[lace-chat] Cattern Cookies
As Helen Bell has already mentioned, there is the recipe in the Jones & Deer book which I prefer to use. Last year I made cookies instead of cakes. So I'll post my cookie recipe as a variant to their recipe. CATTERN COOKIES Combine in a large bowl 1.25 cups of plain flour with 1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon, 1/4 cup of ground almonds, 1 cup of sugar, 2 teaspoons of caraway seeds. ( One ounce of currants is optional, depending on if you like them or not.) Add to mixture 1/2 cup (100g) of melted butter & 1 medium-sized egg & mix all together. Then I just formed the dough into a long sausage shape, about 2" in diameter, wrapped it in plastic wrap & stored the log in the freezer for an hour. Preheat oven to 400F / 200C & then after removing plastic wrap, slice the log into thin slices ( about 1/4 inch wide) and lay them on a cookie (or biscuit) tray and bake for 10 minutes until slightly brown. I might have even baked them for 5 minutes on the other side. They are really nice dunked in tea or coffee. If anyone else makes them let me know how the cookies turn out. Penelope Piip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> City of Tartu, Estonia To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: food, glorious food!(lace-chat)
Helene Gannac wrote: I've been trying to duplicate it at home, and I do have agar-agar (want me to send you some, Tamara?) No, thanks. Whenever there's something Asian that I decide I can't live without, my stepdaughter-in-law is only an e-mail away, and they live near Boston, Mass, which has a big Chinatown; a week later, it's here :) And now, *we* - the teeny-tiny Lexington - are going to have International Foods store; it opens on Saturday... I went there today (somewhat misled by the local weekly paper), and they let me browse as they were stocking, pricing, cementing the last tiles in place... I saw a lot of American staples I pass by in my grocery stores, and I could find nothing to match the Polish deli in San Francisco (so DS will have to lug the stuff come Christmas ) but I *did* find a half-shelf worth of Dalfour (I think that's the spelling?), French-made, jams/jellies/preserves... Including their orange, which had me whooping out loud in glee. It's the *only* orange marmalade I've ever seen where the list of ingredients doesn't start with "sugar"... In fact, "sugar" doesn't even *figure* And the thing is *out of this world*, even for someone like me who doesn't care much about sweets. I carted one jar all the way from Poland to the Czech Republic, to the States, but it's been long gone, and I'll be happy to re-acquaint myself with it, without having to go through the Internet T --- Tamara P Duvall http://lorien.emufarm.org/~tpd Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] :) Fwd: Thanks!
I've been e-connected for about 10 yrs (9 at home), and the followng sums up a part of the experience very well indeed... I'm leaving in all the mis-spellings, bad punctuation, bad paragraph breaks, capitals in wrong place, etc - they add to the authentic flavour :) From: C.B. 2 I want to thank all of you who have taken the time and trouble to send Me your chain letters over the past two years. Thank you for making me feel safe, secure, blessed, and wealthy. Because of your concern: I no longer drink Coca Cola because it can Remove toilet stains. I no longer drink Pepsi or Dr Pepper since the people who make these products are atheists who refuse to put "Under God" on their cans. I no longer drink anything out of a can because I will get sick from the rat feces and urine. I no longer use Saran wrap in the microwave because it causes cancer. I no longer check the coin return on pay phones because I could get Pricked with a needle infected with AIDS. I no longer use cancer causing deodorants even though I smell like a Water buffalo on a hot day. I no longer go to shopping malls because someone will drug me with a perfume sample and rob me. I no longer receive packages from UPS or FedEx since they are actually Al Qaida in disguise. I no longer shop at Target sincethey are French and don't support our American troops. I no longer answer the phone because someone will ask me to dial a Stupid number for which I will get the phone bill from hell with calls to Jamaica, Uganda, Singapore, and Uzbekistan. I no longer eat pre- packaged foods because the estrogens they contain Will turn me gay. I no longer eat KFC because their chickens are actually horrible mutant freaks with no eyes or feathers. I no longer eat margarine because it is one molecule away from beingPlastic and flies wonít even eat it. I no longer date the opposite sex because they will take my kidneys And leave me taking a nap in a bathtub full of ice. I no longer have any sneakers -- but that will change once I receive my Free replacement pair from Nike. I no longer buy expensive cookies from Neiman Marcus since I now have Their recipe. I no longer worry about my soul because I have 363,214 angels looking out for me. I no longer have any savings because I gave it to a sick girl who is About to die in the hospital (for the 1,387,258th time). I no longer have any money at all, but that will change once I receive the $15,000 that Microsoft and AOL are sending me forparticipating in their special e-mail program. Yes, I want to thank all of you s much for looking out for me! I will now return the favor. If you don't send this e-mail to at least 1200 people in the next 60 seconds, a large bird with diarrhea willcrap on your head at 5:00 pm this afternoon and the fleas of a thousandcamels will infest your armpits. I know this will occur because it actually happened to a friend of a friend of a friend. --- Tamara P Duvall http://lorien.emufarm.org/~tpd Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] food, glorious food!(lace-chat)
