Guernsey Gâche for Breadmakers

My mother made this. I ate it. It was very good – better than Senner’s by miles (he says, risking a rock-hard week-old floured bloomer through the front window).

This recipe comes to you courtesy of Helen Coombs (for it is she).

It was half-brown, half-white flour when I had it, which was awesome, but alternatively it can be just white if you aren’t the tofu-and-grits type.

The recipe also originally stipulated Hovis flour – I assume the recipe hasn’t somehow been booby-trapped so that other flours will cake your kitchen walls in bits of your beloved Panasonic SD255, but you may have to tweak the water or something.

Anyway, here it is:

Roof Vraic

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If we gave you a pier, what would you do?

The Guernsey Arts Commission’s performing arts subcommittee has an interesting opportunity and challenge for groups who may be interested in taking over a St Peter Port pier.  During Summer 2010, seafront closures are planned over 8 weekends, and the subcommittee is looking for fans of piers who may be interested in taking one over for some kind of performing arts event.  It should ideally be something participatory, and preferably something which takes advantage of the space to do something that isn’t otherwise possible.

If you have any ideas, comments, queries or proposals, please leave a comment below or send me a message.

If wet, God knows what!