Comments on: exercising … and thinking about buying baby stuff (though just a little bit – I'm not obsessed yet – really, truly) http://www.my-speck.com/2009/01/07/280/ i'm pregnant and it's going to be a rollercoaster Fri, 13 Jan 2012 04:45:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: » Buying Baby Stuff… Prams, Strollers and slings. my-speck http://www.my-speck.com/2009/01/07/280/comment-page-1/#comment-1731 » Buying Baby Stuff… Prams, Strollers and slings. my-speck Wed, 09 Mar 2011 12:01:08 +0000 http://www.my-speck.com/?p=280#comment-1731 [...] We use a beautiful, much-loved Mountain Buggy pram for you.  Which we deliberated over, and did a lot of research on (see above) before we bought it (in NZ on holiday, as it was cheaper there.  Yes, we carted it [...] [...] We use a beautiful, much-loved Mountain Buggy pram for you.  Which we deliberated over, and did a lot of research on (see above) before we bought it (in NZ on holiday, as it was cheaper there.  Yes, we carted it [...]

]]> By: Grandma http://www.my-speck.com/2009/01/07/280/comment-page-1/#comment-407 Grandma Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:37:50 +0000 http://www.my-speck.com/?p=280#comment-407 Dear Speck U will be surprised to know that right at this minute I can't find yr Mum the recipe for jam drops that she used the last time she was up here mucking about in my kitchen - ah bliss to have that happening, it was fun! - AND i can't find yr mum's email either....where is the bloody thing? So... I've looked up Grandma's tried n true book n found a substitute; Mum will probably sniff her nose at this as she's already in love with the other recipe because she had a pregnant-with-you-n-remembering-Grandma moment which caused her to make the said jam drops - plus some sensational raspberries crammed into a jar aping raspberry jam but really just pure raspberry.... still...here goes: 1. Use Madeira mixture (foundation mixture for all small cakes) 2. Raspberry Cakes: Slightly half fill greased patty cases or containers. Place 1/2 teaspoon of raspberry jam i centre. Cover with madeira mixture. Bake 20 minutes. Cover with white icing. Plac tiny touch of raspberry jam in centre. Madeira Mixture: Cream 4 oz butter n 4 oz sugar together until white, add 1/2 teaspoon vanilla, beat in 2 eggs thoroughly one at a time, then add 1/4 cup milk slowly, add 6 oz sifted self-raising flour and 1 teaspoon cornflour (sifted twice). Sifted flour and milk may be added alternately. Bake in containeers for about 15 to 20 minutes (half-filled) The yolks may be separated from the whites of the eggs in the above madeira mixture and the whites, stiffly beaten, are folded in at the last. Now speckle I'm off to text yr mum on her mobile phone n tell her where to find her recipe for tomorrow. Odd how the world out here works now. People once used to write messages or recipes like this on paper n put them in square bits of paper folded up to make containers (things called envelopes) n stick on the outside of them other small bits of paper with serrated edges n interesting little pictures (called 'stamps') n take them to a building where other people would push bits of rubber carved into shapes into trays of ink n push the rubber bits onto the small serrated bits of paper to make black marks (also called 'stamps') n put them in canvas bags with other folded up square bits of paper n drive them to the airport n fly them to other cities before putting them in groups in other bags to go into a person's special bicycle or motorbike bag to be cycled or driven to a little wooden box or metal container perched on a stick or on a paling of a front fence; people like yr mum used to come out of their front door n walk to the little box n lift its lid n take out the folded square bit of paper n rip it apart to get the bit of paper inside..... n read it. Can you imagine it Speck? Yr mum n I should keep a few of them to show you sometime when you get a bit bigger! Must fly now little one. Love Grandma s Dear Speck
U will be surprised to know that right at this minute I can’t find yr Mum the recipe for jam drops that she used the last time she was up here mucking about in my kitchen – ah bliss to have that happening, it was fun! – AND i can’t find yr mum’s email either….where is the bloody thing? So… I’ve looked up Grandma’s tried n true book n found a substitute; Mum will probably sniff her nose at this as she’s already in love with the other recipe because she had a pregnant-with-you-n-remembering-Grandma moment which caused her to make the said jam drops – plus some sensational raspberries crammed into a jar aping raspberry jam but really just pure raspberry…. still…here goes:
1. Use Madeira mixture (foundation mixture for all small cakes)
2. Raspberry Cakes:
Slightly half fill greased patty cases or containers. Place 1/2 teaspoon of raspberry jam i centre. Cover with madeira mixture. Bake 20 minutes. Cover with white icing. Plac tiny touch of raspberry jam in centre.
Madeira Mixture:
Cream 4 oz butter n 4 oz sugar together until white, add 1/2 teaspoon vanilla, beat in 2 eggs thoroughly one at a time, then add 1/4 cup milk slowly, add 6 oz sifted self-raising flour and 1 teaspoon cornflour (sifted twice). Sifted flour and milk may be added alternately. Bake in containeers for about 15 to 20 minutes (half-filled) The yolks may be separated from the whites of the eggs in the above madeira mixture and the whites, stiffly beaten, are folded in at the last.
Now speckle I’m off to text yr mum on her mobile phone n tell her where to find her recipe for tomorrow.
Odd how the world out here works now. People once used to write messages or recipes like this on paper n put them in square bits of paper folded up to make containers (things called envelopes) n stick on the outside of them other small bits of paper with serrated edges n interesting little pictures (called ‘stamps’) n take them to a building where other people would push bits of rubber carved into shapes into trays of ink n push the rubber bits onto the small serrated bits of paper to make black marks (also called ‘stamps’) n put them in canvas bags with other folded up square bits of paper n drive them to the airport n fly them to other cities before putting them in groups in other bags to go into a person’s special bicycle or motorbike bag to be cycled or driven to a little wooden box or metal container perched on a stick or on a paling of a front fence; people like yr mum used to come out of their front door n walk to the little box n lift its lid n take out the folded square bit of paper n rip it apart to get the bit of paper inside….. n read it. Can you imagine it Speck? Yr mum n I should keep a few of them to show you sometime when you get a bit bigger! Must fly now little one.
Love Grandma

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