Lists

Someone asked me the other day 'does doing all this cooking mean you use a lot of flour?', to which my answer was 'no, just lots of butter'. And so here I am writing a mental shopping list of ingredients I need for my next few recipes and my star ingredient 'butter' is as always at the top of my list.

So I'm a good way into the book now, but I would say I've still only covered about a 5th of the recipes. Cakes are done, biscuits are done, and I now move onto a few muffin recipes and pancakes.

Biscuits of note include Ricciardeli which everyone at TFG loved, with their irresistable chewy almond sweetness. I am also impressed with the Irish Blue biscuits. A savoury biscuit using lots of blue cheese. There were 3 savoury biscuits in all, none of which I would have chosen to make had I not been making everything. The 'hot discs' are almost like a water cracker, and I find a certain delightful satisfaction that I can make this sort of 'store bought standard cupboard fare' myself. The oatcakes were interesting in that it lead me to making my own version of baby rusks. Saskia Hyndman seemed to enjoy the one I made her and I plan on making a batch for Josie as well. When Ollie gets older I'm sure I will make him a batch too.

Next recipe is Strawberry Shortcakes which is a very traditional American recipe, and then Blueberry Muffins which will no doubt make their way to West Perth and be eaten with gusto.