TLTWTW parody

from cleolinda comes naill_renfro's delicious Narnia parody - enjoy.

christmas cake eggstravanza

so ... I weighed out the ground almonds, the whole nuts (whizzed briefly in the food processor), the mixed tropical fruit, the sultanas, the blueberries and cranberries, the dried apricots. I rummaged in the back of the cupboard for Cointreau and Amaretto.

I beat 225g of butter with 225g of caster sugar and 1 tsp of Madagascan vanilla essence.

I added one egg. ( Then I added another egg )

thought for the day

from A Man for All Seasons, Robert Bolt's wonderful play about Sir Thomas More.

Roper:	So now you'd give the Devil benefit of law!
More:	Yes. What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil?
Roper:	I'd cut down every law in England to do that!
More:	Oh? And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned round on you - where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? This country's planted thick with laws from coast to coast - man's laws, not God's - and if you cut them down - and you're just the man to do it - d'you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then? Yes, I'd give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake.

if you've never seen it, it's available on DVD. I recommend it very highly. For a play set in the times of Henry VIII, it's remarkably appropriate for the times we live in now.