Grannymar

A far more accurate account of the events of that fateful morning….

Baby bear goes downstairs, sits in his small chair at the table.
He looks into his small bowl. It is empty. ‘Who’s been eating my   porridge?’ he squeaks.

Daddy Bear arrives at the big table and sits in his big chair. He looks into his big bowl and it is also empty. ‘Who’s been eating my porridge?!?’ he roars.

Mummy Bear puts her head through the serving hatch from the kitchen and yells, ‘For God’s sake, how many times do I have to go through this with you idiots?
It was Mummy Bear who got up first.
It was Mummy Bear who woke everyone in the house.
It was Mummy Bear who made the coffee.
It was Mummy Bear who unloaded the dishwasher from last night and put everything away.
It was Mummy Bear who swept the floor in the kitchen.
It was Mummy Bear who went out in the cold early morning air to fetch t he newspaper and croissants.
It was Mummy Bear who set the damn table.
It was Mummy Bear who walked the bloody dog, cleaned the cat’s litter tray, gave them their food, and refilled their water.
And now that you’ve decided to drag your sorry bear-arses downstairs and grace Mummy Bear with your grumpy presence, listen carefully, because I’m only going to say this once….
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‘I HAVEN’T MADE THE F***ING PORRIDGE YET!

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Thank you Magpie 11 for the update on an old favourite.

Blame the holidays…. I have no work to show you.  The idea I had for this week did not work out and I was busy with family.

This piece is not my own but spied at The Outlet Centre in Banbridge, on my way to Dublin last week.  Empty shop units are cleverly disguised by having the windows dressed with Artwork or products from other shops in the town.

This window was actually an Advert for the South Regional College to promote their classes.

I loved the colours in the needlework and the fabrics were light and airy.  I snapped it with my phone through the glass and hoped to avoid flashback!  The three circles at the bottom of the work are actually on the window, if you look carefully they carry on right across the pane.

Time for family, friendship and food to share.

Moving, meeting and talking,

Reminiscing and telling stories

Playing catchup and filling gaps.

It is fun!

• Eggs
• Liquid Polish
• Honey
• Milton
• Rashers
• Rum
• Mince

Oops!  That is not the list of Ingredients :roll:  That was a shopping list on the back of a scrap of paper in Mammy’s handwriting, the recipe I want is on the other side!

German Slices

Preheat the oven to 180°C

For the base:
8 ozs self raising flour
4 ozs margarine
3 ozs caster sugar
2 egg yolks
¼ teaspoon vanilla essence

For the top layer
2 tablespoons yellow jam (apricot)**
2 egg whites
4ozs ground almonds
4 ozs caster sugar
Few flaked almonds to sprinkle on top

Now in true mammy style I should leave you there and let you figure it out for yourself.  Will I?  Nah, I will give you the modern method Elly style instead.

Place all the ingredients for the base in a food processor bowl.  Process until well mixed, then press into a Swiss roll tin.

Spread a layer of ‘Yellow jam’ over this base in the tin.

Whisk the egg whites and fold in the ground almonds and the sugar. Spread over the jam layer and sprinkle with flaked almonds.  Bake for 30 minutes.

** Mammy used red or yellow jam when baking.  The red was always Raspberry and the yellow Apricot.

I wonder what was going through the mind of this little girl at the edge of the water feature.

Just before I clicked the camera she was splashing her hands in the water