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Well, I've been banned from posting in my own thread as well as a fair few others until July but allowed to post elsewhere. I know some of you are following one of my threads with great interest so I’ll just keep you up to date. 
Yesterday, spent a fair chunk of the day in Broomfield hospital with our grandson who had a bump on the head at school last week. Despite being checked over at the time, he's having daily headaches and tiredness so they gave his head a CT scan. Nothing nasty found so it’s just a case of concussion and been told to keep an eye on it. Didn’t get home till quite late last night due to the long planned closure of the Gallows corner flyover for repair works. Traffic jams at gone 10.00 at night is not good. We've got months of it to come too.
This morning - even worse. I went out on my scooter and traffic was backed up everywhere. Going to have to try to avoid that area for some considerable time.
Yesterday, spent a fair chunk of the day in Broomfield hospital with our grandson who had a bump on the head at school last week. Despite being checked over at the time, he's having daily headaches and tiredness so they gave his head a CT scan. Nothing nasty found so it’s just a case of concussion and been told to keep an eye on it. Didn’t get home till quite late last night due to the long planned closure of the Gallows corner flyover for repair works. Traffic jams at gone 10.00 at night is not good. We've got months of it to come too.
This morning - even worse. I went out on my scooter and traffic was backed up everywhere. Going to have to try to avoid that area for some considerable time.
At least it isn't permanent. That's good news. Only a week to go!
Did a bit of baking today. Mrs Mottie is out with her sister on their regular 'pick up mum from the care home and take her shopping' days so as she has to stick to a gluten free diet and, tbh, most gluten free bread is shyte, I decided to have a go at making some rolls. I had all the ingredients here.
Didn’t quite go as planned for two reasons: 1. I used an un greased glass bowl to bake them in instead of a greased tin and 2. I forgot to brush them with melted butter before putting them in the oven. I remembered when they were almost done so added it a bit too late.
Despite that, they still came out better than any white roll we've bought but I would say that they were more like a scone than a roll. If I gave you one with some cream and some jam, you wouldn’t know.
Didn’t quite go as planned for two reasons: 1. I used an un greased glass bowl to bake them in instead of a greased tin and 2. I forgot to brush them with melted butter before putting them in the oven. I remembered when they were almost done so added it a bit too late.
Despite that, they still came out better than any white roll we've bought but I would say that they were more like a scone than a roll. If I gave you one with some cream and some jam, you wouldn’t know.
Had another go today. Perfect!
I’m a master baker. I’ve been told that plenty of times before,
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Well, Mrs Mottie loved it but she said she felt 'glutened' and asked me if I was sure I had used gluten free flour. Of course, I did but this morning I checked the yeast. Oh bollux!Had another go today. Perfect!
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That's flippin' weird!
I've never seen any ingredients in yeast but yeast!
I've never seen any ingredients in yeast but yeast!
I have heard it only takes a tiny bit. But that is still a surprise.
Was it like normal bread, or more cakey/sconey?
That’s very good, it’s difficult to get that lightness without gluten.
Yeah, just been out and bought some Allison yeast. That’s naturally gluten free, the other stuff (Sainsbury’s own, which I’ve used for years) isn't. I check everything with an app but never even thought of checking yeast.
Almost normal when warm. A bit cakey when cold. Can be frozen and then warmed up for a few minutes when thawed.
Gluten free flour contains xanthum gum but the recipe says to add extra. Xanthum gum sort of does what gluten does. Almost.
If you can commercialise it, you will make millions!
I just followed a recipe by a gluten free blogger. It’s much better than any GF white bread we've bought before but again, only when warm.
Taking advantage of the weather.
Took the 4.5 tog super king duvet to a commercial launderette yesterday, as I don't it would have gone into my washing machine.
£11
So, decided to wash the 9 tog other bit by hand.
Used a large builder tub, and a hosepipe.
Left it to soak overnight.
Today, laid a tarp out on the lawn, and rolled the water out of the duvet, as much as I could.
It's now draped over the garden chairs, to dry.
Took the 4.5 tog super king duvet to a commercial launderette yesterday, as I don't it would have gone into my washing machine.
£11
So, decided to wash the 9 tog other bit by hand.
Used a large builder tub, and a hosepipe.
Left it to soak overnight.
Today, laid a tarp out on the lawn, and rolled the water out of the duvet, as much as I could.
It's now draped over the garden chairs, to dry.
