Yesterday my mum was over for the day to help out & hangout with Chloe. To amuse me she brought over some of my old school essays & other mementos that I hadn’t seen in years, in fact I can’t even remember writing any of them. They all had me in stitches, stories of running away from home, robbing the town snobs & setting up house in the Hilton Hotel to a plane crash in Columbia where I 
met Scott Carne (for those of you who remember he was the lead singer of Kids in The Kitchen & my first love!) & lived happily ever after with him. Amongst these treasures was this letter to my parents declaring what I wanted for Christmas, I found it hysterical & had to share it, I was in about grade 5 or 6 when I wrote it, I hope you find it amusing too.
met Scott Carne (for those of you who remember he was the lead singer of Kids in The Kitchen & my first love!) & lived happily ever after with him. Amongst these treasures was this letter to my parents declaring what I wanted for Christmas, I found it hysterical & had to share it, I was in about grade 5 or 6 when I wrote it, I hope you find it amusing too.Anyway all of this reminiscing reminded me of the Jam Roly Poly that I learned to make in home economics in Year 7 & which I used to cook up for dessert all of the time when I was a teen, I don’t think I’ve made it since I left home 15 or so years ago so of course it had to be done, with some adjustments – I added fresh strawberries which gave the syrup a berry flavour & changed it quite a bit, either way is great. And as you can see I did start my love of cooking early, in fact in one of the papers my mum brought over I declared cooking to be my favourite subject at School & she also had my old primary school black & white photography license & what do I do in my spare time now, funny how things end up isn’t it?
Jam Roly Poly
Scone Dough
1 cup self raising flour
pinch of salt
1 tablespoon of butter
½ cup milk
Syrup
1 Cup water
1 tablespoon of butter
1 tablespoon golden syrup
juice of half a lemon
Strawberry Jam
Strawberries, hulled & cut in half (optional)
Sift the flour & salt into a bowl & rub in the butter with your fingertips until mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add the milk to form a dough & roll into an oblong.
Meanwhile bring to the boil all of the syrup ingredients.
Spread jam on the dough & top with fresh strawberries if desired. Roll up lengthways & place roll into a cake tin. Pour over the syrup & bake in the oven at 200c for 35-40 minutes. Serve with custard.
Jam Roly PolyScone Dough
1 cup self raising flour
pinch of salt
1 tablespoon of butter
½ cup milk
Syrup
1 Cup water
1 tablespoon of butter
1 tablespoon golden syrup
juice of half a lemon
Strawberry Jam
Strawberries, hulled & cut in half (optional)
Sift the flour & salt into a bowl & rub in the butter with your fingertips until mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add the milk to form a dough & roll into an oblong.
Meanwhile bring to the boil all of the syrup ingredients.
Spread jam on the dough & top with fresh strawberries if desired. Roll up lengthways & place roll into a cake tin. Pour over the syrup & bake in the oven at 200c for 35-40 minutes. Serve with custard.
2 comments:
That letter is just hilarious, especially the bit about getting angry if they don't buy you anything at all LOL.
It sounds like your Mum has been doing some reminiscing of her own at home, sorting through your things and remembering those beautiful memories. And now you can start all over again with Chloe. I love having girls :-)
I loved it as well. I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one whose spelling has improved as I'ved aged.
I enjoy your blog so much- thank you. Boston,US
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