On Nov 18, 2004, at 8:15, Dearl Kniskern wrote: I just googled coconut milk and came up with the recipe for it at the top of the list and there were more down the line But I hate coconut, while I adored the almond-flavoured desert :( There's nuts, and then there's nuts... :) --- Tamara P Duvall http://lorien.emufarm.org/~tpd Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: ice-cream (lace-chat)
At 07:43 PM 11/18/04 +1100, Helene Gannac wrote: > Maybe I could try icecream cubes? Try a small loaf pan or cake pan. -- Joy Beeson http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net/~dbeeson594/ROUGHSEW/ROUGH.HTM http://home.earthlink.net/~beeson_n3f/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where it's foggy and damp, but not too cold. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Push pin
I think I remember my philosophy tutor telling us that push-pin was a gambling game, too. Linda Walton, (in wet and windy High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, U.K.). To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Push pin
There's reference to it on the following web page. Seems to be some kind of board game: http://www.fullbooks.com/Manners-Custom-and-Dress-During-the-Middle4.html "Amongst the games comprised under the name of _tables_, it is sufficient to mention that of draughts, which was formerly played with dice and with the same men as were used for chess; also the game of _honchet_, or _jonchees_, that is, bones or spillikins, games which required pieces or men in the same way as chess, but which required more quickness of hand than of intelligence; and _epingles_, or push-pin, which was played in a similar manner to the _honchets_, and was the great amusement of the small pages in the houses of the nobility. When they had not epingles, honchets, or draughtsmen to play with, they used their fingers instead, and played a game which is still most popular amongst the Italian people, called the _morra_, and which was as much in vogue with the ancient Romans as it is among the modern Italians. It consisted of suddenly raising as many fingers as had been shown by one's adversary, and gave rise to a great amount of amusement among the players and lookers-on. The games played by girls were, of course, different from those in use among boys. The latter played at marbles, _luettes_, peg or humming tops, quoits, _fouquet, merelles_, and a number of other games, many of which are now unknown. The girls, it is almost needless to say, from the earliest times played with dolls. _Briche_, a game in which a brick and a small stick was used, were also a favourite. _Martiaus_, or small quoits, wolf or fox, blind man's buff, hide and seek, quoits, &c., were all girls' games. The greater part of these amusements were enlivened by a chorus, which all the girls sang together, or by dialogues sung or chanted in unison." Jean in Poole To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Fwd: push-pin
My daughter asked if I had ever heard of an old English game called push-pin. I guess it was waaay before my time. It came up at college. Has anyone else heard about it and how to play it? Janice Judy Blair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 06:41:10 -0800 (PST) From: Judy Blair Subject: push-pin To: Janice Blair The game of push-pin is mentioned most famously by Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) in his often misquoted statement: "Prejudice apart, the game of push-pin is of equal value with the arts and sciences of music and poetry." It is also mentioned in Robert Herrick's poem, "Love's Play at Push-Pin", and in Shakespeare's "Love's Labour's Lost" Act IV, Scene 3. The only other mention i can find online is from John Adams in a letter he wrote in 1820. Webster's dictionary defines it as "a child's game played with pins." The note on Herrick's poem defines it as "a game in which pins are pushed with an endeavour to cross them." Does anyone have any idea what the game really was? Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: [lace] First Snowfall
Pene If you had remained in Mass. you would also have had snowfall. My Concord friend tells me they had 5 - 6" of snow last Friday. I can't imagine you would have had any less. Patricia in Wales who met you in Mass. some years ago [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] RE: ice cream
Gidday all > Take 600 ml of pure cream (please don't ask conversions I don't know, >probably a pint)whip it up, then add one can sweetened condensed milk (you >can use the skim), just make sure you don't beat it into butter >then flavourings, then chuck it in a suitable size container and freeze. >course, and used, I think, cream and condensed milk, like Peter, and fresh >strawberries pulped in a blender. It just went into the freezer and got Try this for a Christmas version - instead of strawberries add a packet of candy canes (about 12 in a pkt I think) that have first been finely crushed in a food processor or blender. Freeze it in a mould (I use the Tupperware gel-ring) and then unmould when frozen. It will have a lovely pepperminty flavour. You have to eat it quickly before it melts cos' it kind of separates, but then eating it immediately is not usually a problem! Michelle Long an Aussie living in Suriname with a head spinning from the Dutch lessons we're doing To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] food, glorious food!(lace-chat)
