CoTT 2 House of Cards

[clochette]

8 minutes ago, Mancunian said:

My bread is cooling down and smells delicious 🍞 😀

I admire your patience to make bread so often

[Mancunian]

5 minutes ago, clochette said:

I admire your patience to make bread so often

I usually bake it once or twice a week, but this is the first I've baked in about a month. I've been busy at work, this contract is taking up more of my time than I thought it would. Fingers crossed it will be finished in about six weeks, and then everything gets back to normal. 🤞

[Mancunian]

What do you think guy's? Who fancies a slice?

[clochette]

9 minutes ago, Mancunian said:

I usually bake it once or twice a week, but this is the first I've baked in about a month. I've been busy at work, this contract is taking up more of my time than I thought it would. Fingers crossed it will be finished in about six weeks, and then everything gets back to normal. 🤞

What's frustrating for me is all those hours waiting for it to rise ansmd then it's eaten in no time

Yeah you had a busy summer from what your shared. What's your job again? I can't remember. 

[clochette]

Just now, Mancunian said:

What do you think guy's? Who fancies a slice?

Yuuuummm! Save a slice or two I'm crossing the pond!

[Mancunian]

2 minutes ago, clochette said:

What's frustrating for me is all those hours waiting for it to rise ansmd then it's eaten in no time

Yeah you had a busy summer from what your shared. What's your job again? I can't remember. 

I'm a self-employed retail consultant specialising in the jewellery and pawn-broking sector. Usually, I only work part-time and volunteer at a night shelter in my spare time and do the admin for them, the volunteering has its own rewards.

[Mancunian]

6 minutes ago, clochette said:

Yuuuummm! Save a slice or two I'm crossing the pond!

The next batch will be multi-seeded bread rolls. 🤤

[clochette]

3 minutes ago, Mancunian said:

I'm a self-employed retail consultant specialising in the jewellery and pawn-broking sector. Usually, I only work part-time and volunteer at a night shelter in my spare time and do the admin for them, the volunteering has its own rewards.

Oh yeah wow no wonder you're so busy! Nice activities! 

[Mancunian]

2 minutes ago, clochette said:

Oh yeah wow no wonder you're so busy! Nice activities! 

I enjoy my paid and unpaid work, both have inspired storylines for the stories I've written and probably will for a while. I try to take it easy to stop my doctor from moaning at me, most of my dialysis is done at home now so it's not too bad. 

[CassieQ]

1 hour ago, Mancunian said:

What do you think guy's? Who fancies a slice?

I've never baked bread, but would love to try it sometime 

[Headstall]

14 hours ago, CassieQ said:

I am not.  I might get a wild hair and submit something but right now I have no plans to.  

I'm not planning on it either. But, like you, who knows what might happen a week before deadline.  

[Headstall]

1 hour ago, Mancunian said:

What do you think guy's? Who fancies a slice?

Oh Lord! I can actually smell my mom's bread looking at this picture. Beautiful!

[Headstall]

3 hours ago, raven1 said:

Hey Clo,  It could be worse.  My grandma used something like this to iron clothes.

This reminds me of our old washing machine. The wringer would pop up if you put too many clothes through it. I did all our laundry for those years my mother struggled.

[Mancunian]

This tastes gorgeous with butter and pineapple jam (jelly if you're from across the pond) 

[Albert1434]

Here find my CLASSIC PORK POTSTICKERS!

Serve it with soya black vinegar dipping sauce!

Edited August 20, 2023 by Albert1434

[Headstall]

3 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

Here find my CLASSIC PORK POTSTICKERS!

Serve it with soya black vinegar dipping sauce!

Looks delicious, and now I'm thinking of perogies covered with lots of bacon bits, fried onions, cheese, and butter.  

[Page Scrawler]

3 hours ago, Mancunian said:

The next batch will be multi-seeded bread rolls. 🤤

Yum! I love mixed grain bread for snacking, but homemade white bread is great for sandwiches.  😋

[Mancunian]

1 minute ago, Page Scrawler said:

Yum! I love mixed grain bread for snacking, but homemade white bread is great for sandwiches.  😋

You cannot beat homemade bread, it's the best bread anyone will ever eat. 

[Albert1434]

I make them for dinner party's and such😁

[Headstall]

So, it looks like I am now down to just two cats.   The tabby and white mom had disappeared now... something is picking them off, and all I have left is one young male who keeps crying nonstop, and the old male who can't see so never goes hunting. It's sad. 

I don't know what's picking them off, but they leave no trace. It could be coyotes, or that cougar that lives a few kilometers away... or possibly a big, nasty raccoon. 

[clochette]

2 hours ago, Mancunian said:

This tastes gorgeous with butter and pineapple jam (jelly if you're from across the pond) 

Oh last year I made pineapple, vanilla and flamed rhum jam  a first that turned out amazing 

Edited August 20, 2023 by clochette

[CassieQ]

43 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

Here find my CLASSIC PORK POTSTICKERS!

Serve it with soya black vinegar dipping sauce!

Those look amazing.  

[clochette]

5 minutes ago, Headstall said:

So, it looks like I am now down to just two cats.   The tabby and white mom had disappeared now... something is picking them off, and all I have left is one young male who keeps crying nonstop, and the old male who can't see so never goes hunting. It's sad. 

I don't know what's picking them off, but they leave no trace. It could be coyotes, or that cougar that lives a few kilometers away... or possibly a big, nasty raccoon. 

Oh no, that's so sad... awful  I hope whatever it is goes away. Does the one that cries would be willing to be inside maybe?  

[Headstall]

38 minutes ago, clochette said:

Oh no, that's so sad... awful  I hope whatever it is goes away. Does the one that cries would be willing to be inside maybe?  

He's very skittish. He's the one cat (besides the old male) that I can't touch. I have touched him when he is eating with a bunch of cats, but he will slink away. 

[Albert1434]

Tonight, we had dinner!

Finger Lickin' Chicken with sun-dried tomato pesto zucchini

We grew the yellow zucchini!

Edited August 21, 2023 by Albert1434