Clouds

Feel a day behind, as I didn't blog yesterday (is that really a verb?) so have cheated a little with two entries today. Sad to say, today has also been a day of spending money I really shouldn't and eating more rich food. I made pear and ginger crumble again last night, purely for the fruit portions of course. A very simple recipe: two tins of pears in juice, drained; 60z plain flour; 4oz golden sugar; 20z butter or margarine; 2 tsps of ginger. The crumble mix is very simple: using a fork, turn the margarine, flour and sugar into crumbs, or rub together in your fingers. Then empty the drained pears into an ovenproof dish, round or oval, approx. 12 inches across and 6 inches deep, sprinkle a little sugar and the ginger over this. You can add a little extra ginger to the crumble mixture. Spread the crumble mix over the pears evenly, and put in the middle of the oven. Gas mark 6, 200 Celsius. Check after half an hour, it may need a little longer, up to 45 minutes. Serve with cream or custard, perfect in the winter evenings, thought I must confess I had some for breakfast this morning.
I have also been reading, whilst eating my crumble, a wonderful book about cloud spotting. I bought it on a whim with a book token, and have been thrilled with it. It could become my new past time. Time to finish though before the library shut me down, and I am thrown out. work to be done still, and exercise. To be continued tomorrow, with a recipe for cherry biscuits.