tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72554791720527032.post1114225315057528889..comments2023-10-26T10:41:27.682+01:00Comments on Dispatches from the Deise: Scones, Square Meals and TV licences - Bargain-basement Baking for Taxing TimesCatherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16116884676266268214noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72554791720527032.post-44662532982469296182010-05-01T01:58:24.883+01:002010-05-01T01:58:24.883+01:00Love scones, made them this morning with my tea. ...Love scones, made them this morning with my tea. Thanks for visiting me at Delights of the Heart. I am enjoying your slides shows here.Marilyn Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13115440271615593122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72554791720527032.post-12815559082114005982010-04-30T01:33:53.851+01:002010-04-30T01:33:53.851+01:00JEANNETTE 0 I am glad you can add my recipe to you...JEANNETTE 0 I am glad you can add my recipe to your collection! I'll keep 'em coming. As for the Wii, I love it but don't keep too good a record of playing the Wii fit often enough. Sadly we all need TV licences here or the govt. comes after you with threats of fines or jail or both - our prisons are totally overcrowded and yet they will throw someone in the slammer for 10-20 days for non-payment of a tv licence while giving non-custodial sentences to drunk drivers who kill people. No wonder the country is gone mad at the govt. of the day.<br />All the best, CatherineCatherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16116884676266268214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72554791720527032.post-43504684178445061942010-04-30T01:30:57.948+01:002010-04-30T01:30:57.948+01:00TREASA - Thanks for that request and I will try to...TREASA - Thanks for that request and I will try to find a good brown bread recipe - I presume you mean soda bread? I have a colleague whose bread is the best, I will ask for her recipe and am sure she will share it for you too! Hope the kids are well now - laughed at the comment on your current post about shopping for boys vs. girls! I had 3 boys to shop for and as they tell me they ended up wearing the curtains when I would make them clothes from local cloth when we lived in Africa - as it was often the same as the curtains! Traumatic or what? They've survived. Teen daughter on the other hand is now only doing her own shopping as I have no taste whatsoever. Oh well....at least she's not borrowing my stuff!<br />CatherineCatherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16116884676266268214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72554791720527032.post-37566205859968832312010-04-28T19:19:10.434+01:002010-04-28T19:19:10.434+01:00I LOVE scones, and I collect recipes of them -than...I LOVE scones, and I collect recipes of them -thanks for sharing, Catherine!<br />My daughter and son in law played the Wii at our house at Christmas 2008, and I don't know about needing any TV license...?Jeannette StGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07951617490107614687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72554791720527032.post-70540439302468674032010-04-27T23:49:33.235+01:002010-04-27T23:49:33.235+01:00Thanks for the receipe they look delish! Do you ha...Thanks for the receipe they look delish! Do you have a good receipe for brown bread, it is something that has alluded me for years it either comes out too gloopy, too hard, too tasteless........agghhh the list goes on. Will defo try these on my visitors. Thanks for the comment on my blog btw it's nice to know other people have these scares and get through them. The poor little mite it's so hard when they are so little and can't tell you where the pain is all the best xIrish Mammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06757346514998427835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72554791720527032.post-11794702194489425052010-04-27T21:39:24.696+01:002010-04-27T21:39:24.696+01:00ANN - just saw your comment as I was replying to t...ANN - just saw your comment as I was replying to the others - do you need TV licences in the States? Stephanie V from Vancouver didn't seem to know about them so maybe they don't in Canada! They are really infuriating here and the link I put to them from Wikipedia calls it a regressive tax that penalises the poor. Typical of the govt to do that - they are all being shamed into giving up their pensions that they draw while working as TDs(those who were former Ministers and have "entitlement" to pensions while still in the Dail. Yes, like I said, my son has a licence even though he only played Wii and now he gave the telly to his brother who now has to buy a licence as first son's isn't transferable! Grrr indeed. Oh well, Immrama launch tomorrow night!Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16116884676266268214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72554791720527032.post-25948985629922664492010-04-27T21:34:53.899+01:002010-04-27T21:34:53.899+01:00PEGGY - what a good idea about freshening up the s...PEGGY - what a good idea about freshening up the scones - sadly don't have a George Foreman grill and don't think I'll get one for that purpose. I try to steer away from paninis and wraps too much or I'd be as big as a house. I am trying to maintain a healthy BMI but baking and BMIs don't always go together! <br />Thanks for the compliment on the pastry - I have started using the food processor to mix it now - and it is a gem. It is so fast and makes really light pastry as there is virtually no handling and you can use the butter from the fridge. I don't like margarine, even though I had to get it for teen daughter's home ec. (stork soft marg, awful looking stuff - not impressed!)Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16116884676266268214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72554791720527032.post-43049325829980027452010-04-27T21:29:21.498+01:002010-04-27T21:29:21.498+01:00Love those scones.
