The Random, Meaningless Announcements Thread 3!

[ChristineM]

By those standards, most of us are insane

At least it does not include use of coffee

 

[sun rise]

At least it does not include use of coffee

Coffee is a cure, not a disease.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

yup

That'll be what starts the revolution.
"I wanna uhhhh....gimme a uhhhh.....do you have a uhhhhhh....I'll have uuuhhhh....uhhhhhh......I think I'll have uhhhhhhhh..........I just want a coke."

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Jeremy Irons?

A what?

 

[ChristineM]

Coffee is a cure, not a disease.

Ahh, that explains

 

[ChristineM]

English Scones recipe

Ingredients

• 350g self-raising flour, plus more for dusting
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 85g butter, cut into cubes
• 3 tbsp caster sugar
• 175ml milk
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• squeeze lemon juice (see tips below)
• beaten egg, to glaze
• jam and clotted cream, to serve

Notes: i also throw in a handful of glace cherries or raisins and don't use baking powder or vanilla

Method

• STEP 1
  Heat the oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7. Tip the self-raising flour into a large bowl with ¼ tsp salt and the baking powder, then mix.
  
  
• STEP 2
  Add the butter, then rub in with your fingers until the mix looks like fine crumbs. Stir in the caster sugar.
  
  
• STEP 3
  Put the milk into a jug and heat in the microwave for about 30 secs until warm, but not hot. Add the vanilla extract and a squeeze of lemon juice, then set aside for a moment.
  
  
• STEP 4
  Put a baking tray in the oven. Make a well in the dry mix, then add the liquid and combine it quickly with a cutlery knife – it will seem pretty wet at first.
  
  
• STEP 5
  Scatter some flour onto the work surface and tip the dough out. Dredge the dough and your hands with a little more flour, then fold the dough over 2-3 times until it’s a little smoother. Pat into a round about 4cm deep. Take a 5cm cutter (smooth-edged cutters tend to cut more cleanly, giving a better rise) and dip it into some flour. Plunge into the dough, then repeat until you have four scones. You may need to press what’s left of the dough back into a round to cut out another four.
  
  
• STEP 6
  Brush the tops with a beaten egg, then carefully arrange on the hot baking tray. Bake for 10 mins until risen and golden on the top. Eat just warm or cold on the day of baking, generously topped with jam and clotted cream. If freezing, freeze once cool. Defrost, then put in a low oven (about 160C/140C fan/gas 3) for a few minutes to refresh.
  

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Coffee is a cure, not a disease.

Coffee is a curse, disease, plague, and blight upon the land.

 

[Brickjectivity]

I've never driven one of these.

Imagine being the insurer. Scary.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

English Scones recipe

Ingredients

• 350g self-raising flour, plus more for dusting
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 85g butter, cut into cubes
• 3 tbsp caster sugar
• 175ml milk
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• squeeze lemon juice (see tips below)
• beaten egg, to glaze
• jam and clotted cream, to serve

Notes: i also throw in a handful of glace cherries or raisins and don't use baking powder or vanilla

Method

• STEP 1
  Heat the oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7. Tip the self-raising flour into a large bowl with ¼ tsp salt and the baking powder, then mix.
  
  
• STEP 2
  Add the butter, then rub in with your fingers until the mix looks like fine crumbs. Stir in the caster sugar.
  
  
• STEP 3
  Put the milk into a jug and heat in the microwave for about 30 secs until warm, but not hot. Add the vanilla extract and a squeeze of lemon juice, then set aside for a moment.
  
  
• STEP 4
  Put a baking tray in the oven. Make a well in the dry mix, then add the liquid and combine it quickly with a cutlery knife – it will seem pretty wet at first.
  
  
• STEP 5
  Scatter some flour onto the work surface and tip the dough out. Dredge the dough and your hands with a little more flour, then fold the dough over 2-3 times until it’s a little smoother. Pat into a round about 4cm deep. Take a 5cm cutter (smooth-edged cutters tend to cut more cleanly, giving a better rise) and dip it into some flour. Plunge into the dough, then repeat until you have four scones. You may need to press what’s left of the dough back into a round to cut out another four.
  
  
• STEP 6
  Brush the tops with a beaten egg, then carefully arrange on the hot baking tray. Bake for 10 mins until risen and golden on the top. Eat just warm or cold on the day of baking, generously topped with jam and clotted cream. If freezing, freeze once cool. Defrost, then put in a low oven (about 160C/140C fan/gas 3) for a few minutes to refresh.

I might try that. I've always kept the ingredients cold, and I've preheated the baking sheet before.
And I wonder, do you still have to sift flour when you measure it by weight?

 

[ChristineM]

I might try that. I've always kept the ingredients cold, and I've preheated the baking sheet before.
And I wonder, do you still have to sift flour when you measure it by weight?

If I'm doing pastry i it cold and chill it for an hour in the fridge before using it

I never bother heating the baking tray, but i do line it with oven paper.

I sift, it makes a better cake i think

 

[Revoltingest]

A what?

You heard me!
Well....you didn't.
You read me!
Actually, my post.

 

[Revoltingest]

Imagine being the insurer. Scary.

Perhaps less than by other methods.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

I sift, it makes a better cake i think

I've been taught to sift, but never have learned the exact why and just assumed it had to do with the proper way of measuring it by volume, such as how brown sugar gets mushed and packed in to measure it.
Measuring by weight really isn't something we do here for recipes, so I've been curious about the flour.

 

[Revoltingest]

He's actually in Minneapolis, not Fargo.

 

[savagewind]

I can't put my demons idea on the demon's thread because I know it shall be called "off-topic".

Alas. This world...

 

[Stevicus]

Watch: Late businessman's dog inherits $5 million - UPI.com

Feb. 12 (UPI) -- A Tennessee dog is living the comfortable life after inheriting $5 million from her late owner, who stipulated in his will that his money should go to his pet.

Lulu, an 8-year-old border collie, was named in the will of owner Bill Dorris, a Nashville businessman who died late last year at age 84.

Martha Burton, 88, a neighbor who often cared for Lulu while Dorris was away, was named as the canine's caretaker in Dorris' will, which states Burton will be reimbursed for "reasonable" monthly expenses.

"I don't really know what to think about it to tell you the truth. He just really loved the dog," Burton told WTVF-TV.

Burton said she is perfectly happy to act as Lulu's caretaker.

"She's a good girl," she said.

 

[savagewind]

Watch: Late businessman's dog inherits $5 million - UPI.com

Oh! The human loneliness!

 

[Revoltingest]

 

[sun rise]

Watch: Late businessman's dog inherits $5 million - UPI.com

THAT'S A WIN.

 

[beenherebeforeagain]

Is that not the ongoing theme of Dilbert?