Today it is windy and raining steadily. I think its probably hurricane Earl (but since I'm close to England I will think of it as a noble and royal hurricane instead of a crass and unfortunate first name for anyone to have). We took the horses to a racetrack (that also has a schooling xc course, a showjumping ring and an indoor -talk about multitasking!) and cantered Foxy and Charlie. One of Eric's friends and fellow event riders happened to be there so he cantered Charlie which meant less time out in the rain for me. Roofus got to jump a bit and again was very good.
I heard on the news that some tapestries from the Sistine Chapel are going to be exhibited in London. Which makes me wonder, how do they transport them? Obviously not on Ryan Air... I'm not an art historian of course but the idea of moving them makes me worried about the poor old guys. What if something happens to the plane /ferry / bus they're on?? I suppose they have divine right on their side.
I'm not going to worry though because I have a new culinary acquisition. Sue gave me some butter from her family farm which I'm very excited to try as I'm sure it will be delicious, so I'm off to make a grilled cheese.
Monday, 6 September 2010
Saturday, 4 September 2010
At what point does eating chocolate biscuits become a problem?
I don’t have much else to ask on the subject, but I’m averaging around 5 biscuits a day, on a good, biscuit conscious day and I’m going through biscuit packages really quickly.
Chocolate Things I’ve tried:
1 Cadbury’s Chocolate flakes. Wonderful texture but flakiness has its drawbacks, like flaking all over the floor or all over your sweater.
2 Terry’s Orange Chocolate. Overall good, slightly heavy for daily use.
3 Cadbury’s Mint Snaps. Thin chocolate in the shape of potato chips. Tastes good but insubstantial.
4 Crunchie. Honeycomb with chocolate around it. sweet and crunchy but gets stuck in your teeth, not great for eating in public.
5 Double Decker. A bar with cereal and chocolate and other things. Multiple layers. An English major would be inclined to call this chocolate bar deep, layered, profound even...
6 Mars bars. Like a milkyway but pronounced entirely differently (as in the oregano issue, above post. Or below post? Dependent upon whether new posts go to the top or bottom which I really don’t know and whether or not your computer and screen are right side up. Or if you’re wearing those goggles that switch things).
7 Nutella. I’ve had nutella many times before so it doesn’t technically belong on this list of new chocolate experiences, but its just so good I couldn’t help myself. In Ireland I have had Nutella on pancakes, toast, and spoons.
8. Lots of different types of chocolate biscuits but my favorite are McVities
9. Cadbury Milk Chocolate Bars
10. Bingo bars -chocolate biscuit with chocolate on top surrounded by chocolate. acceptable but not as good as they sound
Things I've learned while watching The Great British Bake Off....
The McVities factory is capable of producing 1 million biscuits in a day!
And the reason shortbread is called shortbread, even though its a cookie, is because tax on bread was lower than on cookies so they called it a bread.
Chocolate Things I’ve tried:
1 Cadbury’s Chocolate flakes. Wonderful texture but flakiness has its drawbacks, like flaking all over the floor or all over your sweater.
2 Terry’s Orange Chocolate. Overall good, slightly heavy for daily use.
3 Cadbury’s Mint Snaps. Thin chocolate in the shape of potato chips. Tastes good but insubstantial.
4 Crunchie. Honeycomb with chocolate around it. sweet and crunchy but gets stuck in your teeth, not great for eating in public.
5 Double Decker. A bar with cereal and chocolate and other things. Multiple layers. An English major would be inclined to call this chocolate bar deep, layered, profound even...
6 Mars bars. Like a milkyway but pronounced entirely differently (as in the oregano issue, above post. Or below post? Dependent upon whether new posts go to the top or bottom which I really don’t know and whether or not your computer and screen are right side up. Or if you’re wearing those goggles that switch things).
7 Nutella. I’ve had nutella many times before so it doesn’t technically belong on this list of new chocolate experiences, but its just so good I couldn’t help myself. In Ireland I have had Nutella on pancakes, toast, and spoons.
8. Lots of different types of chocolate biscuits but my favorite are McVities
9. Cadbury Milk Chocolate Bars
10. Bingo bars -chocolate biscuit with chocolate on top surrounded by chocolate. acceptable but not as good as they sound
Things I've learned while watching The Great British Bake Off....
The McVities factory is capable of producing 1 million biscuits in a day!
And the reason shortbread is called shortbread, even though its a cookie, is because tax on bread was lower than on cookies so they called it a bread.
Friday, 3 September 2010
A word about Gaelic Football
Right now I am watching the absurd, delightful, crazy, popular (at least here in Ireland) and dangerous looking game of Gaelic Football. Ulster versus... someone else who's losing. According to wikipedia "The primary object is to score by kicking or striking the ball with the hand and getting it through the goals." When this doesn't work players jump on top of the ball and pile on each other. Then someone finally grabs the ball (which looks to me like a soccer ball) and runs away or throws it. It reminds me of how you played soccer when you were 6 and the gym teacher wasn't looking. Only the Irish and Australians play, but one plays in a rectangle and the other a circle, so when they play against each other they have to compromise and they play in a... I don't remember but I think a rectangle.
Thursday, 2 September 2010
Verbs about my life
Riding Foxy, Charlie and Roofus while Eric and Sue are away at Burghley
Eating Annies mac and cheese from my wonderful package from my mom (thanks mom!)
Watching Burghley for free (visit the chronicle website to sign up)
Doing lots of laundry
Picking berries and making the first Blackberry Raspberry pie of the season. Can't wait to eat it.
Watching Waverly Road -a drama about a private high school... called a public school in Britain strangely.
Ruminating upon old age, as I've just finished Love in the Time of Cholera
Not Writing papers or reading long novels or deciphering philosophical texts. Entirely school-less
Thoughts about my life, specifically an hour each day of my life monday through friday including commercial breaks :
I've always thought about bad tv in terms of people needing a distraction from "real life," enjoying the absurd and sordid, coating their brain cells in refuse etc. But I've also noticed that I look forward to Britain's Best Dish (certainly not bad tv but not really life changing either) in part because it gives me a nice nightly routine, specific and timely plans in the chaos of the postmodern world, an hour of peace amidst the rapid passing minutes, food for thought etc.
Eating Annies mac and cheese from my wonderful package from my mom (thanks mom!)
Watching Burghley for free (visit the chronicle website to sign up)
Doing lots of laundry
Picking berries and making the first Blackberry Raspberry pie of the season. Can't wait to eat it.
Watching Waverly Road -a drama about a private high school... called a public school in Britain strangely.
Ruminating upon old age, as I've just finished Love in the Time of Cholera
Not Writing papers or reading long novels or deciphering philosophical texts. Entirely school-less
Thoughts about my life, specifically an hour each day of my life monday through friday including commercial breaks :
I've always thought about bad tv in terms of people needing a distraction from "real life," enjoying the absurd and sordid, coating their brain cells in refuse etc. But I've also noticed that I look forward to Britain's Best Dish (certainly not bad tv but not really life changing either) in part because it gives me a nice nightly routine, specific and timely plans in the chaos of the postmodern world, an hour of peace amidst the rapid passing minutes, food for thought etc.
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