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curiouswombat

Sunday School!

Jul 05, 2020 22:32

Sunday School was fun - even though there were only 4 of them. We talked about worry, sharing burdens, and working together. This included making worry stones, and playing a game that involved crossing the floor standing on a sheet of newspaper - so much easier if two of you share two pieces... and they ate biscuits, drank juice, and generally ( Read more... )

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pondhopper July 5 2020, 23:26:45 UTC

I am supposing that people are still a little wary of taking the children to Sunday School? That's a normal reaction, I think and hopefully, your island will remain virus-free for a long time which will give people more confidence.

Poor birds!

I love the look of both the pasta dish and the custard tart. Would cinnamon on the tart be an ok substitute for the nutmeg?

curiouswombat July 6 2020, 07:41:50 UTC

There are usually only 6 of them now - all under 12. 20 years ago there were around 15 children from 5 to 15 or so, but in the past 10 years more and more sports clubs (and even school) have sport things on Sunday mornings for the over 12s, and so they begin to drift off :(

People tell us we are lucky that any children come, but I still feel sad that these days it only needs one person to teach them, not the three when I started.

And yes - the missing family have one child who has just come back from Alder Hey (Regional Children's Hospital in Liverpool) and so are in quarantine.

The pasta is really one of those easy things - it's basically minced beef and onions, it is just the mixture of savoury flavours, and cooking the pasta in the pot with the sauce, that makes it really tasty.

I did wonder about adding a sprinkle of cinnamon on top rather than nutmeg - I might put a pinch on mine before I eat it, to see.

lenine2 July 6 2020, 03:08:54 UTC

The food looks delish! I would love to try baking a custard tart sometime. Now that I have a new oven I am thinking of baking again for the first time in years. Of course it'll have to wait until the heat and humidity go away.

curiouswombat July 6 2020, 07:45:14 UTC

I do like to bake! Every new oven takes a while for you to get used to it, so once the heat goes down a bit you have the excuse to do quite a bit, to get used to it ready for any important baking :)

thismaz July 6 2020, 06:27:27 UTC

I love home made custard tarts. When I was a child we had a next door neighbour who used to make them for us. No one since has made such good ones *g* And I am sure it is not just that nostalgia makes them taste better in memory.

I made your beef and noodle wok meal last week (although, in spite of buying the cream, I forgot to add it *g*) but used Chinese egg noodles, rather than pasta. It was really good! So thank you for sharing that recipe. I might just make it again today, now you mention it and remind me.

curiouswombat July 6 2020, 07:50:22 UTC

We used to get small individual ones from a tiny bakers' when I was a child - they were really, really, good too. I think this one should be okay, it seems set and not curdled, but it won't be quite as good.

That meal is basically mince and onions which was a stalwart of my childhood - but the mixture of flavourings makes it about 1,000 times better than my Grans' version of mince and potatoes!

kazzy_cee July 6 2020, 07:59:22 UTC

Mmmmmm egg custard!!! I always seem to have loads of nutmegs - I hardly ever buy them but they are always in the cupboard ....

curiouswombat July 6 2020, 08:59:13 UTC

I had a couple that I reckoned were approaching ancient, and threw them out around Christmas. I threw out an, almost as old, jar of ground nutmeg about the same time... I must get some sometimes, and then use them!

shirebound July 6 2020, 11:40:25 UTC

We talked about worry, sharing burdens, and working together. This included making worry stones, and playing a game that involved crossing the floor standing on a sheet of newspaper - so much easier if two of you share two pieces

The kids are being exposed to a lot of wonderful things. :)

Yikes, I can imagine the birds massing on your lawn, a seething suet-less mob... !

curiouswombat July 6 2020, 11:52:39 UTC

It was interesting that the lectionary reading was from Matthew where Jesus talks about children playing in the market place - and then the famous lines about being yoked to Jesus and he will help carry your burden. Just right for children who have been worried about friends, family, school and so on over lockdown!

The birds have spent the last few days complaining and are now on strike and not even coming to eat the seed :)