We had
some bananas that were too “done” for regular eating. They were the kind of overripe bananas that
were perfect for making banana bread.
Too bad we don’t have an oven! We
do have a crock pot, so I looked up “crock pot banana bread” on the internet
and found a recipe. We didn’t have all of
the ingredients, but I thought I could make do.
We didn’t have flour and sugar, but we had pancake mix that had flour
and sugar as ingredients. We also had
little packets of sugar that come with the yogurt, so I added a few of those. We didn’t have dark corn syrup, but we had
maple syrup. We did have eggs and bananas.
It
reminds me of a lesson I used in my English class about count and non-count
nouns and when to use less and when to use fewer (count nouns get fewer,
non-count get less). Nancy wanted to
make an apple cake, but she didn’t have all the ingredients. She used less flour, fewer eggs, fewer
raisins, less milk, etc. and the cake turned out terrible.
Back to
the banana bread – it was heavy and not very sweet. The edges were rather well
done. We ate it, but it wasn’t as good
as banana bread should be. I should
stick to stitching.
I did
work on Butterfly and Blooms a bit
yesterday. I made the grapevine curly q’s
(couched wool) and finished the Queen Anne’s lace flowers (beads and French
knots with one strand of floss).
I
bought this hoop in the US on the recommendation of my friend Anne, but hadn’t
used it until recently. I used it on the Japanese picture and Miss Kitty’s
Dragons and now on this and I really like it.
The outside has a ridge that fits into the inside and holds the fabric
tight.
I didn’t
like the butterfly that I had started in class so I started a new one and didn’t
like it either. I had to put it aside
for the time being.
There
are two pansies in the piece, each with five petals done with long and short
stitch in silk. I started one petal in
class. I finished it and the two yellow
petals and buttonhole stitched the wire for two more.
2 comments:
Pity about the banana bread- but you were brave to try when you didn't have oven or even all the ingredients. Speedy progress on the stumpwork. I didn't even pick up my needle yesterday :-(
I like to take my overripe bananas, peel them, drop them into a freezer bag, and put them in to the freezer to be used later in smoothies. Yum!
Your stitching is SO pretty!
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