Saturday 23rd August - epic biscuit tin fail

The biscuit tin was empty, so I thought I'd make some ginger nuts. I was properly put out when I realised that I hadn't heard the new kitchen timer go off.

The first biscuits went straight into the compost bin.

There were only nine biscuits left for the second batch. I put them in the oven and brought ALL THREE TIMERS through to the sitting room with me.

I used the shiny red one at the back for the first tray. The second tray were successful; all three timers went off at more or less the same time. The secret is, of course (as any fule kno*) to wind the winder through the full circle and then move it back to the time you are after. Or cook biscuits of the worms in the compost bin. The choice is there for the choosing.

*From as any fule kno (misspelled form of as any fool knows), a catchphrase of fictional schoolboy Nigel Molesworth, subject of a series of books by Geoffrey Willans.

In fact the second tray were so good that we scoffed the lot between us over the course of the afternoon. So the biscuit tin is still empty.

Music

What shall I share today? On opening up youtube this came up;

Martha Agerich playing the Gavotte from the third of Bach's English Suites. Just listen to how she appears to be playing a completely different instrument in the middle section. The mark of a genius.

I love the way she seems to talk to herself, as though she is having a conversation with the music.