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kareinaLast weekend and the first half of this week has been nice--I alternated between doing work for the editing job, studying Swedish, social activities, and unpacking and moving in.
Saturday afternoon was gaming, Saturday evening was a birthday party for an SCA guy, with a pirate theme. He requested that everyone attend wearing "an attempt at pirate costume" and he had many fun contests set up--he divided us into four "ships", of four crew members each, and we competed in a variety of categories for the treasure chest of "gold coins". One of the ones I found most fun was "walking the plank", wherein we were required to cover one eye with an eye patch, and then look through the wrong end of a telescope with the other eye whilst walking across the plank, around the chair at the end, and then back to place. I have always loved balance games. The site he used for the party is the same old school house we do dancing in on Sundays, and since he had music playing all evening![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
archinonlive and I did some dancing. Not many other people did--only tinkerbell and her pirate that I noticed, but I can't really resist a chance to dance.
Sunday was dancing, of course, but, sadly, the Monday evening folk dance class has ended. Granted, it was nice to have the extra time to unpack. I have now unpacked all but two partial boxes (one containing disks of computer programs and other rarely needed computer accessories, the other containing various important papers that would belong in a file cabinet, if we had one. It is lovely to have my kitchen toys and books and SCA stuff unpacked and put away. The sewing stuff and tools still need some organizing before I can claim they are really "away", but that will have to wait till we find, purchase, or build shelves for them. However, I think I can pretty much claim one week elapsed between my stuff arriving and getting it unpacked. The only reason it took that long is all of the other work and fun stuff in between.
Today, in addition to unpacking the last of the boxes I also baked .Heavenly Rolls.
I adapted the recipe from one in the cookbook produced by the town of Bruce Crossing (five miles up the road from my mother's home down of Ewen, Michigan). My version:
soak some yeast in half a cup of warm water (the recipe in the book called for three packets, but I just sprinkled some from the jar, so no idea if I had that much)
scald 2/3 cup of milk and let cool (I use the microwave for this)
Cut 2 cups of butter into six cups of flour + 1/4 cup sugar + dash of salt (like for a pie crust)
beat four eggs
Combine all of the above, stir vigorously, then use hands to work it together into a soft dough, adding a bit more flour if needed (it doesn't take much--that much butter makes it not stick to your hands after only a little working).
Let it rise till double in bulk, then punch down and divide dough into quarters. Roll out one quarter at a time till only a few mm thick. spread raspberry jam over the circle, cut into 12 triangles (slice the circle first in half, then in half the other way, then divide each quarter into three equal sized triangles). Roll the triangles into crescents, wide end towards point, set on baking tray with a couple of cm space between them and brush with butter. Let rise another hour or more, till much larger than when first shaped. Bake at 350 F (175 C) for 10 to 15 minutes, but just till golden brown. Remove from oven, place on wire racks to cool, and brush with butter. If you can't wait to taste it, tear of small bits and blow on them before putting into mouth--hot raspberry jam will blister the roof of your mouth if you don't...
They are a truly decadent food, and I ate six of them straight out of the oven. yum!
Saturday afternoon was gaming, Saturday evening was a birthday party for an SCA guy, with a pirate theme. He requested that everyone attend wearing "an attempt at pirate costume" and he had many fun contests set up--he divided us into four "ships", of four crew members each, and we competed in a variety of categories for the treasure chest of "gold coins". One of the ones I found most fun was "walking the plank", wherein we were required to cover one eye with an eye patch, and then look through the wrong end of a telescope with the other eye whilst walking across the plank, around the chair at the end, and then back to place. I have always loved balance games. The site he used for the party is the same old school house we do dancing in on Sundays, and since he had music playing all evening
archinonlive and I did some dancing. Not many other people did--only tinkerbell and her pirate that I noticed, but I can't really resist a chance to dance.Sunday was dancing, of course, but, sadly, the Monday evening folk dance class has ended. Granted, it was nice to have the extra time to unpack. I have now unpacked all but two partial boxes (one containing disks of computer programs and other rarely needed computer accessories, the other containing various important papers that would belong in a file cabinet, if we had one. It is lovely to have my kitchen toys and books and SCA stuff unpacked and put away. The sewing stuff and tools still need some organizing before I can claim they are really "away", but that will have to wait till we find, purchase, or build shelves for them. However, I think I can pretty much claim one week elapsed between my stuff arriving and getting it unpacked. The only reason it took that long is all of the other work and fun stuff in between.
Today, in addition to unpacking the last of the boxes I also baked .Heavenly Rolls.
I adapted the recipe from one in the cookbook produced by the town of Bruce Crossing (five miles up the road from my mother's home down of Ewen, Michigan). My version:
soak some yeast in half a cup of warm water (the recipe in the book called for three packets, but I just sprinkled some from the jar, so no idea if I had that much)
scald 2/3 cup of milk and let cool (I use the microwave for this)
Cut 2 cups of butter into six cups of flour + 1/4 cup sugar + dash of salt (like for a pie crust)
beat four eggs
Combine all of the above, stir vigorously, then use hands to work it together into a soft dough, adding a bit more flour if needed (it doesn't take much--that much butter makes it not stick to your hands after only a little working).
Let it rise till double in bulk, then punch down and divide dough into quarters. Roll out one quarter at a time till only a few mm thick. spread raspberry jam over the circle, cut into 12 triangles (slice the circle first in half, then in half the other way, then divide each quarter into three equal sized triangles). Roll the triangles into crescents, wide end towards point, set on baking tray with a couple of cm space between them and brush with butter. Let rise another hour or more, till much larger than when first shaped. Bake at 350 F (175 C) for 10 to 15 minutes, but just till golden brown. Remove from oven, place on wire racks to cool, and brush with butter. If you can't wait to taste it, tear of small bits and blow on them before putting into mouth--hot raspberry jam will blister the roof of your mouth if you don't...
They are a truly decadent food, and I ate six of them straight out of the oven. yum!
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Date: 2011-04-07 11:15 pm (UTC)Do you happen to wear a cape and have an S on your chest?
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Date: 2011-04-08 04:59 am (UTC)