Tag! You're it!! ~ Part 1

I have been tagged by my friend Violet.

Rules:

1. You must post 11 facts about yourself

2. You must also answer the 11 questions that the awarder has given you, and create 11 questions for your awardees to answer in turn.

3. Tag 11 fellow bloggers.

4. Notify them that you've awarded them.

5. No tagging back.

6. And the 11 blogs that you tag must have less than 200 followers

Violet's questions:

 

If you could choose to live in one era other than today, when would it be and why?

What is a Bible verse (or verses) that has particularly challenged and/or encouraged you lately?
Do you prefer hot chocolate, tea or coffee or none of these?
What is your favourite musical instrument?
If you were to write and publish a book/direct a movie, what would you call it and what would it be about?
What is your favourite subject/hobby/pastime?
Do you think you are an introvert or an extrovert or a mixture of both?
What is a name you really like?
Is there a book you once read which you couldn't put down until you had finished it?
Do you have a favourite hymn and why is it your favourite?
Is there some way that the Lord has been working in your life recently that you want to share?

Hmmm.
1. Probably Regency, although Victorian era is high on my favourite list!
2. "He saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of His mercy." Titus 3:5
3. None usually. Ugh, coffee makes me gag and tea is weird. Except fruit tea, mmm. I like ths Chocolate Lounge's caramel hot chocolate though.
4. I'm playing the tenor horn and love it, but I love piano too. I love any kind of music.
5. I'd love to publish the book I am writing at the moment, but I don't have a name for it. At the moment some friends, sisters and I are making a movie called the Wolves of Willoughby Chase. I wrote a book review on it some time ago.
6. I love reading, cooking, sewing.....it's a long list!
7. A mixture really. I like being alone sometimes, and often I'm really talkative and sociable.
8. Caleb for a boy, or Sara for a girl.
9. Too many! Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events was good. Anything classic as well.
10. I always used to love Silent Night. Most Christmas hymns, I think.
11. I love going to church now, whereas I used not to so much.

Thankyou Violet! That was fun. I will finish next time.

5 of the Cutest Little Girls In Movies

 

 

Lucy Pevensie.

 

 

Young Beatrix Potter. "Precisely."

 

 

 

Diana Hale-"Hildy."

 

 

 

 

Margaret Dashwood . HeeeYAH!!

 

 

Laura Ingalls.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Regency Maid's Costume

Is completed! This costume I made in imitation of those in P&P 1995 (go to Movies for a review of the movie.) There is a grey dress, fichu and cap all hand-sewn and the apron I didn't make. I didn't use patterns (they confuse me) so I can't tell you the instructions!!

 

 

I couldn't rotate that last one. Bother.

Peeling apples in our very un-Regency kitchen!

 

 

 

Ten Favourite Ingredients

 

1. Chocolate. MMMMMmmmmm.......



2. Bacon. And eggs. Or BLTs.


3. Fresh berries. Cheesecakes, coulis, chocolate dipped...

4. Cheese. I love feta.

5. Cream. Puddings, pies, and in curries and savoury pies.





6. Garlic. Garlic Butter.

7. Fresh herbs. Parsley and basil, delicious.


8. Citrus fruits. I love making tangy lemon curd.


9. Mushrooms. Nice on butter toast with parsley, feta, salt and pepper.


10. Ginger. Ginger Crunch!

 

Nothing in Particular

Unfortunately I have had a cold. Oh, yes.* So I have not done any posts for a long time. But I am better now, **and excepting a sore throat, there is not much the matter with me.***
I found a great computer game called Matches & Matrimony on Big Fish Games. Is about $10 to buy but was 70% off so we bought it for $3. It is really cool.
                                                                          

 

 

 

Lots of fun!! And as a matter of fact, I'm going to go play it now. Adieu!

 

*. From Emma.

 

Miss Bates: She has a cold.

Emma: Oh, no.

Miss Bates: Oh,yes.

 

**. From Ever After.

 

Baroness: What kept you?

Danielle: I fell of the ladder in the orchard, but I am better now.

 

***. From P&P (the book) from Jane's letter to Lizzy when she is ill.

Book Review~ The Wolves of Willoughby Chase

I love classics, and this is a really classic book.
Number of chapters~ 11.
Author~ Joan Aiken
Plot~ Bonnie Green's parents are going abroad because her mother's health is bad. Her relation Miss Slighcarp comes to look after her and her orphan cousin Sylvia, who comes to live with her. The story is set in an imaginary period of England's history. Packs of wolves are everywhere in the country. The boat Bonnie's parents are on sinks and Miss Slighcarp tells the girls that they are dead. She sends them to an orphanage where they work very hard for Mrs Brisket. Their friend Simon helps them escape and they go to London to find Sylvia's Aunt Jane and to find out whether Bonnie's parents are really dead. In the end Sir Willoughby and Lady Green return to Willoughby Chase having survived the shipwreck and Miss Slighcarp, Mrs Brisket and their friend Mr Grimshaw are brought to justice.
In spite of the title, I found the story was not so much about the wolves. It is the first book in a long series and I'd really like to read the next ones. I recommend it for any age.

 

Recipe #2

Bacon-wrapped Beef Rissoles with Tomato Concasse and Garlic Butter

I made this for the main course of my parents' wedding anniversary dinner.

Ingredients

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Rissoles

150g beef mince

1 slice bread

1/4 small onion, roughly chopped

1/2 tsp crushed garlic

1 tbsp olive oil

1 tsp mixed herbs(I used rosemary, basil,

oregano and thyme)

1/2 tsp each ground cumin and ground paprika

Salt and pepper

2 large rashers of cured bacon

Kitchen string

Concasse

3 medium tomatoes

1 tsp olive oil

1/2 tsp fresh or dried basil

Salt and pepper

Garlic Butter

50g softened butter

1/2 tsp crushed garlic

1/2 tsp fresh or dried parsley or oregano

Combine all rissole ingredients except bacon in a food processor and pulse until well mixed. Set aside. Combine butter, garlic and herbs, mix well. Use plastic wrap to roll into a log and place in fridge to harden. For the concasse, remove stems and cores of tomatoes by cutting a cone shaped piece from the centre. Score a large X on the base of each tomato. Prepare a large bowl of iced water. Put another pan of water on to boil. Lower tomatoes into boiling water, leave in water for 10 seconds, then move tomatoes immediately into the iced water. When cool, peel off skin. Cut tomatoes into quarters. Remove seeds and juice and dice remaining tomato flesh. In a bowl combine tomato, oil, and seasonings and stir. Set aside. Shape mince mixture into rissoles. Heat some butter or oil in a frying pan. Fry rissoles for 5-6 mins each side until dark. Remove rissoles from heat, wrap 1/2 rasher of bacon( cut rashers in half lengthways) around each rissole, secure with kitchen string. Return rissoles to pan, cook a further minute on each side or until bacon is browned. Remove from heat, keep warm. To serve, arrange a large spoonful of concasse on each plate. Remove string from rissoles, position two rissoles on each plate beside the concasse. Take garlic butter out of fridge, cut into thick slices. Place a slice of butter on each rissole. Serves 2. This recipe can be easily multiplied.

Enjoy!!

Next~ Book Review #2 - The Wolves of Willoughby Chase