Roll, roll, roll your egg!!!
There was egg rolling galore in the Scottish tradition and my egg was too nice to be rolled. It was hard boiled and then as I had no dye I coloured it in with green permanent ( or as I always like to say – pernament) and then I did a lovely design with gold glitter puffy paint : lines, dots, eggs coloured in, outlines, hearts and 2 paw prints. It dried really well and was stunning. I was so tired I slept till 9 am this morning and only got up as the Labradors were very, very, very insistent that I do. Harki is playing with ½ a tennis ball in a little bag and Peri is on her picnic rug surveying her domain!!! Oh, now we are playing with bout 1/8 th of a tennis ball!!
It is sunny and warm this morning, in Hobart it has been positively Autumnal for weeks. They have had 13 C which is about 58 F and is quite nippy. We are having 20 C which is about 72 F. I don’t mind the cooler weather at all. Sun in the morning and then dark nights now we have ended Daylight Saving.
This morning I have been doing sweeping to complement the vacuuming of the weekend. I shall also do washing while the weather is conducive to drying. I don’t have a dryer. The Americans seem to only have dryers and not clothes lines. I like to dry in the fresh air as the Sun and breeze impart a lovely clean smell. It also is better for your clothes as they aren’t buffeted by the action of the dryer. Towels are a bit scratchy, but they dry you better!!!
I have a semi-blocked ear this morning and what feels like the start of a cold. I have only 2 more days to wait until my tooth is fixed in some way, shape or form. I am a bit fragile health wise at the moment and I have an appointment next week to see the specialist and have my port flushed again. Through exercise my knee feels better, which is good. If I was a horse they would have shot me by now!!!
White Chocolate Muffins
150 g good white chocolate
250 g butter
40 g caster sugar
250 ml milk
225 g plain flour
75 g self raising flour
1 tspn vanilla extract
For the muffins : place butter, chocolate, sugar and milk in a pan and melt over gentle heat, stirring. Cool, then add sifted dry ingredients and vanilla. Spoon into muffin papers and bake at 160 C ( 140 F) for 30-35 minutes. Ice when cool if desired with white chocolate ganache. ( 100 g chocolate, 50 ml cream : melt, then cool)
It is sunny and warm this morning, in Hobart it has been positively Autumnal for weeks. They have had 13 C which is about 58 F and is quite nippy. We are having 20 C which is about 72 F. I don’t mind the cooler weather at all. Sun in the morning and then dark nights now we have ended Daylight Saving.
This morning I have been doing sweeping to complement the vacuuming of the weekend. I shall also do washing while the weather is conducive to drying. I don’t have a dryer. The Americans seem to only have dryers and not clothes lines. I like to dry in the fresh air as the Sun and breeze impart a lovely clean smell. It also is better for your clothes as they aren’t buffeted by the action of the dryer. Towels are a bit scratchy, but they dry you better!!!
I have a semi-blocked ear this morning and what feels like the start of a cold. I have only 2 more days to wait until my tooth is fixed in some way, shape or form. I am a bit fragile health wise at the moment and I have an appointment next week to see the specialist and have my port flushed again. Through exercise my knee feels better, which is good. If I was a horse they would have shot me by now!!!
White Chocolate Muffins
150 g good white chocolate
250 g butter
40 g caster sugar
250 ml milk
225 g plain flour
75 g self raising flour
1 tspn vanilla extract
For the muffins : place butter, chocolate, sugar and milk in a pan and melt over gentle heat, stirring. Cool, then add sifted dry ingredients and vanilla. Spoon into muffin papers and bake at 160 C ( 140 F) for 30-35 minutes. Ice when cool if desired with white chocolate ganache. ( 100 g chocolate, 50 ml cream : melt, then cool)
posted by 2paw @ 3/29/2005 11:33:00 am
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