Travelling On

Karmacat

Crumble is definitely a thing, isn't it I like the idea of a potato masher too.  To be honest, I didn't use the right shaped bowl for the lunette-thingy, so I ended up rubbing in with a fork  I'd chopped the butter into pieces already, so it was actually fine.  And I used some of the spare rhubarb in my porridge this morning.  'S good  

So, today: it's warm out there!  Ish.  So I'm airing the house a little bit.  I want to finish cleaning the shopping left over from Wednesday    I'll sit out for a bit, and if I want to do anything productive, I might try to work on genealogy files, the book is there in the background, it'd be nice to pay attention to it.  I'm not going to do anything physical until tomorrow.

rtandon27

KC - I came across this lovely recipe for a Strawberry Rhubarb Cobble (also uses nuts) & thought of you! 

I'm looking for ways to use up several bags of frozen berries that are NOT crumble - LOL - in past years we've had breakfast porridge in the winter with berries & nuts, this past year, we've been preferring eggs and seeded sourdough toast so the berries are languishing!

Karmacat

Ooh, sourdough toast, yum.  Thanks for the linkie, RT, that looks really interesting.  I'll wait to make it for a while, as part of the reason for all these recipes I'm currently doing is using up stocks that are slightly out of date and I don't have a problem with that with oats.  I *do* have too much ground almonds.  And dessicated coconut, actually, which could also be included.  Turns out I don't like dessicated coconut in porridge!  But cooked well, with gf flour, ground almonds, and butter ... I think I may try to turn it savoury, and ladle some baked beans over it, rather than eat lots more sugar added to the fruity version.  Very interesting.

debtfreeoneday

I still want a crumble….

badmemory

No crumble here .  Rhubarb batter pudding, much better.  I was told yesterday that my source of rhubarb is doing well.  The son of a friend has it growing in his garden & for years he just let it go but now he knows I want/like it he cuts it for me.  So much better than the bought stuff.

Karmacat

Just lost a post because of a sloppy finger on the delete forward button, argh.  Anyway, yes, crumble is good!  Batter pudding sounds great!  I really might experiment with dessicated coconut today, I discovered a pack underneath the freezer rhubarb too.

Financial bits: the £25 PB win I mentioned on Jimmy's thread; I'm at 80% of a YG payout of £50; and I now have £30 in pinecone after getting a credit today.  I'll just go for JL vouchers again, I think, it's convenient for Christmas shopping.

Today, hmm.  The tidying has been having an effect, though its not finished.  But it's enough of an effect to get some cleaning done, the lack of dusting is getting a bit scary   

themadvix

Dusting? What's dusting?! 

rtandon27

themadvix said:

Dusting? What's dusting?! 

I love that the definition of the verb dust means both to remove and cover...
Does that mean dust does not have an antonym?  Therefore there is no point in dusting as dust just 'is' & exists no matter what our personal cleaning habits are???

verb

gerund or present participle: dusting

1. remove the dust from the surface of (something) by wiping or brushing it.
   

   "I broke the vase I had been dusting
2. cover lightly with a powdered substance.

   "roll out on a surface dusted with flour"
   

themadvix

Ooh I hadn’t noticed that about ‘dusting’ RT, but I do love verbs like that (think they have a name but can’t remember what it is) - to sanction is another one but there are more.

Karmacat

Oh wow!  I had to remind myself what an antonym was but I just love the philosophical enquiry entailed by that line of thought  In my case, "dusting" meant stopping giving the fruit flies somewhere to live  I even took the mats at the front and back doors out, to bash them about a bit.  I've done most of the stairs, and about a third of downstairs, ie hardly anything, but I sat down lots once I got started ... it was **so** hard to start.  I hate cleaning, I mean, I really do  Haven't done anything with dessicated coconut, of course.

I did manage to sit outside when I was taking the breaks, and it was so lovely!  Felt like a proper break, rather than just stopping work.  And there were four sparrows who were using my garden as a playground-!!!!!!-lido.  Brilliant.