns a blind 'un.

Meanwhile, up at Pippin Fort, Captain Snort is having a blast."

Is it true the fire brigade like to have an occasional little Dibble in the white stuff and if they don't get what they need there's a real risk of a Barney kicking off?

[Gordon]

You're in the wrong part of Trumptonshire there, Mr B. The fire brigade is stationed up in the big town; they don't often get down to the Green. The mayor has an "interest" in an insurance fraud ring and doesn't want Flack's pesky brass band interfering with "accidental" fires around Chigley & the Green.

[suzysunshine7]

Tim wrote: "SR is used mostly for the weekly sponge cake, and various desserts. Plain comes in for numerous things. Crumble being an obvious one that springs to mind."

If you want Self Raising Flour, Tim, but can't get it anywhere, you could always try the now more old-fashioned way of only ever using Plain Flour and just adding some Baking Powder to it ... if you can still manage to find any Baking Powder for sale, that is?! ;o>

[suzysunshine7]

So? ... having finally been amongst some of the last folk around to very reluctantly upgrade two of our 3 Laptops (my Dad's, and my Like New spare one for when this beloved one does it's very last and complete crash into the infinite depths of cyber-oblivion) over to Windows 10 and Microsoft Edge ... I now discover that all of our Local Shops are opting to set up Apps for their Orders and Home Delivery Services that can apparently only be installed on either a Smart Phone or a Chromebook instead?!! ... ARRRGGGHHH!!! ;oO

This has subsequently led to me having all kinds of rather weird conversations by Facebook or Phone to still try to get the things that we need on a far more local level - including our local Chippy sending me a Message via Facebook yesterday telling me to ... "Ring after 4pm and ask for Pedro. Tell him Bill says it's okay that it's going to be a one off Cash on the Doormat Delivery and he'll see you alright on the night" ... !

Today I shall be mostly starting to feel like I've stepped back into some kind of War-time Parallel Universe? One where I now furtively sidle up to dodgy-looking Spivs in large Overcoats and pulled-down Hats that are hanging around on virtual Street Corners and whisper ...

"PSSST, are you Pedro? Bill sent me. You got the Cod & Chips? I'll swap you this Egg, a small tin of Black Boot Polish, and some Parachute Silk for 'em" ... ;o> ... ;o> ... ;o>

[Tim]

suzysunshine7 wrote: "So? ... having finally been amongst some of the last folk around to very reluctantly upgrade two of our 3 Laptops (my Dad's, and my Like New spare one for when this beloved one does it's very last ..."

Way to drum up business by insisting customers use a minor player Google OS tablet. Does it work on all smartphones or only Android ones (just so they can complete the irritation factor)? 😂😂😂

[Craig White]

"Trumptonshire"

.....of course, dr mopp will write a bent script for the right kind of dough (tho' who would want murphy's dough after it was kneaded by a masterbaker), whilst keeping a pimp's eye on mrs honeyman's street trading (mcgarry takes his cut, and as he's the baby's father, often wires up the child for purposes of blackmail). it was mopp that put up the money for farmer jonathan bell's ganja farm (the product mostly bought up by those notorious 'heads', william and benjamin!), and everybody's happy when windy miller binge drinks his home brewed cider and passes out

[Tim]

suzysunshine7 wrote: "Tim wrote: "SR is used mostly for the weekly sponge cake, and various desserts. Plain comes in for numerous things. Crumble being an obvious one that springs to mind."

If you want Self Raising Flo..."

We have an almost new tub of that stuff. Cheers for the tip though, Suzy.

[suzysunshine7]

Tim wrote: "Way to drum up business by insisting customers use a minor player Google OS tablet. Does it work on all smartphones or only Android ones (just so they can complete the irritation factor)? 😂😂😂"

Well, I said Smart Phones because it does indeed say 'Android', Tim, and I had naively thought that that must mean ALL kinds of Smart Phones?!! ;oO

They give two choices of App Stores - Apple Mac or Google Play ... so I extremely reluctantly set us up with a new Google Account ... and THEN and only then, the Page changed to telling me that it would only install on Chromebooks and not on any other Devices! ... GRRR!!!

I immediately deleted the Google Account - but it wasn't ever going to be of any genuinely useful Market Research Data to Google anyway as I had got it set up in the name of my little hairy woofer, Mitzi - LOL!!! ... as I'm not quite as green as I am so often cabbage looking! ;o>

[suzysunshine7]

Tim wrote: "We have an almost new tub of that stuff. Cheers for the tip though, Suzy"

Well, if it was always good enough for my beloved Nan, and for Miss Bell - my Home Economics Teacher, and is apparently still good enough now for the likes of no less than Delia Smith and Nigella Lawson then ... ;o>

Here you go, Tim ...

https://www.nigella.com/ask/self-rais...

https://www.deliaonline.com/ask-linds...

[Brass Neck]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CLxZ...

[suzysunshine7]

By an interesting coincidence I was sent an Email by 'Lakeland' this Morning that has got some very good Recipes in it - and all based on what you may or may not have to hand whenever you feel like baking Bread. I obviously can't Post the Email itself up but I'll try to post up the Online Page Link to it instead and see if that might work on here ...

http://links.mkt2684.com/servlet/Mail...

EDIT: Well? - it works for me so I hope it also works for everyone else who might be interested ;o>

[suzysunshine7]

Brass Neck wrote: "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CLxZ..."

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!! ... Cake!!! ;o>

[Isabella]

Been making flapjack with oats, honey and dried fruit (no flour, no eggs, no golden syrup). First go, not so good as fruit went a bit hard but soaking in tea improves things.

I now have a Sainsbury's slot, so hoping for eggs and flour but I'm not holding my breath...

