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Popping back in myself after the last couple of months. I appreciate your sending an email, Mike - this is great for a pie-phobic like me, but I probably won't be making pies for Thanksgiving this year unless there is an outdoor gathering - it's just down to Will and me.

Great to hear from you, Cindy Leigh!

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I actually knew it

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On Friday, I backed a loaf of my version of Harvest Grains bread - I must not have been paying enough attention to my ingredients (I was sort of rushing) and it came out a little denser - it was still very good and Will's already eaten about half of it.

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We have a couple of hummingbirds here on the Georgia coast. We had hung up Nate's hummingbird feeder and put in a few plants to attract them. They were already here, but we also brought over the hummingbird/butterfly window box from my moms - it seems very happy sitting in our "garden."

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That looks fun Mike. My best friend sells Juice+ tower gardens and keeps trying to get me to buy one. When I told her about our plot at the community garden, she tried to tell me the tower was better because we’d have to deal with pests in the soil - we did that for spring planting - a couple of Northern gardeners, our Mexican Chef and our local Cook - and we learned A LOT. For fall planting, building new raised beds put over black ground cover, clean dirt, compost and peat. All our seeds are here - as many disease resistant and hardy ones as we could find. We’re going to plant following the square foot method. We can harvest into November, even things like snap peas, haricots vert and cucumbers. We figure we have a better shot at getting things right.

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Thank you Mike. Now I have 3 posts that all say the same thing - Ha!

BA I didn’t see the amounts at first either - by my 3rd copying I found that information. There is a little grayish box on the right hand side that lists the ingredients - when you see it, you’ll know, but they didn’t make it easy

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I just posted a reply and must not have hit send. I went to the website of my favorite flour over there Doves Farm. I’ll repost the links to their self-raising flour, a recipe for baking powder, and a recipe they have for making your own self-raising flour. Plain flour has less protein than KAF AP, strong flour has a higher protein and that’s what I primarily used
https://www.dovesfarm.co.uk/products/organic-self-raising-white-flour-x-1kg
https://www.dovesfarm.co.uk/recipes/how-to-make-your-own-baking-powder
https://www.dovesfarm.co.uk/recipes/how-to-make-self-raising-flour

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I wonder if that is the case - let me see - I just went to the website for my favorite flour when we lived in Ireland the three links below are their self rising flour and it’s ingredients, how they recommend making baking powder and their recipe for making self-raising flour. Plain flour has less protein than KAF all purpose - I usually used strong flour which is higher in protein

https://www.dovesfarm.co.uk/products/organic-self-raising-white-flour-x-1kg
https://www.dovesfarm.co.uk/recipes/how-to-make-your-own-baking-powder
https://www.dovesfarm.co.uk/recipes/how-to-make-self-raising-flour

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Oh yum, that looks good.

I made a sticky toffee pudding because Sam’s had a 2 pound box of Medjool dates for under $8. We’ll dig into it shortly

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So I have now tried to post three times and not one shows up. The last one popped up bu then I edited it and it went away. It shows at the top that I posted

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I just posted twice and it hasnt shown up. I’m confused but this one did I’ll try again. I posted links to the website for my favorite flour in Ireland. Doves Farm is an organic British company. Their plain flour has less protein than KAF AP. I usually used strong flour as it closer to KAF AP. I found the ingredient list for their self-raising, a recipe for homemade baking powder and one for making your own self-raising flour. The comparisons might help in your quest for your scones.
https://www.dovesfarm.co.uk/products/organic-self-raising-white-flour-x-1kg
https://www.dovesfarm.co.uk/recipes/how-to-make-your-own-baking-powder
https://www.dovesfarm.co.uk/recipes/how-to-make-self-raising-flour

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Only if the restaurant let them. We FINALLY got a directive which to me is stronger than a policy. No one is allowed in the Market without a mask and we are not allowed to even take an order outside if they’re not wearing a mask. We don’t have to accommodate people not wearing masks at all.

We will be allowed to have a family service under the trees outside and/or a burial. We will have a Celebration of Life for Mom when we are allowed to congregate in the church again. I would probably consider an outside Celebration if that were allowed sooner. At least she was cremated.

I loved the cartoon BA!

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I got it

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I finally made the lime cookies on Wednesday and baked some on Thursday before I went back to work. I have a few dozen in the freezer that we can bake when we need them. The recipe was originally in Cottage Living. It had sour cream in it. They were good - Will really liked them. My comments are that the needed more lime zest and that they were a little tough. Any suggestions for next time. I did double the recipe and can provide any other information.

The nice thing about the new kitchen cabinets and countertops is that the configuration gives us more counter space. While I was prepping the cookie dough on one counter, Will was making his tortillas - we are going through more flour since he started making them

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Chocomouse how did you fare in the storm? I have a friend in CT who had a large tree branch on her roof - no power.

Will did all the cooking last week. He has been such a wonderful support

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