Good morning Bloggets. How are you all today? It’s a bright,
fresh day today in the north of England. My house stinks of glue. Where things
have been stuck down. Hub and I last night tried to clear our garage. Oh my
God. When you can’t see, you don’t see, if you know what I mean? Well, when we
got down and dirty, it was filthy. It still is, but no way as bad as it was.
Thing I don’t and won’t ever understand is, our Son goes in their loads and
does his exercises. Never would it occur to him to pick something up that had
fallen, he had bits of broken bike from his bike obviously, all over the place
from when he was repairing it. Just left on the floor. One night we heard him
knocking the dog boxes over with their food in. They are plastic bins with lids;
well one of the lids mustn’t have been on properly. We went in and picked the
bin up and some biscuits that had come out and binned those, but didn’t know
until last night that there were enough biscuits still there to feed a dog for
half a week. We do have a brush believe it or not? He leaves the tool box open
every time he goes in there, so I closed that. Closed his fishing box too and
threw loads out. What an embarrassment? The work men went in there….
I must take my Waggatail out this weekend. She hasn’t been out for ages. It’s awful.
For loads of reasons.
Today I have a date with the ironing board. Can’t wait!!!!
Hub has man flu, poor thing; he still is at work though,
spreading those germs. I hope I don’t catch it? Don’t want to turn into a man. Haha!
So, how about trying how to make English scones? This time
cheese, rather than fruit. You don’t? Well like me, you can always buy them,
but they are not half as good as home made. So if you fancy it, here goes.
Ingredients
450g/1lb plain flour
Plus extra for dusting
4 tsp baking powder
85g/3oz cold butter
350ml/12fl oz milk
250g/9oz assorted cheeses, but if you only
have one kind, that’s fine.
Grate it and keep some for later, just a little bit to
sprinkle on top.
Preparation method
1.
Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6.
2.
Sift the flour and baking powder into a large mixing bowl.
3.
Rub the butter into the flour using your fingertips, until the
mixture resembles coarse, fresh breadcrumbs.
4.
Pour in the milk and mix with a wooden spoon to create soft dough.
5.
Add the crumbled cheese and ensure it is evenly distributed by
gently kneading the dough with your hands.
6.
Shape the dough into a rough round and place on a baking tray
dusted with flour.
7.
Press down on the top of the ball to flatten it slightly, then
brush it with a little milk to glaze.
8.
Grate some extra cheese over the top
9.
Bake in the preheated oven for around 30 minutes, or until the
cheese topping looks golden-brown and crisp.
10.
Serve warm with your favourite chutney or pickle.
Serves four
How does that sound?
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