dear list I just googled coconut milk and came up with the recipe for it at the top of the list and there were more down the line so at least it tells you how to make it hope you have the same results when you try it yours in lace At 03:19 AM 11/18/2004, Helene Gannac wrote: Tamara wrote: >My step-daughter-in-law, who's Chinese, took me (and my DH, and my DS, and her own DH) to a China-town restaurant in Boston (MA, US) for a Sunday dim-sum brunch one time. We all hugely enjoyed it, but I was the only one who liked the desert... :) It must have been the "Asian answer to junket" - a bland, barely set, whitish "something", with a hint of almonds and sweetness its only flavours. I was told, since, that it's made of soy milk and set with agar-agar but, even when I was able to get all the necessary ingredients (in a town too small to carry potato starch, *essential* for all Polish and Jewish cooking, agar-agar and soy milk are like dragonfly wings ), the whole thing never worked... Mmmm, that sounds like the one they have here as well. We go regularly to a Chinese restaurant for yumcha, and they have absolutely beautiful warm egg tartlets with flaky rice pastry which is divine, and coconut jelly which looks like blanc-mange, but is a bit more solid. They cut in in thick slices, and they wobble a bit, but we love it. I've been trying to duplicate it at home, and I do have agar-agar (want me to send you some, Tamara?) but so far, no good! What I make separates and although it tastes OK, it doesn't look too good Helene, the froggy from Melbourne, who is getting very hungry, as she had a sandwich for lunch at 12 noon, and is working until 8.30pm, so it'll be another 30-40mns after that before she has dinner...:-( Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dearl Christiansburg, Virginia, USA My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance. Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy, and taste good with ketchup. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cablenet-va.com/~dearlk/ http://photos.yahoo.com/ladearl To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Be Careful Out there - Visa/mastercard scam
>From a posting on another Forum - it comes from the genuine Halifax Visa Team This is a customer's story: A friend was called on the telephone this week from 'VISA' and I was called on Thursday from 'Mastercard'. It worked like this: Person calling says, 'this is Carl Patterson (any name) and I'm calling from the Security and Fraud Department at VISA. My Badgenumber is 12460. Your card has been flagged for an unusual purchase pattern, and I'm calling to verify. Did you purchase an Anti-Telemarketing Company a device/any expensive item, for £497.99 from a marketing company based in (any town)? When you say 'No'. The caller continues with, 'Then we will be issuing a credit to your account. This is a company we have been watching and the charges range from £297 To £497, just under the £500 purchase pattern that flags most cards.Before your next statement, the credit will be sent to (they give you your address), is that correct?' You say, 'Yes'. The caller continues . . 'I will be starting a fraud investigation. If you have any questions you should call the 0800 number listed on your card and ask for Security. You will need to refer to this "control Number. They then give you a 6-digit number. 'Do you need me to read it again?' The Caller then says he 'needs to verify you are in possession of your card' and this is where the scam takes place as, up until now, they have asked for nothing. They then ask you to turn over the card. There are 16 numbers followed by 3 which are the security numbers that are there to verify that you hold the card. Those 3 numbers are the ones they are after because they can be used to make purchases over the internet. 'That is correct' they say 'just needed to check that the card wasn't stolen and that you still have your card. Do you have any other questions? - don't hesitate to call us back if you do.' You actually say very little, and they never ask for or tell you the Card number, but after we were called on Wednesday we telephones back within 20 minutes and are glad we did! The REAL VISA security department told us it was a scam and in the last 15 minutes a new purchase of 497.99 had been put on our card. Long story made short. We made a real fraud report and closed the VISA card and they are reissuing us a new number. What the scam wants is the 3-digit number-By the time you get your statement, you think the credit is coming and then it's actually harder to file a fraud report. THE REAL VISA/MASTERCARD DEPARTMENT REINFORCED THE POINT THAT THEY WILL NEVER ASK FOR ANYTHING ABOUT THE CARD SINCE THEY ALREADY KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT IT. What makes this even more remarkable is that on Thursday I got a call from 'Jason Richardson of MasterCard' with a word for word repeat of the VISA Scam. This time I didn't let him finish. I hung up. We filed a police report (as instructed by VISA), and they said they are taking several of these reports daily and to tell friends, relatives and co-workers so please pass this on to your friends Regards, Ann McClean in Llanmerewig, Mid-Wales, U.K. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~ Keep the faith. Persistence pays off eventually -- don't expect instant answers. ~~~ To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] ice-cream (lace-chat)
