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Lots of good advice! Thanks for the replies AH HA!!!! Glad you said this, because I remember years ago making jam roly poly a lot and I never used suet. I started thinking it was my imagination but since you say this I might try it again without the suet. I just used to use butter and flour, is that what you do? I think I might be over handling it! My body temp is always on the warm side lol and I think I am handling it too much. Maybe adding too much water too, I'll try adding slower.

Help! I have jam roly poly problems! I don't really do baking or puddings. At all. This is my third attempt at one of my fave English puds... and it's going the same way as the others, ie not well lol Can anybody give me some advice? I make the dough with suet and flour and water. Every time I make it and roll it out the dough is far too soft and falls apart when I move it. I thought it might be because I was making it too thin but today I made it a lot thicker and still a problem with it. Today's effort is not too bad - it didn't fall apart lol but still having that problem? What am I doing wrong do you think?

I don't think that would be very difficult

I was like that with Winston Churchill, but I finally went for Einstein :-)

Don't encourage her!!! Difficult, difficult, question! It's one of those questions that if I sat and thought about it I would go around and around in circles. It's the sort of question you would get different answers depending on the day and my mood. I'll go for... Vincent Van Gogh Gabriel Garcia Marquez Albert Einstein And my friend Raquel because I know it's a party she wouldn't want to miss!

Happens to me too, and not just books. I get that way with everything I do. I find that I just need a break from things to recharge. I find I get burned out with whatever it is, if I don't take a break from it and go do something else instead for awhile. I recently came out of a period where I wasn't reading. I do love books though, I don't think I could ever go without them being a part of my life in some way.

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Maybe that was the problem. Mine were just pretty plain. I think it had a little butter in there, not to mention It was served in Waffle House. This morning I was very naughty and had a cream cake for breakfast!

Welcome Have a great time, I'm sure you will, just watch out for the book ninjas! ... just kidding about the ninjas

I don't normally watch a lot of TV, but find myself watching a fair few shows at the moment. Heros: My fave! I notice loads of people mentioning this! Gorden Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares: Hurrah, adventures with the sweary chef! Saturday Kitchen: It's a nice relaxing program and gets me in the mood for cooking up a storm in the kitchen. Masters of SF: Enjoying the show so far! History of Photography: I likes photograhy, so I likes this too. Visions of the future: First one was on Monday, but not sure if I'll watch more... it's OK, but a bit too thin on tech and in depth discussion for my tastes. Whose line is it anyway: Normally catch it most week days on the wonderfully named "Dave" channel. The McDonald Legend TV AD: OK, I know it's not a tv program, but I love it! It makes me laugh every time. I know, I'm sad lol

I tend to like many different poems by many different poets. However, a few that I like the best are: Pablo Neruda, W H Auden, Shelly, Byron, and Dillon Thomas. There are There are probably some that I have forgotten. I used to love to sit and read ( sometimes write ) poetry but it's not something I have done for a long time.

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In 1862 a merchant called David Landale shot his bank manager dead in a duel. In this non-fiction work his descendant James Landale tells us the story, and a riveting story it is too! The story suffers nothing for being a true tale and can match any fiction. It has the hero Mr Landale, the villain in the form of Mr Morgan for the booing off. This, as the cliche goes, is a real page turner! The story of how and why David Landale got into one of the last Duels, and then what happened afterwards is a great story well told. Along with the tale of the Duel the book deals with the history of the duel: how it began, and why did it's practice fade? Why did seemingly rational human beings feel the need to resolve the smallest conflicts by standing at dawn trying to kill each other? It's packed full of interesting, fun, and informative historical details. Along with the history are tales of other duels that took place. Some of them are even funny in a macabre way. One of my favourites from the book is this: "In 1823, the future lord Cardigan stole and subsequently married the wife of his best friend, Captain Fredrick Johnstone. He sent a message to the now divorced Johnstone 'Sir, having done you the greatest injury that one man can do another, I think that it is incumbent upon me to offer you the satisfaction which on gentleman owes another in such circumstances' Johnstone told the messenger: 'Tell Lord Cardigan that he has already given me satisfaction: The satisfaction of having removed the most damned bad tempered and extravagant bitch in the kingdom!'" The book is jam packed with stories and wonderful facts. It's the kind of book that has you putting down the book every five minuets because you're busting to tell somebody some amazing fact you just read or about a duel you read about or an astounding event. This, along with the main story makes it a must read.

I liked biscuits and gravy. I think if it's made well ( make sure the white sauce picks up all the flavour from cooking sausage ) then it can be good. Now grits... I really can't get on with that!

It's fine for me. I think it's really very nice to have a message in the cover of a book. Whenever I have given books as presents I normally write something there.

UK pancakes are large round thin, sprinked with lemon and sugar and rthen rolled up. Although you use other things the lemon and sugar are traditional and is what most people would use. UK pancakes are very similar to, and in fact basically are, crepes. American pancakes are smaller and more like cakes in texture. When I first tasted them my reaction was "it tastes like a cake more than a pancake" I have to say I prefer the European ones BUT the American ones are very nice and I like to have them as a change.

Hello and welcome! I'm sure you will love it here and if you don't we have brain washing machines!

Thank you! Me? BIG HEADED? What ever do you mean, mortal?

I love this book, it's simply amazing! It's complex and rich with fantastic characters. My favorite character is the girl that lives near toru's house. The part with the well as fantastic. Not an easy book to read, I think, but keep going with it because it's worth it!

Greetings from space! Welcome to the forum, I'm sure you'll like it here!

I really like second hand books because they have a history. They meant something to somebody even if it was only that "they hated it" and each one carries the scars and marks of love or hate. I love it when you find writing in a book like a dedication or something that gives a clue to who owned it such as a bookmark left in it's covers. The laughter lines and creases of the cover or the tell tale page turned over which is like a slice of time saying "I was here, this is where I read to" and I love the amber colour of the pages and their scent of age. I think books are special and you can pass them on to others for them to be lost in another world if only for a few fleeting moments; it's nice to be able to get a sense of that with old books.

I finished this yesterday and overall I liked it. I didn't set my world on fire nor would I say it's the best novel I ever read, but I liked it. The end had me almost in tears which meant that the characters had meaning for me; I think this is really important for any novel. The story was well constructed and nicely ( if a little simply ) written. I thought the novel got better and better as it went on. My first reaction on reading it was "it's ok" and then about half way through I thought "this is good" and then by the end I was thinking "this is really good" Would I recommend it, yup, but have the tissues ready at the end unless your nick name happens to be 'ol stoney heart!