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| Well hello!!!!! |
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| Surf's up!!!! Yes I know there's a play button in the middle there. But in the manner of Pooh, I'm a bear with very little brain when it comes to technology. So let's count our blessings and celebrate! It's the first video I've managed to upload at all without crashing the system! |
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| We made a mistake and started by peeling and slicing the apples up first. |
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They quickly go brown.So instead...
Start by rounding up all the other ingredients and making the pastry first.
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| Track down the salt - our little salt bowl is always going missing. Jake and I bought Antlantic sea salt because it looks like sand. We thought we could trick people but no one wants to eat sand - not even us - so we're using it in cooking where it doesn't show :o) |
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| Make the pastry by cutting bits of butter into the flour and salt. |
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| Just a teaspoon of salt. |
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| We seem to be cutting the butter into the flour with a fork. That's creative. |
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| Flour a clean worktop and roll out half the pastry until it's a bit bigger than the pie dish. |
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| We added a little water and brought our apples to the boil (mainly to stop them going any browner while we fiddled about). |
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| Some people just add them to the pie raw. |
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| Cut some tracks from the offcuts. |
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| Pop on the lid and trim off the extra. A real pie dish with a flat edge is better because you can stick the edges together better and use the four tynes of a fork press side by side in a stripey pattern all round the pie crust. |
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| Beat an egg... |
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| ...to stick the footprints on with and brush over the top. |
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| Bake in the oven until it is a nice golden brown 30-40 minutes or a bit more if your apples are raw, sprinkle with icing sugar and serve with custard or cream. Deliciousaurus!!!!!!! |
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In honour of our Granny's 85th birthday a few days ago,
here is a list of what she likes best...
1. Having her plants watered with a water pistol.
2. Lucky stones (with holes in them) that we find on the beach. She puts the stones on the end of the canes that she uses to hold up her plants in the garden - so she can easily see where the canes end and doesn't poke an eye out when she's gardening.
3. Having her feet rubbed gently.
4. Cuddles she doesn't have to ask for.
5. Happy pictures she can put on her fridge door.
If your Granny is up in the clouds with our lovely Grandad playing with Bounty our cat, then I can tell you a secret...pretty much ANYONE likes a picture to brighten up their kitchen.
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...well actually it was last Saturday... |
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| You can just see Jake's nose on the far right |
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| Some noses (like the honorary cousin's) are bigger than others... |
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| Some ears are bigger than others... |
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| Some eyes got as big as saucers at all the things they saw (yes this is a big brother - they look like two peas in a pod racer - could have been clones :o) |
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| They saw lots of people who'd made costumes that went down a storm trooper. (We made Jake's Yoda headgear and cloak) |
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| They saw galactic police...and real German police who laughed when they tested negative and they caught sight of all the Star Wars regalia. One big brother quoted a Jedi and said 'You do not need to see our identification', passing his hand in front of the policeman's face. Luckily the policemen liked a joke too! |
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| Here is the awesome actor who played R2D2 (signing autographs at the table). |
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It was a BLAST!!! The honorary cousin got lucky  Admiral Ackbar got a hug from his big cousin too :o)  And after they'd packed everything away |
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| they all made it back from the dark side in one piece with lots to tell their friends. Thanks big brothers and cousins! May the force be with you! |
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| Stretch out the big plastic sheets and fasten down. We used gaffa tape attached to heavy stuff a long way away from flailing arms and legs. Some people use pegs but duct tape is nice and soft - though it does eventually lose its stickyness in water. Cover with water and cooking oil. Fix up a hosepipe (bottom right) - unless there's a hosepipe ban, then do a rain dance and hope it pours down. Instead of cooking oil, you may prefer baby shampoo that doesn't hurt your eyes. |
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| The fantastic, plastic BAGMAN!!! Complete with pillow for tummy and big plastic bags taped on with duct tape. MAKE SURE: 1. Capes are taped to chests and not round necks . 2. Plastic bags have BIG HOLES for heads. |
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| A true Englishman - he keeps his socks on! |
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