Tea At Four O'clock by Simon Thomas78
Simon (at Stuck In A Book) has been kind enough to let me use his painting today. I'm having some friends over for tea at four o'clock tomorrow, so I thought it was most appropriate to put it up with the recipe for the shortbread I just made.
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Almond Shortbread
400 ml flour
100 ml corn flour
100 g ground almonds (I toast the almonds first)
225 g butter
2 tbsp muscovado sugar
Mix all the ingredients and press into a 20 x 30 cm pan, bake at 170°C for 25 - 30 minutes
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It is very strange, this domination of our intellect by our digestive organs. We cannot work, we cannot think, unless our stomach wills so. It dictates to us our emotions, our passions. After eggs and bacon it says, "Work!" After beefsteak and porter, it says, "Sleep!" After a cup of tea (two spoonfuls for each cup, and don't let it stand for more than three minutes), it says to the brain, "Now rise, and show your strength. Be eloquent, and deep, and tender; see, with a clear eye, into Nature, and into life: spread your white wings of quivering thought, and soar, a god-like spirit, over the whirling world beneath you, up through long lanes of flaming stars to the gates of eternity!
"Jerome K. Jerome (1859-1927): Three Men in a Boat