Lynn wrote: > Take 600 ml of pure cream (please don't ask conversions I don't know, probably a pint)whip it up, then add one can sweetened condensed milk (you can use the skim), just make sure you don't beat it into butter then flavourings, then chuck it in a suitable size container and freeze. Easy as that. My French friend's mother used to make icecream in one of those old type ice cube container where the inside came off. She left that off, of course, and used, I think, cream and condensed milk, like Peter, and fresh strawberries pulped in a blender. It just went into the freezer and got stirred a few times. It was beautiful, but I can get those metal containers anymore, they're all plastic now, and the inside stays where it is. Maybe I could try icecream cubes? My mother makes a tapioca sort of mousse which I guarantee you would all love! It's got eggs, milk and brandied fruit in it, and I can't remember what else. I also have her recipe buried somewhere...I'll have to wait until I retire, though, all those things take too much time to make, and too little time to eat...as well as too many calories to put on :-) Helene, the verrry hungry froggy from Melbourne. Just cold meats and salad for dinner, alas... Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] ice-cream (lace-chat)
Lynn wrote: > Take 600 ml of pure cream (please don't ask conversions I don't know, probably a pint)whip it up, then add one can sweetened condensed milk (you can use the skim), just make sure you don't beat it into butter then flavourings, then chuck it in a suitable size container and freeze. Easy as that. My French friend's mother used to make icecream in one of those old type ice cube container where the inside came off. She left that off, of course, and used, I think, cream and condensed milk, like Peter, and fresh strawberries pulped in a blender. It just went into the freezer and got stirred a few times. It was beautiful, but I can get those metal containers anymore, they're all plastic now, and the inside stays where it is. Maybe I could try icecream cubes? My mother makes a tapioca sort of mousse which I guarantee you would all love! It's got eggs, milk and brandied fruit in it, and I can't remember what else. I also have her recipe buried somewhere...I'll have to wait until I retire, though, all those things take too much time to make, and too little time to eat...as well as too many calories to put on :-) Helene, the verrry hungry froggy from Melbourne. Just cold meats and salad for dinner, alas... Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Re: [lace-chat] Looking for dust ruffles in the UK
Thanks very much! I was wondering whether it might be a terminology problem. I'll try some of the links you and Jenny sent me. Best wishes, Avital > Hi Avital - I think it might be a terminology problem. Here in the UK they > are called Valence(d) sheets and are usually a fitted sheet with the ruffle > attached. They come in single, double and king size usually. Try > www.argos.co.uk - they have plenty, as do most of the chain stores here > (Littlewoods, > BHS, John Lewis etc) You can fit them semi-permanently onto the sprung base > of the bed and use a separate sheet for the mattress. > > ttfn Jacqui > > Jacqui Southworth, Fleetwood, Lancs, England > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > NEW *** Christmas 2004 bobbin *** > Larkholme Lace - Bobbin Lace Supplies, painted bobbins and tools,books > www.larkholmelace.co.uk To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] food, glorious food!(lace-chat)
Tamara wrote: >My step-daughter-in-law, who's Chinese, took me (and my DH, and my DS, and her own DH) to a China-town restaurant in Boston (MA, US) for a Sunday dim-sum brunch one time. We all hugely enjoyed it, but I was the only one who liked the desert... :) It must have been the "Asian answer to junket" - a bland, barely set, whitish "something", with a hint of almonds and sweetness its only flavours. I was told, since, that it's made of soy milk and set with agar-agar but, even when I was able to get all the necessary ingredients (in a town too small to carry potato starch, *essential* for all Polish and Jewish cooking, agar-agar and soy milk are like dragonfly wings ), the whole thing never worked... Mmmm, that sounds like the one they have here as well. We go regularly to a Chinese restaurant for yumcha, and they have absolutely beautiful warm egg tartlets with flaky rice pastry which is divine, and coconut jelly which looks like blanc-mange, but is a bit more solid. They cut in in thick slices, and they wobble a bit, but we love it. I've been trying to duplicate it at home, and I do have agar-agar (want me to send you some, Tamara?) but so far, no good! What I make separates and although it tastes OK, it doesn't look too good Helene, the froggy from Melbourne, who is getting very hungry, as she had a sandwich for lunch at 12 noon, and is working until 8.30pm, so it'll be another 30-40mns after that before she has dinner...:-( Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
