Monday 7 May 2012

Washing, baking, babies!


Welcome to my new follower Rose/Rosemary. Glad you could join me and are enjoying my war ration memories!

Well, the washing on the line yesterday was 'drying' for barely 1/2 an hour before the skies opened and rain and hail descended - not forecast I might add! No point rushing out so waited until it had finished and it had to go overnight in the tumble dryer, on the cheap rate – dryer though, rarely used.

Today I have dried off my fleece protection and put it away until the next frost forecast. Had a go at making some crackers, didn't quite turn out right so will have another go. If and when I get them right, I'll post them.


My seedlings that have spent the last two days indoors have now gone back out into the temporary greenhouse.

Today, using the weight of 2 eggs as a guide, I measured out the same in margarine, S.R. Flour and lemon marmalade. All the above were mixed together with a little extra milk to get a dropping consistency.

6 metal mini pudding tins were greased and base lined and mixture divided between them. Each received a greaseproof hat held in place by an elastic band before being steamed until risen and cooked.

Here they are - their colour reminds me of golden syrup sponges:

Finally, I can't say I like wood pigeons in the garden, usually scare them away, but this cheeky, almost full grown one, made me smile. He/she is resting almost directly under the bird feeder!








8 comments:

  1. The kievs would have to be a favourite. I love anything with garlic in it. These look as if they won't last long. I did the same last week ...used up anything I found in the bottom of my crisper. I managed to make a meal for four with all the bits and pieces I found. Everyone enjoyed it. Sue

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  2. Lovely comment Sue, not sure if you were meant to post it to me though as I'm confused about the kiev mention?

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  3. What a sweet photo of the wood pigeon, he seems to be taking a good rest there :)
    The puddings look tasty! Oh I would like to bake something very soon, I haven't done any baking in a while, as the garden has taken up so much time lately.

    Thanks for your nice comment and for the advice :) I checked the seedlings in the greenhouse this morning, and luckily they were doing fine. Tonight I will cover them with a piece of fleece.

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  4. The pigeon looks well and truly stuffed! What a cheeky little thing!
    P.S. the sponges look gorgeous.

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    1. Don't know whether it was stuffed or fluffed up in the cold.

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  5. Those puddings certainly look very yummy. We have two pigeons who seem to love our garden and are very content to sit on our pergola every morning waiting for Mr M to feed them. What a life eh?

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  6. Those lemon puddings look delicious - how long do you steam them for? Radish coleslaw went down a treat over the weekend - thanks for the idea!

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  7. Abigail, I think they steamed for an hour. I forgot to set the timer so just kept checking back until they felt springy. It is usually about an hour though. Glad you liked the radish idea. We eat a lot of coleslaw, going to post pictures of how I make it one of these days. We like ours quite dry as not too keen on too much mayo.

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