[Brass Neck]

suzysunshine7 wrote: "By an interesting coincidence I was sent an Email by 'Lakeland' this Morning that has got some very good Recipes in it - and all based on what you may or may not have to hand whenever you feel like..."

Do they have a recipe for hoarded bog rolls and hand sanitiser?

[Brass Neck]

"First go, not so good as fruit went a bit hard but soaking in tea improves things" - doesn't it stain the skin somewhat?

[suzysunshine7]

Brass Neck wrote: "Do they have a recipe for hoarded bog rolls and hand sanitiser?"

You have Hand Sanitiser?!! ... we gave up on being able to get any of that weeks ago!!! ;oO

I can swap you two Baking Potatoes and a still sealed tube of OralB Pro Expert Toothpaste for some? ;o>

[suzysunshine7]

Isabella wrote: "I now have a Sainsbury's slot, so hoping for eggs and flour but I'm not holding my breath..."

Isabella, have you come across this yet? ... https://cardiffdelivers.com/

[Collette]

I made chocolate rice crispy cakes on Saturday, supervised by bossy boots D. Closest thing I've done to baking in a long time ha ha.

[Serial]

Collette wrote: "I made chocolate rice crispy cakes on Saturday, supervised by bossy boots D. Closest thing I've done to baking in a long time ha ha."

ROFL........

Congratulations, not strictly baking and it is the most likely first food a 3 year old might master, but still, well done.
Good job you had adult supervision,

[Collette]

Serial wrote: "Collette wrote: "I made chocolate rice crispy cakes on Saturday, supervised by bossy boots D. Closest thing I've done to baking in a long time ha ha."

ROFL........

Congratulations, not strictly b..."


Oh wheesht, ya cheeky git ha ha! All I got was "make sure you're melting the chocolate right"..."you need more rice crispies than that" and "do you want me to just do it?" For someone that has trouble hard boiling an egg at times, they tasted quite good.😆

[Serial]

Collette wrote: "Serial wrote: "Collette wrote: "I made chocolate rice crispy cakes on Saturday, supervised by bossy boots D. Closest thing I've done to baking in a long time ha ha."

ROFL........

Congratulations,..."

what's next 'Souffle' ?

[Collette]

Serial wrote: "Collette wrote: "Serial wrote: "Collette wrote: "I made chocolate rice crispy cakes on Saturday, supervised by bossy boots D. Closest thing I've done to baking in a long time ha ha."

ROFL........
..."

Nah, that would be far too hard.

[suzysunshine7]

Anyone who is prepared to give making things from scratch a go, no matter how easy or simple a Recipe it might be, and can manage to make a decent Chocolate Rice Crispy Cake is always alright by me ;o>

Well done, Collette!

You are now well on your way to having a go next at making Rocky Road.

[Brass Neck]

suzysunshine7 wrote: "Brass Neck wrote: "Do they have a recipe for hoarded bog rolls and hand sanitiser?"

You have Hand Sanitiser?!! ... we gave up on being able to get any of that weeks ago!!! ;oO

I can swap you two ..."

I picked up quite a large bottle, the last one, from my local pharmacy last Friday and thought I'd played a bit of a blinder. Mrs Neck, never one to hold back an opinion, declared upon seeing the precious purchase, "What 'ave yer bought THAT for?". To be honest, I don't think either of us has actually used it since buying it - she's moved it from pride of place just inside the front door to 'somewhere safe' rendering it hopelessly lost!

The pharmacy had about 5 bottles of the stuff when I went in today so it IS out there.

[Serial]

Brass Neck wrote: "suzysunshine7 wrote: "Brass Neck wrote: "Do they have a recipe for hoarded bog rolls and hand sanitiser?"

You have Hand Sanitiser?!! ... we gave up on being able to get any of that weeks ago!!! ;o..."

I have some homemade stuff in the car, made by a friend, Vodka, Aloe Vera Gel and essential oils. Apparently Vodka is no good as it's not strong enough, so I topped it up with some Potin.
The Potin is lethal, you can light it on a spoon, nice blue flame :0
Ha ha.

A sip of that and you'd be well hammered.

We were using it outside Aldi the other day and all around our car was a strong alcoholic stench.
I'm surprised I don't have a trail of slathering Winos chasing me down the road.

[suzysunshine7]

To be honest, with not going out anywhere (and it now staying like this for the foreseeable future) we don't currently have any need of buying in Hand Sanitisers.

It's great to see them finally starting to become available for sale again though.

[Serial]

suzysunshine7 wrote: "To be honest, with not going out anywhere (and it now staying like this for the foreseeable future) we don't currently have any need of buying in Hand Sanitisers.

It's great to see them finally s..."

It's a good standby, think of it like rescue remedy if you have some freak out when out in the big bad world, a few sips and you're calm again.

[Brass Neck]

The one I bought is alcohol-free (which also means it doesn't disappear quickly enough - I wiped my hands on a towel).

[theDuke]

Hmm..plain flour...

How does one turn plain ol' ordinary flour into super self raising flour?

You give it a pep talk and lift it spirits up!

I'm here all week folks....unfortunately! :)

[Gordon]

theDuke wrote: "Hmm..plain flour...
How does one turn plain ol' ordinary flour into super self raising flour?
You give it a pep talk and lift it spirits up! "

Or slip in 50 mg of sildenafil.

[Serial]

Collette wrote: "Serial wrote: "Collette wrote: "Serial wrote: "Collette wrote: "I made chocolate rice crispy cakes on Saturday, supervised by bossy boots D. Closest thing I've done to baking in a long time ha ha."..."

Actually that's the trick, C.

Getting your souffle 'hard' or at least 'risen up' is the route to happiness, I'm sure D would love to supervise you.

:0

[suzysunshine7]

! ! ! ... Oooh? - now wash your Mind! ... LOL ! ! ! ;o>