COLD DARK ROOM

[CarolM]

Happy Friday y’all! Exciting news I just found out that my Leopard tort born 12/2018 is a boy! ?? boy that caught me off guard!

Congratulations and welcome to the club.

 

[Ray--Opo]

Nope,
Nope, not that desperate, yet, anyway, I can always do the big store donuts , but there just not the same as fresh donut shop donuts, pre fried, frozen then baked, just isn't the same,

I have 4 sons all living in your area. Grand Blanc, Ortonville, Davison.

 

[CarolM]

Good morning! Everyone must be enjoying the weekend as it’s awfully quiet in here.... it did rain most of the day yesterday although lightly but it looks like a nice forecast today and a few storms tonight.. I think our cold snap is gone.. I see 70F and above for the next two weeks... Pickles’ new yard is sprouting fine little grass blades everywhere! I am so excited because he has been wearing my transplants out.. He is the only one who seems happy about the new yard! Lol... he’s been out enjoying it daily while Toretto is on strike...Guess he doesn’t like having a neighbor.. Crusher is shyly starting to venture out in the other yard but he doesn’t stay out long yet... they are all using the Nightboxes just fine Dont have a clue what I’m going to do with myself all day;-)

I made pickle onions and a brown bread with chilli and seeds.

Will wait to give my opnion on how these turned out.

This isn't too bad, but could have done with a bit more salt. And it did not quite get the nice curry chilli flavour that I was going for.

 

[Ray--Opo]

Good morning, I am so behind here. I started back on fri and trying to catch up. Did I miss a song from Sabine? Hope everyone is doing well with this virus thing happening.
My oldest son called me yesterday. His boyhood friend died of the virus at 46 years old.

 

[jeneliza]

I have 4 sons all living in your area. Grand Blanc, Ortonville, Davison.

Yes right next to me, i am the far East side of Burton, grandblanc is just down the Rd, to the South, about, 1/2 mile, and Davison is about 1/4 mile, I moved from ortonvile, I just went there last night for the best pizza around, Pappa Bella's, so worth the drive, pizza just isn't good in Genesee county, so you must be a formal michganer

 

[Ray--Opo]

I made pickle onions and a brown bread with chilli and seeds.
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Will wait to give my opnion on how these turned out.
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This isn't too bad, but could have done with a bit more salt. And it did not quite get the nice curry chilli flavour that I was going for.

Yum!?

 

[jeneliza]

Yep, right down the road, actually, 1/2 mile each way, I am on the far East side of Burton,

And ortonvile I moved here, from there, best pizza in the area , Pappa Bella's, I drove down there last night to get pizza from there, so you must be a formal michganer

 

[CarolM]

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I hope you will all join us for Afternoon Tea.

- Homemade scones made by me with strawberry jam and clotted cream.
- Victoria Sandwich sponge cake made by Daughter
- Fruit tea loaf made by me
- Chocolate brownies made by Daughter
- Four kinds of sandwiches made by JoesDad and Son (they went a bit overboard with the quantity )
Cheddar and homemade date &apple chutney, smoked salmon & cream cheese, egg mayo & cress, coronation chicken
- mini pork pies made by the supermarket

Love it. What is the occassion?

 

[CarolM]

Simple recipes....

Irish Tea Loaf

This is my Mum’s recipe. I have no idea why it’s in cups, but that’s handy for those of you over the Atlantic

Soak Overnight: 1lb dried fruit in 1 Cup black tea and 1 cup sugar (ideally Demerara but any will do)

Next day add 1 egg, 1 cup all purpose flour and 2 teaspoons baking powder and mix thoroughly (Doesn’t need a mixer)

Heat the oven to approx 240F/125C (fan) Add degrees if you don’t have a fan oven.

Grease and line a 1lb loaf tin or other cake tin. This doesn’t rise much due to all the fruit.

Bake slowly for approx 2 hours until a skewer poked in it comes out clean.

Good as it is, or spread with butter or with cheese. Tastes even better the day after it’s made.



