Unutterably Silly So what are you doing RIGHT NOW?

[dreams]

Originally Posted by phenomshel

Trying a new biscuit recipe (that is supposedly foolproof - shhhh, don't tell the Texas Citizenship Board but I have never been able to make decent biscuits from scratch).

Have fun... (I gave in and just use store bought.)

Originally Posted by phenomshel

Dreading midterms later today.

Good Luck I know you will do well.

Originally Posted by phenomshel

And last but not least, still reeling from the bomb my daughter dropped on us last weekend - I'm going to be a grandmother.

[Patricia]

I believe that American biscuits are rather like the English scones.
One thing to remember is to preheat the oven. They need to go into a hot oven at once, as soon as the dough is mixed. This is because the raising agent is activated as soon as the mixture is moist. And they won't rise properly if the oven is cool.

So I always turn the oven on, do something else for ten minutes, then grease the baking tray, then measure the ingredients. That way everything seems to work fairly well.

[phenomshel]

Originally Posted by kennyc

Well....actually the only reason I say that is because the guy at Costco called it that and the first one did actually last a couple of years.

Since I've been using it to repair cat-escape torn screen doors and windows, I go through it pretty fast.

Good luck with the mid-terms! (are you taking or grading?)

Ok, well then the guy from Costco isn't from Alaska either :P
Unfortunately, I'm taking the mid-terms. 2 more years to go on this Bachelor's degree program. We have a Houdini for a cat too, so I feel your pain. She can claw through duct tape though - we had to replace all our screening with the old fashioned metal kind, instead of the light nylon stuff.

Originally Posted by FlorenceArt

How do you make biscuits from scratch? Good luck, good luck, good luck and congrats!

Right now drinking a glass of Porto, reading A Room with a View on my Opus, and making weird scribbles on a sketchbook.

2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 1/2 teaspoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/4 cups heavy cream.
This looks like the oddest biscuit (unsweetened scone?) recipe on record, but it's the only one I've ever used that actually has a texture I like (I don't like the texture of drop biscuits). This is a roll out and cut in circles type recipe; as opposed to drop spoonfulls on a sheet.

Thank you, thank you, thank you, and Thank you! .

[FlorenceArt]

Originally Posted by phenomshel

2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 1/2 teaspoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/4 cups heavy cream.

See, you're using ingredients, that's not from scratch

[Patricia]

My scone recipe is similar, but uses butter rather than cream. I think that I'll give yours a try though, Shel. It looks interesting.

[WT Sharpe]

Originally Posted by phenomshel

What am I doing? ... last but not least, still reeling from the bomb my daughter dropped on us last weekend - I'm going to be a grandmother.

Uh, congratulations, I guess!


What am I doing?

I just planted three rows of corn in the lower 40.

Not really; I've just always wanted to say that. But I did plant three 8' rows of the stuff in my backyard this afternoon.

[Patricia]

Yes, congratulations, shel! Time to get knitting?

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by FlorenceArt

How do you make biscuits from scratch? Good luck, good luck, good luck and congrats!

Right now drinking a glass of Porto, reading A Room with a View on my Opus, and making weird scribbles on a sketchbook.

http://oldfashionedliving.com/biscuits.html

(not biscuits in the English sense of COOKIES)

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by phenomshel

Ok, well then the guy from Costco isn't from Alaska either :P
Unfortunately, I'm taking the mid-terms. 2 more years to go on this Bachelor's degree program. We have a Houdini for a cat too, so I feel your pain. She can claw through duct tape though - we had to replace all our screening with the old fashioned metal kind, instead of the light nylon stuff.

Yes, I have to keep replacing the duct tape.....
My son who's in Alaska now thought it was quite funny at the time -- he's not laughing any more.

Missed the Grandmother posting! Congrats....I think....

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by FlorenceArt

Oh, right, I'd forgotten all about that. Now I must start resetting all the clocks :sigh: The batman alarm clock is the worst, I can never figure out which button does it, because the buttons don't work very well

Originally Posted by FlorenceArt

It would, if I used it as an alarm-clock Also, it says "Gotham City is in trouble. Call for Batman."

best alarm clock ever !!!! little tip for you : i had an alarm clock which was really difficult to set, so i just left it alone. it was accurate 6 months of the year, and the rest of the time it prevented me from being late.

