The Chill Out Zone

[stevestrat]

Originally Posted by coolcat

I have my own 'special' recipe for my dumplings

I'm not sure I want to go too deep into the subject of your special dumplings.

As Cambodian pork curry isn't on the menu yet considering roast pork tonight, with the trimmings of course, roast potatoes, veg, maybe yorkies and gravy

[Ian G]

Originally Posted by coolcat

All done.......

Norfolk Rusks by Jeff Cranwell, on Flickr

Had to do a straight from the oven taste test as Steve recommended

Norfolk Rusk taste test by Jeff Cranwell, on Flickr

They look just like me mums used to Jeff. Hope that they taste as good as they look..

[coolcat]

Originally Posted by Ian G

They look just like me mums used to Jeff. Hope that they taste as good as they look..

The one straight from the oven was yummy
Hopefully they will be just as nice cooled down.

Followed the recipe you put the link up with. All went well

[Lancpudn]

Afternoon all, I never saw the weather alert for heavy rain overnight here , I've been in the garage bailing out the rain water all morning In 35 years living here I've never ever known it to be so bad The ground is so waterlogged it's got nowhere to drain away.


Those look yum Jeff It'll have to be a ping meal for tea tonight as I'm not in the mood,There are some chicken Korma with rice ready meals in the freezer that'll do.

[stevestrat]

Slight menu change, distinct lack of yorkies . . . . do some sage & onion stuffing in the oven instead.

[Lancpudn]

Originally Posted by stevestrat

Slight menu change, distinct lack of yorkies . . . . do some sage & onion stuffing in the oven instead.

Everybody round to Steve's

[Georgies Dad]

Originally Posted by Lancpudn

Everybody round to Steve's

It will be cold before I get there

[Georgies Dad]

Just had grilled Pork Parcels (from Archers my local butchers) saute Potatoes ans sliced beans

Trifle later for afters

[Georgies Dad]

Originally Posted by coolcat

I have my own 'special' recipe for my dumplings

If you intend to move to our fair County,local folklaw says you must not meddle with local recipes and traditions,before you are allowed to move in ,you have to swear your allegiance to the Mighty Canaries and banish any plastic footy teams from your mind,and you have to sing the famous Norfolk song,"Hev yew got a loight boy"

Here are the lyrics for you to learn during lockdown


I had a girl, really nice girl, down in Wroxham Way,
She were wholly nice to me back in the old school days,
She would smile all the while, but Daddy didn't know all,
What she used to say to me behind the garden wall.
"Have you got a light boy? Have you got a light?"
Then one day, she went away, I don't see her no more,
Till by chance I see her down along the Mundesley shore,
She was there, twice as fair. Would she now be true?
So when she sees me passing by, she say, "I'm glad that's you!
Have you got a light boy, have you got a light?"
Molly Windley, she smokes like a chimley,
But she's my little nicotine girl.
Now you'll see, her and me, never more to part,
We would wander hand in hand together in the dark,
The one night I held her tight, in the old back yard,
But when I tried to hold her close,
She say, "Now hold you hard!"
Have you got a light boy, have you got a light?"
Molly Windley, she smokes like a chimley,
But she's my little nicotine girl.
By and by, we decide, on the wedding day,
So we toddles off to church to hear the preacher say,
"Do you now take this vow, to honour all the time?"
Before I had the chance to stop her, she begins to pine.
"Have you got a light boy, have you got a light?"
Molly Windley, she smokes like a chimley,
But she's my little nicotine girl.
Now the doctor tells me a daddy I will be,
So when I ask him, "What's the score?"
He say there's only three,
So here I go, cheerio, to see how she do fare,
I know what she will say to me as soon as I get there
"Have you got a light ..... boy."



How to make Norfolk dumplings








Ingredients

225g flour
1tspn salt
7g live yeast
Half a pint of warm water
Method

Combine the flour and salt. Put the yeast into the warm water, then mix with the flour and salt. Knead the dough to a dry but springy consistency, adding more flour if necessary. Cover and leave to rise. Shape up into four balls and boil in a 5-litre pan of water for 20 minutes. Makes four good-sized dumplings.

[Ian G]

Jeff you may find this helpful..



‘Oid rarely loike a bear’ – ‘I say good man, I wonder if you could pour me a pint of ale’

‘Oh dare, oi hit a dare’ – ‘Oh bother, my car appears to have had a collision with a deer’

‘Moy hart aloive! Slow yew down an’ holed you harhd’ – ‘Well I never! Please take things easy’

‘Dew yew keep a troshin. Moined ‘ow yer go’ – ‘Toodle pip! Take care of yourself’. From ‘Carry on with the threshing’

‘Bor, thassa lud a ole squit’ – ‘My man, what you say is a load of rubbish’

‘Afta a few bears I wuz on the huh. That’ll larn me’ – ‘My libations left me feeling slightly awry. I’ve been taught my lesson’

‘Ha yer fa got a dickey, bor?’ – ‘I say, has your father got a donkey, boy?’ To which the required response is: ‘Yis, an' he want a fule ter roid 'im, will yew cum?’ – ‘Yes, and he wants a fool to ride him, will you do it?’

‘I driv all way a Yarmouth, an on way back tha snew’ –‘ I drove my automobile all the way to Great Yarmouth and on the way back there was a snow flurry’

‘Come yew hair, I in't goin’ out no more’ – ‘Would you mind awfully coming to my abode’

‘Orm guhha roide muy boike dana Carra Ruhd’ – ‘I am going to ride my bicycle to Norwich City’s football stadium’. Also ‘He larned me owta roide a hoss’ – ‘He taught me how to ride a member of the equine species’

‘A’yer got a light boi?’ – ‘Could I trouble you for a match to light my cigarette’

‘Cor blarst me, oi watta be gittin on huhm suhn!’ – ‘Goodness me, I’d like to return to my abode forthwith’

‘Do that rain, ya betta NAUGHTY WORD-NAUGHTY WORD-NAUGHTY WORD- under a tree’ – ‘If there is any precipitation, I’d advise you to shelter under a tree’

‘Ar ya reet bor? How you gewin?’ – ‘Good day!’

‘Thass a rum do! That slummocking gret mawther cum a-runnin’ an’ she wuz suffun savidge. She was puttin’ on ‘er parts. She dint ortera dun it. We had a roight ole barney. She ent too ferce now’ – ‘That’s odd! That large girl was jolly angry, having a tantrum, when she arrived. She really shouldn’t have behaved that way and I jolly well told her so! She's very contrite.’

‘Co ter heck, thass a rum ‘un’ – ‘My goodness! How odd!’

‘Wus up?’ – ‘I say, is everything okay?’ Later found in New England, an area settled by people from Norfolk. Yes, it was the origin of Budweiser’s ‘Wassup’, for which we apologise Also, ‘Ill a bed an wus up’ – ‘I’m feeling very unwell’


Keep yew a troshin'! Ian