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.
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.
"How to be Topp!" One of my favorites of the Willans books. One of my brothers and I, one Christmas, bought it for each other all unknowingly, read it, wrapped it and presented it. It's what happens when you share a sense of humor.
ReplyDeleteHow else could you have both managed to give the book away unless you had read it first 😉
DeleteI think of Molesworth and co whenever I play 'the merry peasant'
Sorry about the burnt cookies. At least there were a few left for a
ReplyDeletesecond pan :) Yes, I did notice that her lips move as if she's talking.
Ah well, would we have been able to stop eating them after only four each if I had baked the full two dozen???
DeleteHome made biscuits always get eaten way too quick, oh dear. Anything ginger is so yummy. The music is wonderful, superb playing and I love her wild hair, she is as you say a genius. Regards Sue H
ReplyDeleteYup... the only way is to make things you don't like - but where's the point in that!
DeleteI love the way that apart from her long (and possibly shabby?) dress MA just doesn't bother to do the 'diva' thing!
You just cannot ignore freshly baked biscuits - they have to be appreciated, and you did.
ReplyDeleteMartha Agerich is a consummate performer - the music is more important to her than how she looks. I like her 'natural' look.
I like the way she is getting so much pleasure from her playing.
DeleteI was watching Yuja Wang playing a Listz piano concerto on television once, and the sweet smile on her face as she played a very simple scale st the end of a phrase which had started thunderously in the bass and steadily relaxed going up the piano until the last few gentle notes at the top of the piano said it all.
I also loved the evident pleasure and satisfaction on her face as she played a relatively simple (ie non virtuoso) piece in such a virtuoso way!
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