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| This is the dough after we mixed it. |
Me and William made bread with Dad. The first thing we did was make a flour. We did lots of careful measurements with the scales. Me and my teaspoon made each measurement exactly right. Once the flour was made we cracked eggs and put them in our measuring jug, and we topped up the jug with water. We added the eggs and water to the four, along with raw sugar, salt, and yeast. Then we mixed and mixed until Dad said, "that is enough mixing." After we mixed the dough it was stick, and would stick onto your fingers. A little while later however, the dough had a smooth wet-ish top but was still a little sticky below.
Then Dad offered, "do you want to make cake or go and play?" Me and my cousin chose 'go and play'. We played a made up game that we made on Wednesday. I put some cuts in the top of the loaf, and Dad cooked it.
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| This is the dough a little while later. |
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It tasted tasty, maybe a little bit too floury. It looked like a big bun, not a loaf.
Hi Tully. I liked the story about making the bread. You and William both look very pleased. Finlay looks as though she wanted to be involved too. Changing the subject, did you know that your ggggg grandfather, Andrew Drysdale was the captain of a sailing ship? When he was at home he lived at The Rocks in Sydney. That's where the Sydney Harbour Bridge reaches the south side of the harbour shore. But he wasn't always at home because he was a sailor. In 1829 he was employed by the government of NSW as the Master of a ship called "Governor Philip". He sailed all the way around Australia. He took supplies to a new settlement near Darwin and then visited Perth in Western Australia. Not bad, huh?! Here is my question for you. Who was Governor Philip after whom the sailing ship was named?
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