TUESDAY?

We were all up early this morning and feasted upon freshly baked blueberry muffins,they were even nicer than usual as the blueberries I used this morning were very large and juicy, and of course we all ate too many,as always. After we had cleared away the breakfast debris I popped out to the garden centre for some suet for the birds and a large potting tray for Pa. He feeds the birds more often than not and it can take quite a time as there are about nine hanging feeders and several more trays so I thought that he could use the tray to fill the feeders indoors, it works very well I am glad to say. We had home made sausages and colchannon for dinner with apple sauce and gravy followed by caramel shortbread, I used the cheats method
CHEATS CARAMEL SHORTBREAD
7 oz shortbread fingers
1oz butter
for the caramel
1 tin condensed milk
4 oz butter
4oz soft brown sugar
for the topping
6oz milk or plain chocolate
Grease an 8” square tin , crush the shortbread very finely,melt the 1oz of butter in a saucepan and mix in the crumbs then spread evenly into the tin and press down firmly.
Put the condensed milk,butter and sugar into a saucepan and bring to the boil stirring all the time
then reduce the heat and continue to stir until the mixture becomes golden brown and sets to a soft ball when a little is dropped into cold water. Spread the caramel over the crumb base and set aside.
Melt the chocolate in a bowl over a pan of boiling water,being careful not to let the bottom of the bowl touch the water or the chocolate will thicken too much. When it is melted spread it on the caramel and leave to cool. When the chocolate has set put into squares and enjoy it.
We all had a game of poker dice this afternoon and Pa beat us thoroughly much to our chagrin, we hope to get our revenge tomorrow. We are still confused about the day of the week I think it will be a while before we sort this one out.
All out door activities were off as the weather became wet and very windy,so windy that it blew a vase of dried flowers off the mantle piece and it scared the poor cat so much that she jumped out of the window. My son and I are watching a show tonight so that,s it for now,bye for now.