Time for another Roll Call?

YEP!! Caraway seeds, but i use a plain yellow cake mix. easier and faster and tastes just as good!!! amy in CNY

Me too! And _nothing_ will disguise the taste or the smell of them. I never heard of them in cake, but in bread (white or black), sure! And in cheese too.

Each to their own, I suppose :-)

Hanne > You are not on your own Ruth,

In the States, it can be hard to find seed for poppies. The Govt. prohibits the sale and propagation of Papaver somniferum, but if you go to the store and buy a jar of poppy seeds for baking, you're getting the same thing. I tried germinating some from the bottle, and they worked fine, as long as they were fairly fresh. The ones I got,

2/$1 at Wally World, hadn't been heated or treated, and their shelf life was about two years, and a lot cheaper than catalog seeds.

My DD#2 used to spit up very frequently, so much so that her nickname was Barfie, and my Grandma taught me to make a tisane for her of caraway seeds with a little sugar. She liked it a lot better than plain water, and the carminative action helped to relieve her gas and upchucking. It's a folk remedy for flatulence, too.

Maria in NE PA

I think caraway is one of those things that a lot of people love and a lot of people hate. I'm in the "love" category, but it can be a rather strong flavor, so I can see why people might not like it. I've never had it in a cake, but have a couple bread recipes with caraway that I really like. My Potato Soup recipe (from "Recipes for a Small Planet") calls for both caraway and dill seeds.

Julia in MN

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Ruth Carlos wrote:

Poppy seed muffins are good, with either almond or lemon flavor.

Julia in MN

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Dee > She may have done but for some reason I when Amy said that the seeds are put

I agree ... I think of caraway seeds as belonging with a savory food, not a sweet. Caraway is nice in cabbage dishes, including Cole slaw and sauerkraut. Now, poppy seed bread or cake is a cake of a different color, so to speak! I love that stuff. PAT

Victoria sponge cake is so easy though :) And that way I know my eggs are free range. As well as being so much better for the hens, the free range eggs over here in the UK are also largely salmonella free which means the boys can enjoy licking the bowl and the beaters .

Lizzy

Thanks for the new roll call!

Let's see...I'm still a SAHM living in central MA. I still quilt when time permits. I still prefer to hand-piece and hand-quilt ( and yes, I'm still a procrastinator 'extraordinaire' so it takes forever to complete any project! ). I'm still involved in rubber stamping/card making, knitting, and needlework. I've added yet another hobby: I'm learning to paint in the watercolour medium. Our DDs are growing up before our eyes. They are in the 6th and 4th grades, respectively. DD#1 took a quilt class and made a crazy "quilt-ette" so the tradition is being passed along! I spent the annual RCTQ Quilt Week mentoring her in the intricacies of hand-piecing and embellishing with embroidery.

- dlm. in central MA

Hello Dawn! Bringing the next generation into the wonderful world of quilting is surely a lovely way to spend quilting week ... or any week. PAT

You are right, Pat. It was a lovely way to spend the week. I'm almost ready to turn her loose on my stash. She has her eyes set on some lovely Robyn Pandolph FQs that I've been hoarding for years. They were just too pretty for me to cut up, but I'll let her have them!

One more thing that I forgot to mention...I STILL love chocolate and coffee! All the better if the two are combined. So, if anyone has either ( or both ) that they need to have checked out, I'm more than willing to give it a go.

- dlm. in central MA

Getting pushy up there in Massachusetts, eh?? PAT .... STILL Official Chocolate Taster Of RCTQ!

I've obviously clicked on something and reordered, which has ended up with me reading some threads that I hadn't read before, but are a couple of weeks old. I found this from Sunny.

For some reason I thought you were in Eastern Washington, Sunny, you must live very close to me. We need to compare notes about shops, you've said you've had some difficulty with sewing machine shops, I've had wonderful experiences!

Cheers Anne

I'm a little late getting around to all these intros! Rose, DC is beautiful!!