English Fruit Scones

Makes 6-8 depending on your cutter size

Preheat the oven to 200C/400F (fan) If no fan add 20 degrees

Rub together 8oz /225g all purpose flour, 3 tsp baking powder and 2oz/75g soft butter or margarine.

Stir in 1oz/40g sugar and 2oz/75g mixed dried fruit.

Break an egg, beat lightly with a fork and stir into the mix. Add milk a little at a time until you have a soft dough. (You won’t need much milk)

Flour the work surface. Pat the dough flat so it’s just over an inch (3cm) thick. Don’t make this too thin! Cut out circles with a cutter. The one I use is approx 1.25 inches diameter

Place on a floured baking sheet and bake for 12-15 minutes until the top is just starting to colour.

Serve warm. Spread with jam and cream or butter and jam.

Ahhh thank you so much.

 

[jeneliza]

Good morning, I am so behind here. I started back on fri and trying to catch up. Did I miss a song from Sabine? Hope everyone is doing well with this virus thing happening.
My oldest son called me yesterday. His boyhood friend died of the virus at 46 years old.

I am sorry to hear that,

 

[CarolM]

I remember when he posted these photos last year... I expected to see a shadowy figure of a beautiful woman in a flowy dress..... fading out of the picture... like she had an important story to tell

The lady of the lake!!

 

[Ray--Opo]

Yes right next to me, i am the far East side of Burton, grandblanc is just down the Rd, to the South, about, 1/2 mile, and Davison is about 1/4 mile, I moved from ortonvile, I just went there last night for the best pizza around, Pappa Bella's, so worth the drive, pizza just isn't good in Genesee county, so you must be a formal michganer

Yes, lived there a good part of my life. Ortonville was where all my sons were born. I finally ended up in Ludington. Rose and I were snowbirds for a few years. After the accident it was hard to continue. So we sold the home in Ludington. Papa Bellas is the best. I also loved the breadsticks at Annie McFees. I think the restaurant has a different name now. Cant forget Luckys for a good steak in Davison.

 

[jeneliza]

I am sorry to hear that,

Wow, I didn't realize you where old enough to have a son my age, you don't seem old enough to have sons that old

 

[CarolM]

Ok here is the first time on my new leg. I used the walker with the arm platform because I knew I would be a little on stable. You can see I am learning to hard on the walker.
As I get comfortable walking. I will use my prosthetic arm also and not put to much weight on Waller. Also need to stand up straighter.

Oh well done. That is brilliant. Very proud of you.

 

[jeneliza]

Yes, lived there a good part of my life. Ortonville was where all my sons were born. I finally ended up in Ludington. Rose and I were snowbirds for a few years. After the accident it was hard to continue. So we sold the home in Ludington. Papa Bellas is the best. I also loved the breadsticks at Annie McFees. I think the restaurant has a different name now. Cant forget Luckys for a good steak in Davison.

All good restaurants, and McFee still has the best bread sticks, so you must have lived there when I was there, I lived on east glass for a few years, then moved to trailer park, that was different, lol. Then we brought a house,

 

[CarolM]

Lurker? Ah, no wonder we've failed to welcome you formally earlier -- it's so dark in here. I'm slowly coming out of the shadows myself... I'm Lena, a long-time MIA.

Yayyyy. We have missed you. Are you going to share some of those gorgeous pics of your cat?

 

[jeneliza]

All good restaurants, and McFee still has the best bread sticks, so you must have lived there when I was there, I lived on east glass for a few years, then moved to trailer park, that was different, lol. Then we brought a house,

But I grew up in white lake, not the same town now, that's for sure,

 

[CarolM]

You'd know, my friend, you'd know. ? It used to be only a naughty "step" in my day. I see now we need the whole "stairs"?!?

Well since we are now supposed to be practicing social distancing we are going to need a couple of stairs so we can make sure there is enough disctance between all of us sitting on the naughty stairs.

 

[CarolM]

See my comment about the need for "stairs". ? We used to sit on armadillos before. Now almost everyone has a naughty step of their own, it seems.

Well we wouldn't fit in with rest of you in the CDR if we did not have a naughty step of our own.. just saying.

 

[CarolM]

Its more like 3 flights now lol

almost snap!!