What to do on a wet Friday

[maw lod qan]

1 hour ago, DaveS said:

Making my first attempt at bread baking. No machines involved.

I enjoy baking, and yes no bread machine. After hearing a story about Russian black bread even had to give that a try once.

Mostly biscuits now, though I'm not sure if you call biscuits biscuits across the pond.

Isn't it amazing what amateur astronomers do on a rainy day.

[GlenM]

Get  the Rennie's out, Dave😉

 

Glen.

 

[DaveS]

It'll  probably toast OK.

[Gina]

Looks lovely though I prefer wholemeal.  Made lots of bread in my time.  Best type of oven is an Aga.  Braburn pretty good too.  I've also tried a breadmaker but hand made is best.

[DaveS]

45 minutes ago, GlenM said:

Good grief what's in that lake? With tackle like that I do wonder.

 

Glen.

 

 

'Gators?

[JamesF]

Definitely looks edible to me (Dave's bread, that is).

James

Edited August 16, 2019 by JamesF

[dweller25]

Here is my wet Friday solution....

[Alan White]

1 hour ago, maw lod qan said:

I enjoy baking, and yes no bread machine. After hearing a story about Russian black bread even had to give that a try once.

Mostly biscuits now, though I'm not sure if you call biscuits biscuits across the pond.

Isn't it amazing what amateur astronomers do on a rainy day.

Biscuits are indeed biscuits, thought they were Cookies your side of the pond.

 

 

[Alan White]

3 minutes ago, dweller25 said:

Here is my wet Friday solution....

Is that making or drinking it David??

[dweller25]

1 minute ago, Alan White said:

Is that making or drinking it David??

 Both 🤪🤪

[maw lod qan]

Those would be cookies. 

Our biscuits are a mix of flour, shortening, butter milk and baking powder. Rises as it bakes to a golden brown. Quite beady, very good for every meal.

Takes a lot of practice to get them right from scratch.

My maternal grandmother made them 2 or 3 times a day. But it took good cheap food to keep 14 kids full.

[RT65CB-SWL]

Had a hospital appointment this morning. So spent the early part of the afternoon in the drizzle/rain underneath my car tightening up an exhaust clamp because the main box pipe was becoming separated from the rear box pipe. Not fun when you do not have a dry area to work in/on... (only got a (wet/damp) parking area).

Edited August 16, 2019 by Philip R

[GlenM]

It only happens when it's persisting it down.

 

Glen.

 

[laser_jock99]

Rain or cloud - my obsy now doubles as a radio shack. Lots of interesting signals out there.....

 

[JamesF]

I spent some of today moving pretty much all of the rest of my kit into the observatory.  I think it's just my 10" dob that's now in the house.  In the process I uncovered all my meteor detection bits, so I think I might be doing radio-related stuff shortly, too.

James

[LukeSkywatcher]

On wet days when we cant get out...  

[DaveS]

Not raining, but a second go at bread making

Unlike the quick 'n' dirty method for the first attempt, this time I proved, knocked back, re-kneeded, shaped, re-proved and baked.

Looks much better.

[Gina]

Looks good.

[DaveS]

Thanks Gina, yes it looks much better, but, as they say, the proof of the pudding (Or loaf)......