Forumesses - Stand Up and be Counted

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Really, this post is just to show off my reading habits, but putting that aside Mrs Beeton in her "Book of Household Management" quotes the author of "The Vicar of Wakefield," as saying The modest virgin, the prudent wife, and the careful matron, are much more serviceable in life than petticoated philosophers, blustering heroines, or virago queens.

Where do you fit into servicable life when at sea?

John

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"Are you turning into an insomniac?"


Errr - he's in NZ, Julie - about 12 hours ahead of us.



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You are forgiven Powerskippery one, you are the only one who has stood up to be counted.

Mrs Beeton goes on to say She who makes her husband and her children happy, who reclaims the one from vice and trains up the other to virtue - Now which is it that gets reclaimed from vice, the husband or the kids?

Am still looking for the cat bits - 'tis a big book for a cat to struggle through.

John

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Don't think there are many recipes containing cat in Mrs B's Household Management, though there may be some sage advice on not being sold cat masquerading as r****t (unmentionable furry creature with long ears). Something to do with the shape of the ribs, I think. /forums/images/icons/smile.gif

Guess I'd better go now................

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mmm well I couldn't really identify with any of them and the only time I have read Mrs B's tomb of edwardian stodge and prissy housekeeping stuff was as a kid making flapjacks for the first time and delved into the house keeping bit.. which I found v amusing!.. it's all a bit alien to me who is about as domestic as banshee...
 
I owned a Yamaha Virago for a while but sold it. In fact I made a mistake in buying it as I thought it read Viagra. No-one ever called me a queen when Iwas riding it so I'm not really sure where this leaves me....
Hope that helps - I always thought Mrs Beeton used too much fat in her scone recipes - mine always came out a little soggy
I've just re-read that and it could of course be misconstrued as smut. This was never my intention - I was trying to make the point that by using too much fat in the scone mixture I felt that when I pulled my scones out of the oven they seemed a little moist in the middle.

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Ship's Cat - this toadying to Powerskipper - you do realise she's not a fish?!



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Fat really .. what kind did you use. I always use Atora and find a smidgeon of cornflour and dried potato powder as well keeps the middles succulent rather than moist.

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ohhh help now I have images of baking on board Claymore.. Jimi, Claymore and Para in frilly gingham pinnies.. forget the fish and caulis this is obviously what binds you all together.. Claymore's baking club or Mrs Beeton Meets the Vital Spark perhaps...

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Well thats as maybe but unless I change the oven we'll be daein naethin - et wouldnae wairm a thing.
How did you know about the gingham pinnies?

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Fat - I used butter as Mrs Beaton suggested in her recipe book - also mentioned in the Dairy book of cookery - frankly I have used lard in some pastry recipes but it doesn't sit too well either with my digestive system or my perception of self as a modern man

Anyway - Mrs Beatons lad Donald mat well have some archived recipes that havenae seen the light of day

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Ah! scones.......well tried baking them with gluten free flour, looked realy good before they went in the oven, scraping them off the bottom of the oven was the problem, Did I use too much fat !!?? they cetainly slid over the side OK

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Rolling, rolling, rolling keep them doggies moving!
Where’s me chuck wagon gone?
 
Re: Gingham Pinnies

Kilmelford boatyard hoist them up your mast when you're not in residence!

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Re: Gingham Pinnies

There's some bad boys around up there right enough. Brucie is the worst by far and nothing would surprise me about him. He subscribes to all sorts of underwear magazines and there's him commando style all the while

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And I got a surprise to see how much butter they used in things in those days. Quite an intriguing look back into the 19th Century it is.

I am trying to decide whether wench grease or the wool grease I use for protecting the wire rigging is best in the scones and cakes.

John

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What a strange collection of Forumesses; sounds like the usual suspects to me. /forums/images/icons/smile.gif

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They are just kind lovely people (us men and cats are all like that) keeping the place warm as the forumesses, except for Powerskipper, obviously have to much to hide to stand up to be counted /forums/images/icons/smile.gif.

John



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