English Emma Blooms

Joel. Nick and their prosthetic arm.  Joel hard at work on the computer. Aaron's famous nose and me with my mom friends making art.

MY EYE MY EYE! Joel turns my mum's display case into one for his lego figures.  I had to prove to Joel than besmirch was a real word.

Ingredients • 2 cups cooked long grain rice • 2 cups whole milk • 3 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon sugar • 1/8 teaspoon salt • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract • Whipped cream, optional Directions • 1. In a large saucepan, combine the rice, milk, sugar and salt. Cook, uncovered, over medium heat for 20 minutes or until thickened, stirring often. Remove from the heat; stir in vanilla. Spoon into serving dishes. Serve warm; top with whipped cream if desired.Yield: 4 servings. My grandad used to make me rice pudding and we used to recite the following verse: What   is the matter with Mary Jane? She’s perfectly well, and she hasn’t a pain, And it’s lovely rice pudding for dinner again!— What  is  the matter with Mary Jane? A. A. Milne, “Rice Pudding” His rice pudding was not made from cooked rice though.

INGREDIENTS • 3⁄4 cup sugar • 1⁄3 cup unsweetened applesauce • 1 egg white • 1 teaspoon vanilla • 1 1⁄2 cups flour • 1⁄2 teaspoon baking powder • 1⁄4 teaspoon salt DIRECTIONS • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. • Combine apple sauce and sugar until well mixed. • Add egg and vanilla and continue to mix. • Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in another bowl. Add gradually to egg mixture. • Take roughly a tablespoon size portion of dough and place it onto a lightly greased cookie sheet. Works best if pressed flat (the dough when making the cookie). • Bake in oven for 10 minutes. • Take out of oven and remove from cookie sheet. • To make the frosting, in an electric mixer preferably, combine powdered sugar and butter and vanilla. Add water according to consistency of frosting.

 we went to Holliday Park

Ingredients  2 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour 1 cup milk Directions In a small saucepan over medium heat, melt butter. Add flour and stir until the butter and flour are well combined. Pour in milk, stirring constantly as it thickens. Add more milk depending on desired consistency.

Ingredients • 1 pound ground beef, 80% lean • 4 slices of white bread • 1 cup milk • 1 medium onion, finely chopped • 1/3 cup of finely chopped fresh oregano • 3 tablespoons finely chopped mint • 4 cloves garlic, minced • 2 eggs, beaten • Kosher salt • Freshly ground black pepper Cook in oil serve with Rice and tomato sauce

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It is in our faults and failings, not in our virtues, that we touch each other, and find sympathy. It is in our follies that we are one. Jerome K. Jerome

Triple Ginger Gingerbread Cake Old-fashioned gingerbread cake loaded with three kinds of ginger, spices, honey and molasses. This is a cake that benefits from time. When the cake is cool wrap it up in plastic wrap and wait 24 hours to allow the flavors to intensify. If you can't find candied ginger, you can simply substitute more fresh ginger. INGREDIENTS 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter 1/2 cup water 1/2 cup molasses, unsulphured 1/2 cup honey (preferably a dark variety such as buckwheat, avocado or wildflower) 1/2 cup dark brown sugar (can substitute light brown) 2 eggs, room temperature 1 tablespoon  fresh ginger, peeled and finely grated 1 tablespoon candied ginger, minced 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda 1 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger 1 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg METHOD 1  Preheat oven to 325°F. Butter and lightly flour an 8x8 or 9x9 baking dish. Fit a pi...

Mmm! Bite into classic soft, melt-in-your-mouth molasses cookies for a yummy bit of nostalgia. Ingredients 1 cup packed brown sugar 3/4 cup shortening 1/4 cup molasses 1 egg 2 1/4 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking soda 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon ground ginger 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves 1/4 teaspoon salt 3 tablespoons granulated sugar Directions • Heat oven to 325°F. In large bowl, beat brown sugar, shortening, molasses and egg with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in remaining ingredients except granulated sugar. • Shape dough by rounded tablespoonfuls into 1 1/2-inch balls. Dip tops into granulated sugar. On ungreased cookie sheet, place balls, sugared sides up, about 2 inches apart. • Bake 13 to 16 minutes or just until set and cookies appear dry. Immediately remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack.

he played music from THE HOBBIT