THE FRIGGIN SCONE RECIPE:

For all you tarts out there who think scones are the be all and end all.... (for you Americans etc who don't know what a scone is, it's a bit like a bread bun but only takes 15 minutes to cook)
Courtesy of the Edmonds Cook Book....

SCONES:

3 cups white flour, 4.5 teaspoons baking power, 1/4 teaspoon salt, 25 gms (1 oz.) butter and about 1 cup of milk. To this basic recipe I add about 1 cup grated cheese and a good handful of cooked bacon pieces, some herbs too.

I chop the butter into tiny pieces, add it to the sifted dry ingredients with a fork and add the cheese and bacon then the milk.

I use a fork to stir the milk in, and I turn the mixture onto a lightly floured bench and just pat into shape and cut up with a knife. I do not knead it or anything! I think the trick is the minimal handling of the dough.
Bake in a hot oven (230 C) for 15 minutes.

You can add anything to the basic recipe I reckon... raisins, dates, cinnamon.... to make them sweet or savoury. I want to try adding even more veges next time... anything to get veges into Griffin!

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Today: well you can guess can't ya?

Bloody vacuming, dusting, cleaning bathrooms and toilets (fuck I'm loving this)....... *laughing me head off* REALLY !

All this excitement, and I'm not even out of bed yet. Can the day get any better?
I can't find my Christmas Wreath anywhere, so last night I made a new one.....

It's going to hang on my front door.... hell I can't believe I'm thinking about Christmas already! I'm not putting up the tree.... just a few discrete decorations.

I have felt like crying already today...Mike went to work at 6 am and left his room and bathroom in a bloody mess.... and I had to clean it up.. he text'd me to say he would do it when he got home, but knowing Mike he'd leave it to the last minute and totally stress me out...hence why I have done it. Why do teenagers feel the need to pop their zits and leave the mess on mirrors all over the bloody house! I swear to God Mike has left a mess on no less than *6* blasted mirrors in this house!!!! I COULD KILL HIM.

NOT HAPPY JAN! What else to report? Still doing the big clean, it does not get any easier I tell ya. And to top it off it's Griffin's Birthday and the poor little bugger is getting ignored.... and getting shitty with it. WE will have to do something extra nice for dinner for him eh? Better get back to it....

Well that's another Open Home done and dusted... lookee what I had cooking in the oven ... smelt delishious! It's bacon/egg/cheese and a few veges in a pie. OOOO yum.

End of Day, I'm knackered! Might have some interest from today's Open Home, a couple are coming back tomorrow for another look.

NSV: I got lots of exercise today! Ok, it was just cleaning, but I got really tired. Going to put me feet up now! nite nite.