My excuse: I’ve been busy.
Life has a way of interrupting writing. Which I find really annoying! I must find time to write because when I don’t vent, I become grouchy and grumpy and ornery!
I tell myself it’s all the writing muses’ faults. They have abandoned me again. But that’s not entirely true. If I really want to write about things (ANYTHING!), I should make time to write down my thoughts. Even my exercise in journal writing has ground to a halt because I don’t make time.
I have been busy in the kitchen though. I’ve been making bread completely by hand! I’ve discovered that kneading the dough helps my carpal tunnel syndrome. I’ve made pan de sal several times now and now I know that the perfect cooking time is 11.5 minutes! At least in my oven, it’s 11.5 minutes. I’ve also found the perfect blondies recipe. I’ve made it about 4 times now and each time it’s been a success…and have managed to add a few tweaks to the recipe enough that I can now call the recipe my own.
I’ve set myself a challenge for the next few weekends. I am going to
- make profiteroles
- make puff pastry
- make a roulade
I also need to start using my Goldilocks Cakebook. Goldilocks is an iconic chain of bakeries in the Philippines and I want to try the recipes so I can bring a little bit of the Philippines to my little corner of England.
I’ve got most of everything under a semblance of control. Now all I have to do is discipline myself to write regularly! Big ask, you say? Not really. I just need to push myself to write. Because the excuse that I can’t find the words isn’t quite true. I talk enough for 2 people, so all I just have to do is to close my mouth and let my fingers do the talking for a little bit!
Here’s to hoping the next entry isn’t too far away!
Yellywelly 