Stuffing mushrooms, or something similar. That quote is simply 'there is more to life than stuffing a mushroom'. Well yesterday watching a person make sourdough bread in a video, I had the same train of thought. In the first proving, you had to go back three times every 30 minutes and knead the dough, then of course it had to rise in the pot, preferably for eight hours. You might be starving by this point but don't worry it will be beautifully baked tomorrow.
Well as I kneaded some dough early this morning, Andrew on his way to swimming pointed out that there was an ugly looking crow sitting on the fence outside. I often talk to my crow and he was asking for breakfast of course, so sorted some old bread for him and noted we have a new arrival, my namesake, the magpie. Though of course he could be just around this time of year for eggs but the crows weren't telling him off.
The news this morning: well I am not listening to Today, they are p****** themselves over who is going to be the next prime minister, and Starmer has stuck his heels in. Could be because of the King's speech which will roll out the Labour government's intentions today. The speeches King Charles III made in America were beautiful. He is very good with words, I was not surprised it was so well received but he has written articles in my magazine 'Resurgence' and he can turn a fine phrase.
My camera has sold and I must now look for a simple 'instant' one for our trip to Chiddingford soon and the garden. I should have started earlier with photography with my eyesight going west, trying to set a large camera on the right lines is beyond my scope now.
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| Vote Green or vote for ......gardeners A gardener who with his wife bought a semi-detached house with a quarry at the bottom of the garden full of old farm machinery and turned it into a 'Jungle garden'. Here is Jack drinking water, not Prosecco, but this is called Prosecco Terrace. My daughter is deep in thought listening to the birds which are being identified by the Merlin app on her phone.  Edit: "Hats off Strangers" It is all there the magnificent idiocy of the State Opening of Parliament. You cannot but be impressed by this Medieval sumptuous extravagance of gold and gilt. Trump eat your heart out;) I still haven't got to The Speech yet. Only read this morning that people were wondering whether the King was going to endorse Starmer. But no worries, when the crown makes an appearance nothing stops the show. |
Kingie Charlie has the most excellent speech writers. Queen Camilla's comment 'wow' about the Oval Office decoration, came from the heart. Respect.
ReplyDeleteYour daughter looks bored and perhaps needs a prosecco.
Charles does also write himself Andrew. I know he is put down by the media and he has some very silly habits, like having the manservant put his toothpaste on his toothbrush. Karen is concentrating on the sound of the birds. No one drinks prosecco, isn't it cheap champagne?
DeleteI love the photo of the flowers. Sorry, I didn't watch the video. I did like King Charles speech here, though.
ReplyDeleteWhy is your namesake a magpie if your name is Thelma?
Well I like to see my blog as picking up bits and bobs like a magpie who takes their finds back to the nest Ellen. I am also very fond of magpies because they are an intelligent bird and have the gift of play.
ReplyDeleteI felt the King was having to force the words of his speech past his teeth, poor man.
ReplyDeleteYes he did look rather miserable. The pomp and ceremony is extraordinary. All the carriages came out and my favourite of course, the horses.
DeleteI make bread about once a week--4 loaves. Years ago I purchased a sourdough starter and fussed with it for awhile. The jar of starter has to be 'fed' regularly and the excess used quickly or it goes bad. It was too much effort to keep up with it. Now and then I'm tempted to try it again, but we are happy with the variety of loaves I make with the conventional method.
ReplyDeleteMy daughter started one a year or so back and the starter grew too quickly Sharon so it was also given up. It is supposed to be better for the digestion but perhaps it was just grabbed as another investment in one's health.
DeleteI tried sourdough. It was just such a process and ultimately I failed. I went back to yeast bread. A lot less fuss.
ReplyDeleteYes Debby, in the days when yeast did not come in little plastic packets, it was the 'wild' yeasts in the air that started the fermentation, trapped maybe in the wooden bowls the dough was made in.
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