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I'm pretty sure the last time I had any kind of 'cobbler' (probably beef cobbler I think), was made by my Mum... so, that must have been a very* long while ago Pretty sure it wasn't made with cheese though, in the 'cobblers', just flour and err wahtever else goes into them and I do recall them being a bit llike scones.... asdies anything pretty sure they'd be cut out, using a scone-cutter type thing

damnit... now I want cobblers or dummplings for dinner! and I've already got stuff in, that I must use, so should* have the new potatos, colliflower and one of my stews from the freezer, no dumplings no cobblers unless....

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Entry: The cheese scone -
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Author: (Mahatma) (bondage) 2legs - Resident loon and Cloud Cuckoolander -- IN need of a proprietrix of a good whipping hand who owns a bullwhip. - collared.
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was there anything I was meant to be altering/changing/ on it, as it is? or is it kinda doon?

Apart from my dislike of the repetition of "waistline", which is perhaps just my problem I think my only query now is about the defrosting - how long do you need to wait for them to defrost before putting them in the oven?

You could include a link to Lanzababy's Entry on equivalent measurements A87797867

damnit!; your going to make me have to make them again, nwo, so I can find out about the defrosting times! : I guess they'll take less than my multigrain rolls to defrost... and the multigrain rolls take not much more than an hour, in ambient (not overly warm in here), temp to defrost just sitting out on the bread board in the kitchen I'd guess maybe an hour therefore

Oh... go - on... can I leave the multiple mentions of 'waistline' in... its all a bit tongue in cheek, or at least that was how it was intended to come across err. actually I probably oughta go back and read it again myself as I've not looked at the entry in weeks

I had enjoyed this PR thread so much, I'd forgotten I hadn't read the entry yet.

It's absolutely fine (the entry) and I think I'll try them (the scones) out - even if I put them on top of a casserole.

One thing: Do you "quaff" food? I thought that only applied to drinks?

I learnt this week that adverbs should be redundant in good writing - you just have to use the right verb. A verb like "quaff" (provided it applies here) certainly doesn't need sullying with an adverb.

Ah I was thinking they would have to defrost overnight or something like that, so "about an hour" is very helpful information.

I'm not the best judge of the tongue-in-cheekness of the first paragraphs, sorry (I'm a "recovering anorexic", so some things get to me more than they perhaps should even though I'm not too bad these days...). No worries, though - I can avert my eyes

Added a few links, (including the one to the cooks guide to measurements thinggys, by Lanza)

I also did a bit of maths; tryign to use 'average' calories, in milk, egg, S/R flour, cheddar, etc, and worked out the rough calory content of each scone, which I put in the entry Not quite* as terrible as perhaps I thought damnit... didn't inlcude teh parmazan though... but that is a bit variable depending how much (if any) one puts on

I may try remove the second 'waistline', it grated on me a bit, ahving the word twice, when I read it through a few times, whilst adding in the links... so perhaps it'd be butter without it

but. on working out the calorys thing... Butter?!!!???? I knew it wasn't exactly a 'diet' food-sort... but... blimey... one and half or more times the calories of cheddar, per 100 G Hmmm. Think I've just discovered a simple way I can drop about 3 LB per week, by only altering one aspect of my average weekly nutritional intake (It'll so* annoy my Brother if I can drop even more off my waist... and just think... if* I could ever get to a 28 inch waist... and then* wore the corset, and sinched, say four inchs off )

Looking good

"approximately 216 calories" - seems a bit precise to me, though Now there's another thing - is it approximately 200, or approximately 250? I know which I'd choose...

"one and half or more times the calories of cheddar, per 100 G"

You don't eat the same amount of butter as cheese, do you, though? *swoons*

I get through an aweful lot of butter! on toast... in with my kielbasa/mushrooms/pierogi etc., etc.... and lots and lots in with goose, duck, or hens eggs if scrambled or omeletted

The calorys for the individual ingredients, were kinda estimated; so I took the calories for milk, for example, half way between semi skimmed and whole fat milk, and for cheddar, I found an 'average' one, then looked at a couple of UK branded mature cheddars, and sort of split the differnce; with the flour, went half way betwen a weel known brand, an 'average' (unnamed brand), and also a supermarket brand one the consequent adding up, then dividing by the 12, gave a precise number, taken from the average/estimated calorys of the individual ingredients, at their measurments as given in the recipe... if that makes sense... I may work out the calories agin... I didn't sleep last night, and am currently just awake on the affects of the litre of coffee I've drunk so far

Wow...

*SashaQ shoots out of a vending machine, into a dressing gown hanging from a strategically placed hook, and then slips down a drain* Ooo look - a Babel Fish!*

*I've been playing the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy game too much

I played the origional Text adventure, Infocom version of that; in Dos 6.22!

*trys to remember*

put satchel in front of panel.

Put towel on drain.

Put mail on top of satchel.

hang gown from hook

I got all the way to teh end and won (took years of on and off playing it mind)

Hmmm... did a bit mor research as regards calories... 230 calories, or higher, may be more accurate I'll try to do a proper working it, out, again, later, several tiems; once for 'generic ingredients', and once for 'branded ones (like the ones I might use; alisons flour, or homepride, cathedril city mature cheddar, or pilgrims choice, etc...) then see what the differnce is between the two, and figur eout soemthing accordingly

Well remembered - that's spot on!

Irritatingly, it's not Dos 6.22 any more, but even on my supposedly much more powerful computer the game is some sort of Flash that gets slower, and slowwwer, every line I type... It's taken me days to get this far... Not to mention that I saved the game but something went wrong so I had to redo a whole section

I'm so near to getting that babel fish, though, I won't give up yet

I can still remember teh ending... if its the same as in the origional infocom version, its so* worth finishing... the ending is so Douglas Adams

Was there anything in particular I oughta be changing/doing t to this entry? I canny remember I may actually make these again, fairly soon, hmm though maybe not for a couple weeks, as I'm 'busy' over Easter I think ahh, maybe I oughta try grab some pics too, if I make em again and I can test out the defrosting times, as I'll almost certian freeze some (so I don't scoff em all straight away basically) hmm... actually might even make some tomorrow, if I've enough cheese in I could then freeze all* of them err, well asides one to eat to 'test' of course (I've a cunning plan to make these, and freeze, so I've got them in to get out for when the oppertunity strikes, and the sun is out, adn we can have some with a picnic )

Did you make these again?

I think you were investigating your claim on the calorie count, but otherwise this is looking good

We* tried this recipe a few weeks ago and then I promptly forgot to come here and comment

I didn't get chance to freeze any, even though we used silicon cupcake moulds. It actually made 18 in total, but *may* have used slightly more cheese.

They were indeed, very, very moreish, and there were five of us the day we made them.

*I say 'we' - my son actually followed the recipe and made them. I just made sure he didn't make too much mess

they can be a bit messy, when making, as the 'dough', or err, whatever you'd call it, is quite wet, when you spoon it into the tins/moulds err.... should I bother working out the calory count thing, again, or just leave the entry without that in? is there anything else I was meant to be doing/changing with it? err, I'll go read it though.... I may, ya'know ... kinda forgotten about this entry

Duely noted... as comments in the other thread... I will* do this this afternoon I promise

*cough* err. right. err.... Shall I just ditch my attempt at putting the calory count in?: its so* dependant on what specific brand/make of butter, cheese etc., one looks at, so any attempt I make is probably gona be wildly out anyhow.... especially given my un-maths