Oopeday! I realised this had never been posted. This is what happened mid term 4! Pretty ick and I had to bow out of a lot of commitments including blog hops!
So it appears that 3 out of the 5 of us may have whooping cough (despite being vaccinated - and please people, let's not go there about the whole vaccination versus not debate - everyone is entitled to their own opinion)
Anyhow, Hannah and I have been in quarantine this week and feeling truly miserable. Today the drugs finally kicked in and I was able to do a few domestic type things around the house. Mostly washing, but also a double batch of cornflake cookies (which is really just my basic biscuit recipe with handfuls of mixed fruit thrown in towards the end and then rolled in cornflakes) This is the recipe that I was taught when I was about 8 and it works for everything - choc chip cookies, jam drops, etc etc and also doubles as a pastry base when you need one.
Put 125g of butter (real butter not margarine) in the mixer bowl and then add about the same amount of sugar. Put a good splosh of real vanilla and mix on high until it gets creamy. Add 2 eggs and mix. Then just thicken with SR flour bit by bit until the mix will roll into balls without getting your hands gunky.
If you want to turn these into the best peanut butter biscuits ever then just add a big spoonful of peanut butter and a bit more flour and a couple of handfuls of peanuts.
We had lots of eggs because we've been sick and off our tucker so I made a big zucchini slice too. It felt good to be back pottering around in the kitchen. I think Spring must be getting to me as I even cleaned the kitchen and wiped down tiles and cupboards!
My garden is looking magnificent. All of the bare rooted roses I planted last year have come into their own and are flowering beautifully. I do so love my David Austens.
We've lost quite a few of the shrub natives in the wet last year so I have replanted some and it is delightful to see the little honeyeaters discovering them. We've had so many of the little green and yellow friends this year with not so many fairy wrens. I may need to fix that with a few fuschias.
Being sick has made me think a lot about home comforts and comfort food. I find that I am not really a materialistic person (flash cars and money don't do it for me) but I do really love sweet, simple things. When I am sick nothing tastes better than tea in the mug from Nanny's house. My morning toast is always nicer on a fine china plate and when it is buttered with a silver handled butter knife. I have told you about my little blue jug collection? Roses always seem rosier in a blue jug.
When my throat was really sore I craved rice pudding and scotch finger biscuits. That is really much more an emotional response to food than anything else. I wonder why some foods and objects can trigger that sort of response in us?
Thankfully a new load of book arrived yesterday to cheer me up. I love these Gail Pan ones - can't wait to get started on a few Christmas gifts out of these when I am feeling better.
I am still knit, knit, knitting on a test cardigan for me in a lovely Spring green. I can't wait for it to be finished. I am so much better at lots of little projects than one big one!
Anyhow,
fingers crossed Hannah and I get the all clear tomorrow.
Keep smiling,
Nell
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