I’m a satchel, an off-white, 14″ satchel, I live close to the City of Cambridge,
and this:”The Satchel Ruminations”, will be my contribution in the retrosatchels blog.
If you live in the UK you will know that we have just had our mid-term break and that made me think.
I know busy parents, are always looking for ways of entertaining their children. Ways of entertaining them
that, a) do not involve the use of a purse or wallet and b) do not involve the use of technology.
With the Christmas holidays already looming in the horizon, I have decided to dedicate a few ruminations to
providing a few entertaining solutions that do not cost and that can be enjoyed in the autumn/winter months,
so, wish me luck!
The first activity, which I carried out with child#5 (photos below), was blackberry picking and making a apple and blackberry crumble.
You will need: 1) a very bored child, 2) a basket or plastic container, 3) appropriate footwear for mud and 4)knowledge of where to find blackberry bushes, and 5)preferably a beautiful, sunny day.
Now for the apple & blackberry crumble recipe (make this with child also):
200g plain flour, 100g butter in pieces, 100g sugar, 500g apples (peel,cored, sliced), picked blackberries(thoroughly washed), 1tsp cinnamon (optional), extra sugar and some water for fruit, squeeze of lemon (optional).
Mix flour and butter until coarse oatmeal consistency.
Add sugar and mix.
Place apples and blackberries in ovenproof dish, sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar to taste add a little water and a squeeze of lemon, put 180˚ oven for 10 minutes or until fruit softened.
Cover with crumble topping. Bake at 180˚ until golden and bubbling at the edges….and enjoy with ice cream or custard, yummy!
It is such a delight to cook and eat something that you have foraged the ingredients for, even if your child does not like fruit, believe me, they will eat something they have worked hard for!
Finished product:
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