Originally Posted by FlorenceArt

Trying out new multifocal contact lenses. So far (about 1 hour) I like them much better than the previous bifocal ones. I can actually read the forum posts on my MacBook's screen for one

wow, multifocal ? really ? i didn't realise that was possible. sounds tricky. do you have to orient your eyes according to the distance of what you want to look at ? like, if something is very close but above you, do you have to tip your head back to look through the bottom portion of the lens ? (i'm not making fun of you, i'm sincerely curious about how they work)

Originally Posted by yvanleterrible

It's been scientifically reaserched. Results show that babies' wail types are genetically keyed to their parents and affect them the most. They are meant, as is pain, to trigger attention to discomfort. Survival at its finest...

cats have also learned how to do this, embedding high tones which are specifically keyed to be unbearably annoying into a purr, to incite action for whatever it is they want (food, usually). damned cats are far too smart.

Originally Posted by pilotbob

I travel forward in time constanly... at the rate of about 1 hour into the future every hour. Sometimes I wish I could stop doing that.

i frequently have the impression of travelling forward in time at a rate of several hours per hour. sadly, i've not yet found a method for reversing the direction.

Originally Posted by phenomshel

What am I doing? uhh. It's complicated. Fighting with the new bank about activating new debit cards. Trying a new biscuit recipe (that is supposedly foolproof - shhhh, don't tell the Texas Citizenship Board but I have never been able to make decent biscuits from scratch). Dreading midterms later today. Being happy about setting up a DIY scanning setup that actually is pretty efficient. Listening to the neighbor's grandkids playing next door. And last but not least, still reeling from the bomb my daughter dropped on us last weekend - I'm going to be a grandmother.

crikey, that's quite a program !! good luck with everything !!!

Originally Posted by phenomshel

2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 1/2 teaspoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/4 cups heavy cream.
This looks like the oddest biscuit (unsweetened scone?) recipe on record, but it's the only one I've ever used that actually has a texture I like (I don't like the texture of drop biscuits). This is a roll out and cut in circles type recipe; as opposed to drop spoonfulls on a sheet.

please to add to the recipe thread ? thank you !

the same goes for your scones recipe, patricia.

[FlorenceArt]

Originally Posted by Patricia

I believe that American biscuits are rather like the English scones.
One thing to remember is to preheat the oven. They need to go into a hot oven at once, as soon as the dough is mixed. This is because the raising agent is activated as soon as the mixture is moist. And they won't rise properly if the oven is cool.

So I always turn the oven on, do something else for ten minutes, then grease the baking tray, then measure the ingredients. That way everything seems to work fairly well.

Mmm, scones. I found a French recipes (with ingredients I can recognize, lol) and downloaded it for later. Now I'm feeling hungry

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by FlorenceArt

Mmm, scones. I found a French recipes (with ingredients I can recognize, lol) and downloaded it for later. Now I'm feeling hungry

share please !!! i will have to save the recipe for at least a few weeks but i am feeling hungry too !!!!

(then again... scones are pretty soft, right ? maybe if i soak them in tea or milk first, i could eat them... )

[ShortNCuddlyAm]

Originally Posted by phenomshel

If that is a lifetime supply for you, obviously you do not live in Alaska. (or Texas).

Or Surrey!

What am I doing? uhh. It's complicated. Fighting with the new bank about activating new debit cards.

Good luck!

Trying a new biscuit recipe (that is supposedly foolproof - shhhh, don't tell the Texas Citizenship Board but I have never been able to make decent biscuits from scratch).

Good luck!

Dreading midterms later today.

Good luck and fingers crossed!

Being happy about setting up a DIY scanning setup that actually is pretty efficient.

Congrats

Listening to the neighbor's grandkids playing next door. And last but not least, still reeling from the bomb my daughter dropped on us last weekend - I'm going to be a grandmother.

Congrats? Try not to remind yourself that it will be soon be your grandkids you can hear playing!

[FlorenceArt]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

wow, multifocal ? really ? i didn't realise that was possible. sounds tricky. do you have to orient your eyes according to the distance of what you want to look at ? like, if something is very close but above you, do you have to tip your head back to look through the bottom portion of the lens ? (i'm not making fun of you, i'm sincerely curious about how they work)

I was also curious about how they work. The optician told me that the lens is separated into different areas with different corrections (sometimes it's concentric circles, sometimes it's a different distribution). So the eye receives a sort of patchwork, some areas of the image are in focus, some aren't, and my poor brain is supposed to make sense of this Apparently this works for about 60-70% of people. But since different lens brands have different distribution patterns, they may work differently for different people.

The ones I tried today are great for long and mid range vision but not so god for short range, I had some trouble reading. The previous ones were great for reading but I couldn't see my computer screen very well when working

[FlorenceArt]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

share please !!! i will have to save the recipe for at least a few weeks but i am feeling hungry too !!!!

(then again... scones are pretty soft, right ? maybe if i soak them in tea or milk first, i could eat them... )

http://www.marmiton.org/Recettes/Rec...ais_82854.aspx