OneGuyFromBarlick

Just had a look and some of the reviews say that it works OK for baking. Is there a dark brown variant?

Indeed Kev, we paid ours off when I was made redundant, that was 19 years ago now.

I am going to ditch the Fermipan, the last loaf did rise but it took a while and the end result was a bit dense. Most of my baking is sourdough based so the smaller packet dried yeasts for quick bakes are a better bet. I have sourdough recipes for straight loaves, seeded, soft sandwich bread, flatbr...

Sally reckons its the best fruit cake she has ever had! I must say, I tend to agree. I did it slightly wrong in that the recipe calls for an optional tablespoon of demerara sugar, (not an option in my book). So I shoved that in the mix, realised after I had done it that it was for the topping to the...

I think we will all remember Pluggy's favourite adage.... Keep it simple. I had a perfect example this morning. For a few days I have had a problem with my wireless mouse, it's operation became very intermittent and this morning it failed altogether. I went through all the permutations and was on t...

Not heard of them either Tiz. Somewhere we have definitely just been, this morning 9 -10am actually. Our Gym session this morning, ramped up somewhat so still feeling some of the effects. We only have two Evo60 sessions left next week, Monday and Friday and a half hour circuit session on Tuesday. Ka...

Can you give some idea of quantities of ingredients. I'll have to try it. . . :smile: Can't find the recipe I got from Linda but I did find this, wont be much different: Ellasbetterbakes- Easy Boiled Fruit Cake I have a lot of dried fruit so I will make one this afternoon, I need to make a loaf as ...

A small aside to compliment Bobs Bits today. The Vibram rubber compound was developed by Vitale Bramani an Italian climber who wanted to give climbers more survivability in their chosen sport than the hobnailed boots that were used at the time in the late 19th century. Today there are many variants ...

Are you on the "meteorological seasons" Cathy, carefully arranged for the start of the month for the convenience of data?

If not and you are like me and adhere to our rotation period around our star you will still have around three weeks before the season changes for you.

Earlier today, down to the Gym, not for exercises as such. Helping to make a promo film for Katie's courses for the over 60's, (Evolution 60). A bit of a fun session from the ladies, my part, no acting required just doing a bit of filmed gym work. I'm the only bloke in the current cohort so it's a b...

Stanley wrote: ↑27 Aug 2025, 01:22 The Gym struck me as possible cause.....

As the Black Knight would say, "Tis only a flesh wound". While hopping around on one leg with both arms chopped off.

Well that was a first for me, rocked up early to complete my paperwork for my donor session today. Called about 5 mins after my appointment time. Didn't get past triage today though, Haemoglobin/Iron test didn't sink as it should. Could be the solution in the phial so the nurse retested with another...

The draw went OK, we used a random wheel spinner online with all the entrants names on the wheel. We drew the first one as the winner and spun it again to pick a reserve to cover any eventualities for if the winner can't run. The wheel spinner had a record option so that we can feature it on our soc...

We are going out for lunch on the town square today. The group has secured an entry for a runner in next years London Marathon. We advertised the event on our social media streams when we knew we had an entry. So today is draw day for who will be running for Bosom Friends. We have a number of entrie...

Divide and rule..... Shades of what happened when Clitheroe found it had a Labour MP because of the rise of Nelson that was included with them. A quick revision of Parliamentary boundaries cured that. Should update this thread regarding the Constituency boundaries which were also tweaked a bit late...

Bumped again to see if it has anything left in its legs.

Our Commercial Inn in Barlick was always truncated to "The Comic". Falling into disrepairs after a few years as The Barlick then The Fountain, must have been shut since well before the pandemic.

One aspect of sons and daughters university time that will forever be etched in my mind was the summer evacuation from halls. We had both Carla and Dan at University at the same time, Carla at Bangor and our Dan at Warwick. At the end of the first year their evac days were on the same day, they were...

Thanks Julie. Our daughter Carla always knew what she wanted to do from a fairly early age, certainly before she went to secondary school, she always maintained that she wanted to teach. She worked hard at school and got passes in her Maths and English but wasn't satisfied with the grades, they were...

Slap on the wrist for me. I realised when I looked at our calendar at tea time that I had forgotten my blood donor appointment yesterday. Came home from gym, had a bit of lunch and then took Stanley some pears round, completely forgot that I should have been in West Bradford Village Hall for my dona...

I liked watching the video's of his court when they came up on you Tube on my phone. Seemed like a very fair bloke who practised that in shed loads when handling the cases brought before him.

RIP

Had the last of my last sourdough loaf at lunch. So I have mixed up a bog standard Sunflower and Chia dough for a quick bread bake. I used dried yeast to save on the wait for warming and feeding of my own starter. I'll bake with that over weekend. I was gifted a large amount of Fermipan which is an ...

GCSE Results, our Ruby has related her results in the older grades which are easier than the numbering system now used in England. A* in Maths A's in her Science subjects B's in French, Art, English Lit and English Lang and Citizenship C in Sociology D in History, (which is her least favourite subje...

Is it oil or grease staining from the end of shafting used to drive machinery in the bakehouse?