Calfornia sights and smells-Draft

Saturday, February 5, 2011

Calfornia sights and smells-Draft

This will be a collage of photos of California. One of the things we like to do is walk across (sometimes with my best friend Nancy from Cal) the SF Golden Gate Bridge. We try to do it once a year. My Mom walked across it when it opened in 1937 and on the 50th anniversary in 1987.

San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge from boat on a trip to Angel Island, June 19, 2010.

Oakland Bay Bridge and San Francisco Skyline from boat June 19, 2010.

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March Recipe - Irish Soda Bread

1 c old fashioned oatmeal (2 c)
½ c buttermilk ( 1 c)
1 c flour (2 c)
1T baking powder (1 T)
½ t baking soda (1 t)
1/4 t salt (½ t)
2 T sugar (4 T)
2 T butter, cold (4 T)
1 egg (1 egg)
1/3 to ½ c buttermilk (⅔ c)
½ c currants (1 c)
The whole recipe makes two 8-inch round loaves. The amount in the parenthesis is for a whole recipe. I now make just half the recipe. The egg and the baking powder remain the same for half or whole recipe.
Heat oven to 375 F; butter an 8 inch cake pan. Combine the oatmeal with ½ c buttermilk; let sit for 2 hours or overnight. In a bowl, place the flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, salt, sugar; cut in the butter with a pastry blender until crumbly. Beat egg slightly; add ⅓ c buttermilk; then add the milk-egg mixture and the oatmeal-milk mixture to the flour; stir with a large fork until blended; add the currants; add more buttermilk if necessary. Turn on board, knead lightly, shape into a round and press dough down into the cake pan. With a sharp knife, cut a shamrock into top of the loaf; sprinkle with green sugar. Bake for 25-20 minutes until lightly brown; don’t over bake as it gets dry very easily.
My husband Alan was served the bread when he was a student at Stanford. He was taking Russian from a Dutch professor. She served the soda bread during a final exam she held at her home. After we were married, Alan told me the story and asked me if I could make it. I got the recipe from Sunset Magazine. I started making soda bread according to my notes in March 1972. When we were working and Allyson was in school, I used to make eight loaves to share.

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Saturday, February 5, 2011