Hope tomorrow turns out better @Priscilla and so glad that you managed to sing @piglet and the service was a good one.
I've had a lazy afternoon doing a Christmas jigsaw and then watched a very silly film on Netflix this evening. Husband being away means that Strictywill be watched tomorrow when he's back.
I made mince pies - with home-made pastry!
Must be two years since I last made any, as there has been an unopened jar of mincemeat in the cupboard since last December. Also, earlier in the week, I had found my jar of plain flour was infested with teeny-tiny beetle like things, so had thrown it away, washed out the pot and soaked it in a solution of bleach to kill off any critters still hiding in the ridges of the screw -top fastening.
I dealt with the problem of mincemeat being too sweet by tipping the jarful into a bowl and stirring in 1 tbsp of pomegranate molasses. Seems to have done the trick, as the resulting pies are very palatable.
I do like my own pastry, although it's not as good as my mother's was, but I can never roll it out evenly, so have some pies with thin pastry and some with thick.
I have the same trouble cutting a slice of bread that is the same thickness from one side to another, especially fresh bread.
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I've had a lazy afternoon doing a Christmas jigsaw and then watched a very silly film on Netflix this evening. Husband being away means that Strictywill be watched tomorrow when he's back.
Must be two years since I last made any, as there has been an unopened jar of mincemeat in the cupboard since last December. Also, earlier in the week, I had found my jar of plain flour was infested with teeny-tiny beetle like things, so had thrown it away, washed out the pot and soaked it in a solution of bleach to kill off any critters still hiding in the ridges of the screw -top fastening.
I dealt with the problem of mincemeat being too sweet by tipping the jarful into a bowl and stirring in 1 tbsp of pomegranate molasses. Seems to have done the trick, as the resulting pies are very palatable.
I do like my own pastry, although it's not as good as my mother's was, but I can never roll it out evenly, so have some pies with thin pastry and some with thick.
I have the same trouble cutting a slice of bread that is the same thickness from one side to another, especially fresh bread.