Big Night!

Last night was a big night at our house!!

It was the opening night of season five of The Great British Baking Show on PBS. (Now for all we know there may have already been fourteen seasons of this show, but we've only seen the three seasons available on Netflix streaming, so for us this was a big deal.)

To celebrate, we used Paul Hollywood's cookbook to bake scones. James and I are not bakers. (A truer statement has never been written.) We are, however, huge fans of the show and we had such a good time baking and tasting.

First up, plain British scones.

I know, they look like biscuits and honestly if I ever have the choice of a plain scone or a southern biscuit, I'm choosing the biscuit. My dad makes a biscuit that would shame a scone.

James acted as our baking show judge critiquing our efforts, and finally declaring them 'Pac Man biscuits'.

Next up, savory cheese scones.

Much more flavor and the reassuring triangular shape.

We remembered from a trip to England years ago that British cooking sets a pretty low bar. That triggered a trip down memory lane causing us to get out our passports to check the year of our English visit- 1991!! The math let us know we were then Katherine's current age, 31!!!

 That realization instantly caused our arthritis to flair up, so we hobbled over to our old-folks recliners to enjoy a scone, a glass of milk, and The Best British Baking Show!

Until tomorrow,

Shelli

Middle age is when your age starts to show around your middle. 

~Bob Hope

Years ago we discovered the exact point, the dead center of middle age. It occurs when you are too young to take up golf and too old to rush to the net. 

~Franklin Adams

There is always a lot to be thankful for, if you take the time to look. For example, I'm sitting here thinking how nice it is that wrinkles don't hurt.

 ~Author Unknown

Youth is a disease from which we all recover. 

~Dorothy Fulheim

There was no respect for youth when I was young, and now that I am old, there is no respect for age — I missed it coming and going.

 ~J.B. Priestly

How old would you be if you didn't know how old you were? 

~Satchel Paige