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It\u2019s been a while since I last posted a blog, lots of challenges came our way, demanding my time and pulling me away from writing. But now we\u2019re back, different but still the same. Older, I\u2019m not sure about wiser but definitely more experienced and certainly used to the fighting for the boys rights. I\u2019ll go into all that in future blogs but today I wanted to share some of my Half Term so far\u2026<\/p>\n
SO, yesterday, first day of the school break, full of energy and not yet broken of spirit I decided to bake some rock buns with Squiddy. I have to say I did quite well, it occupied him for ten minutes \u2013 most of which time he spent pinching marshmallows and stuffing them in his mouth!<\/p>\n
Yes I know rock buns don\u2019t have marshmallows in them there was a packet in my \u2018baking box\u2019 so he grabbed them. A couple did make it into the mixture though but I drew a line at his other demand which was to add mayonnaise! There was a little foot stamp at that one!<\/p>\n
We filled the kitchen with the glorious smell of baking, it smelt like it used to when you walked round the bakery bit at Morrisons! Filled with yesterday\u2019s success, this morning I asked Pix if he wanted to make anything \u2013 a cheesecake.<\/p>\n
\u2018Erm, okay and what do we need for that?\u2019<\/p>\n
He\u2019s done cooking at school and I think in Year 7 he might even have brought one home so I wasn\u2019t expecting this\u2026<\/p>\n
\u2018right so you get some breadcrumbs\u2026\u2019<\/p>\n
\u2018Whaaat?<\/p>\n
\u2018No, biscuits\u2019 (that\u2019s better) \u2018and you make them into powder\u2026 and then you make then mushy\u2019<\/p>\n
\u2018Ok, so how do you do that?\u2019<\/p>\n
\u2018You add some water\u2019 (my confidence was waning) You make it go cold (he had no instruction for this) \u2018And once it\u2019s frozen you put the custard on\u2026\u2019 (right..)<\/p>\n
\u2018So where\u2019s the cheese bit then?\u2019 (At this I got a look like I was insane for questioning his methods) \u2018obviously that\u2019s in the custard\u2019<\/p>\n
\u2018Any particular kind of cheese\u2019 (in my head I was willing him to say cream but knew it wouldn\u2019t be)<\/p>\n
\u2018Cheddar\u2019 (yep!) \u2018\u2026and when the custards cooled you add the whipped cream\u2019<\/p>\n
There you have it, my fifteen-year-olds take on a cheesecake. I think Mary Berry\u2019s job is safe don\u2019t you!<\/p>\n
I did say \u2018I\u2019m not sure you have custard in a cheesecake\u2019 and his response, which I think is the best part, was to say \u2018Well, I\u2019m sorry I don\u2019t have an Instructions menu\u2019 (that\u2019ll be a recipe then!)<\/p>\n
So if you\u2019re on Half term now, enjoy it and if you need any \u2018Instruction Menus\u2019 to occupy your little ones, I\u2019ll ask Pix to post some!!<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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