Writerly Ways addendum

[cornerofmadness]

They tell you to find a style you like and incorporate into your own. Started Anne Perry's The Sheen of Silk I want to be able to describe like this. I want to be able to describe period. Sigh.

But I did decide that sensual description is the way I'm handling the pro short story I'm working on now.


Or that could be just the dandelion wine talking (yo, UK crew, do you guys have dandelion wine, thinking forward to my Giles story). Went to my cousin's today and we killed a bottle of dandelion wine on top of the prosecco we had. She puts out a good spread, mango, pineapple, blueberries, strawberries & kiwi with two dips, excellent blue cheese and havarti, shrimp cocktail. Say what you will about my relatives, they know food.

Comments

[bob_fish.livejournal.com]

Dandelions grow everywhere here and we do indeed have dandelion wine. It's a country thing. Elderflower wine is also popular, damson wine too. And sloe gin. All typically brewed by people's older relatives at home, and will tend to get you absolutely hammered and ill in short order.

Sidebar: blueberries are not traditional British food. They're North American and pretty expensive over here. I remember Giles making a comment about "blueberry scones" in The Prom which really jarred. Scones come in two varieties: raisin and cheese.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

ok cool. I like elderberry wine too and sloe gin but what is damson wine (goes to google)

those are two variety of scones you can't get here. Blueberry, cinnamon, orange yes raisin or cheese no


eta - the Ed & Winry find out about Hoho/Pinako is up at fanfic_bakeoff

[bob_fish.livejournal.com]

Damsons are a type of plum.

Cheese scones are yum, they're the best kind. They're savoury, a bit like American biscuit (as opposed to Brit biscuits, which are of course cookies)

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

oh okay yes I suppose they are (it's early, no coffee yet)

I would probably very much like the cheese ones. The English Afternoon Teas we get here have more or less plain scones with the clotted cream and berries

[bob_fish.livejournal.com]

The cheese ones are pretty easy to make (http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/cheesescones_1287) - and they're savoury, so I'm guessing more diabetes-friendly than the sweet sort? I recommend them, especially warm.

I forgot about plain sweet scones! We have those too. A clotted cream tea here would be similar - plain or raisin sweet scones, preferably warm, clotted cream and strawberry or raspberry jam. Nom.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

cool thanks. wonders if it would work with more diabetic-friendly flours. guess i could try.

yes that clotted cream is tasty stuff. I have to go to columbus to find it though

[bob_fish.livejournal.com]

Is wholewheat flour okay? Cheese scones are delicious made with wholewheat.

It is good. I'm actually amazed it's so easy to find as that in the US. Here it's a regional product (West country) so not even big supermarkets in London are guaranteed to have it.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

yes that's better for diabetics

wow that's amazing that you can't find it

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Mmmm, seasonal fruit....

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

yum and seasonal wine