We have the most glorious red poppy, crumpled and very beautiful.
Supper tonight was delicious leftovers from last night followed by Mum’s Strawberry Shortcake, a dessert that brings back lots of memories. I made shortbread using Mum’s failsafe recipe and then the wondrous mixture of condensed milk with lemon, mixed until thick and then added lots of strawberries and blueberries.
Mum’s Strawberry Shortcake
NM was to have been my Guest Blogger yesterday but the evening disappeared! Today, she is home from school early as she will be for the rest of the term as the timetable has moved into intensive time, which means that lessons end at 1pm. Over to NM.
My mummy had twins in January and I am enjoying playing and laughing with them. One of them is a boy and one of them is a girl. They are handsome and pretty indeed.They are growing a lot and quickly. I love them so much that I don’t know who to hold first.
I would like to talk about my Senagalese outfit. It’s a special outfit for celebrations like Eid. I will be wearing it in twenty days’ time.
Granny and I made Strawberry Shortcake.We used my Great Great Granny’s recipe. It was a surprise for my Mum and we all enjoyed it.
1 Driving home today, I was stopped at the lights and just managed to get this photo of the hanging basket at the junction. The town is full of these baskets this year and they are really beautiful.
Hanging basket
2 We went to a local farm today and picked strawberries and raspberries and I spent the afternoon making Strawberry Freezer Jam (no cooking required) and prepared Strawberry jam which will need boiling tomorrow. The freezer jam is the best ever! Because it isn’t cooked, it tastes really fresh and keeps for ages in the freezer. It’s good on scones with cream, on ice-cream or swirled into ice-cream and is perfect in a Victoria sponge! I would make only that kind of jam but there isn’t room in the freezer!
Strawberry freezer jam
3 I also made a delicious Strawberry shortcake to take to a barbecue this evening using my Mum’s failsafe recipe. It pleases me enormously to make things in the way my Mum did.
Strawberry shortcake
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