The Lockdown Diary - DAY 19
Posted 12th April 2020 at 09:03 by Cormack
Late report for Saturday (it was Saturday, wasn't it?) as I had a quite pleasant day. I've baked the last two or three weekends and today, my daughter wanted in on the job, so we made the stock brownies and a double batch of easy biscuits. Bit of a twist by making the brownies with some Chocolate Orange in there but they're bang on. Her kitchen skills are improving no end so next I'll teach her to wash the dishes she creates...
In the fifties' role reversal we had going on in the house, Mrs C cut the back grass and started on hacking back the bits that need hacking. When lockdown is over she has offered to buy me something nice, take me for a steak dinner and dancing, a few drinks and I dare say I'll put out.
Relative is frequently having his oxygen sat reduced, which can't be a bad thing - it's roughly two weeks since he was tested positive/showing initial symptoms.
A bit later on, it was cool in the front room, the whiff of screaming cut grass was coming through the open window and we were eating sandwich biscuits (bit of Nutella to hold them together) and orangey, chocolatey, gooey brownies still warm out of the pan. We're doing OK. Egg event Sunday. The kids aren't 'kids' any more but they are happy to have their heads in the game, and I've got my plan in place - every year is the same; I have no idea what to do to be different and every year I come up with something pitched just about right on the buzzer. The difference this year is they're in training for the 2024 UK Olympic Sleeping squad, so who knows when they'll do it. Can't remember the last time they had two nine o'clocks in the same day...
Stay well
In the fifties' role reversal we had going on in the house, Mrs C cut the back grass and started on hacking back the bits that need hacking. When lockdown is over she has offered to buy me something nice, take me for a steak dinner and dancing, a few drinks and I dare say I'll put out.
Relative is frequently having his oxygen sat reduced, which can't be a bad thing - it's roughly two weeks since he was tested positive/showing initial symptoms.
A bit later on, it was cool in the front room, the whiff of screaming cut grass was coming through the open window and we were eating sandwich biscuits (bit of Nutella to hold them together) and orangey, chocolatey, gooey brownies still warm out of the pan. We're doing OK. Egg event Sunday. The kids aren't 'kids' any more but they are happy to have their heads in the game, and I've got my plan in place - every year is the same; I have no idea what to do to be different and every year I come up with something pitched just about right on the buzzer. The difference this year is they're in training for the 2024 UK Olympic Sleeping squad, so who knows when they'll do it. Can't remember the last time they had two nine o'clocks in the same day...
Stay well
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One of the by-products of having three young Grandchildren is our re-discovery of the Chocolate Orange. The whole tap-it-unwrap-it game is such a joy to them, the chance to smash something as hard as they can on the kitchen side, and get chocolate out of it for doing so. Their faces are a picture.
And now they do them in Plain Chocolate as well, and they are only about £1.50 at most. I'm sure they were dearer than that twenty years ago? I would risk a telling off for a drive to buy non-essentials if we ever run out.. |
Posted 12th April 2020 at 18:03 by Mister Logic
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Try telling some women (I have a few in mind) that chocolate is not essential and you may have a riot on your hands, ML.
The dark ones are quite marvellous and the rise of the pound/discount shop has done wonders for their price, IMO. Smashed the other yesterday (milk - the recipe also calls for dark chunks which were added elsewhere, so half an orange was to go in) and said to my daughter 'you know what the best piece is, don't you?' 'The stick in the middle' I trained them well |
Posted 12th April 2020 at 20:54 by Cormack
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I go mad if someone else has the stick.
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Posted 13th April 2020 at 10:37 by Mister Logic
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It's the bonus item effect, isn't it? Like a track you can listen to any time but don't, but perk up no end when it comes on the radio by chance. There are twenty slices but they're uniform shape, I WANT THE ROGUE...
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Posted 13th April 2020 at 19:12 by Cormack
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