TV license, yes I have one e...Love those scones. <br /><br />TV license, yes I have one even though I don't have cable and only watch my own films. The films I bought no less. But TV license people said if I want to watch my DVDs I must have a license. Grrrrr.Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07524878248746427258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72554791720527032.post-38340982715860676492010-04-27T21:28:24.907+01:002010-04-27T21:28:24.907+01:00KATHLEEN - I just got the book too in Eason's ...KATHLEEN - I just got the book too in Eason's for Jany! So it is doing the rounds and I have my own copy. It's a lovely one and there are many recipes my granny wouldn't have heard of so the Granny in the title is quite a trendy one! (Bit like me I suppose - though I think son and d-i-l-in-waiting think of me as ageing hippie granny type!)Nothing like a good bargain to make you feel smug! I know the Mahon Point Eason's - go there sometimes as the son and family live in Blackrock. I would love to go to the Farmers' Market there on Thursdays. It seems to be a great one.Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16116884676266268214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72554791720527032.post-87255999950893780992010-04-27T20:31:49.814+01:002010-04-27T20:31:49.814+01:00LYNDA - I thought it was just me about the scones ...LYNDA - I thought it was just me about the scones as the shops always have the doughy ones. Then a colleague who's a great baker brought in the nice ones like these for tea break at work and they were so yummy. Never looked back!Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16116884676266268214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72554791720527032.post-57964326421612182202010-04-27T18:45:59.068+01:002010-04-27T18:45:59.068+01:00MENOPAUSAL MUSINGS - Yes you know about the TV lic...MENOPAUSAL MUSINGS - Yes you know about the TV licence and its intrusiveness - my son has a licence but no TV as he gave it to his brother - and he only ever used it for the Wii! and as he can't transfer the licence (unused portion) it's wasted - it goes with the address and isn't transferable. So his bro has to buy a licence now. Glad you like Lidl - isn't it great and Aldi too - I don't have Aldi near me but go in Cork occasionally. They have sewing machines in Lidl now for €69 or in UK £59! Isn't it mad? My old Singer cost about £400 25 years ago!Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16116884676266268214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72554791720527032.post-61530897726339171202010-04-27T18:42:22.625+01:002010-04-27T18:42:22.625+01:00Thanks for the comments - glad you liked the scone...Thanks for the comments - glad you liked the scones!<br /><br />STEPHANIE V - yes they are yummy aren't they, hope you had a chance to make them, Sunday or anyday afternoon tea - quite posh! As for the TV licence - seems to be a unique Irish and UK tax for so-called public service broadcasting - at least the BBC is non-commercial unlike RTE Irish TV. There is war about the Debtor's Prison aspect of custodial sentencing for such "crimes" as it is filling up prisons for a few days at a stretch and costs a fortune to the taxpayer - way more than the licence would accrue.Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16116884676266268214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72554791720527032.post-74873944701688870742010-04-26T09:50:54.288+01:002010-04-26T09:50:54.288+01:00Hi Catherine,I will have to try this recipe althou...Hi Catherine,I will have to try this recipe although it does not seem to differ too much from the one I usually use but I am still using your pastry recipe which is light and always gets great comments even from a french student I have at the moment!<br />A tip for day after or even 2 days after scones if you have one of those George Foreman healthy grills.Heat the scones in it for 3 mins and you have hot fresh scones! I gave up using it until I tried this and now that is its only function.Totally agree on the licence fees for such a commercial station as RTEPeggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16336168195436906219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72554791720527032.post-74323019195841001932010-04-25T13:32:21.589+01:002010-04-25T13:32:21.589+01:00What a coincidence Catherine, I just bought that b...What a coincidence Catherine, I just bought that book in Easons in Mahon Point yesterday! I could not resist it as it has nice ordinary recipes of all the good old comfort food, even sheperds pie which I usually make on a weekly basis,and the price was right too!talesfromagardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02853695502377101314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72554791720527032.post-39147387094255551452010-04-25T12:30:00.588+01:002010-04-25T12:30:00.588+01:00Delicious - please put the kettle on, I'm comi...Delicious - please put the kettle on, I'm coming right over ;) I agree with you about shortbread-y scones being much nicer than their doughy sisters, too !Diary From Africahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15191543533838372003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72554791720527032.post-3042438527656004222010-04-25T09:15:36.113+01:002010-04-25T09:15:36.113+01:00Don't get me on the subject of how aggressive/...Don't get me on the subject of how aggressive/instrusive the TV Licensing people can be....... My son's girlfriend survives happily without a television, but the licensing people continue to question. The scone recipe looks good and 'tis great to see another person who loves Lidls! :O)menopausalmusinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12255069917743230560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72554791720527032.post-71875774040772531492010-04-25T02:26:13.213+01:002010-04-25T02:26:13.213+01:00Oh, yum! I love scones. They are something that ...Oh, yum! I love scones. They are something that I make quite often and I'll definitely try your recipe. Quick homemade treats are always the best. <br />Sunday tea sounds like a good excuse. <br /><br />I can't imagine a TV tax. But we probably have some that your couldn't imagine either. But debtors' prison seems extreme.Stephanie Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03206167025245206754noreply@blogger.com