Simple request for 'gender critical' activists

it's so funny. You have posters making walls of text and regularly posting 6-in-a-row, completely taking over a thread with no particularly illuminating contributions. Then probably maybe possibly not, "we just don't know" the exact same poster complaining to the mods that the thread is derailed when people stop engaging with them and do their own thing.

I like the look of this, and will have a go, I've got demerara sugar in the cupboard (for parsnip stout!). But today I'm re-visiting a shortbread recipe I used before, with a few tweaks. It's got oat bran rather than cornflour as an adjunct to the flour. Just leaving it to rest in the fridge until the oven gets to temp.

Uh-oh, someone mentioned parmesan.

See what happens without supervision? Women can switch, just like that from conversations about biscuits to ... cheese

The Nigella parmesan shortbread recipe is interesting in that it says you can freeze the dough. Presumably the same is true of regular shortbread - that could be very handy. I'd love to see the recipe for the lemon topping.

We stopped being allowed to talk about recipes, as it was derailing, or disrespectful, or not giving the OP a chance to get a word in. Or something.

You gotta hand it to transactactivism newbies positively telling HQ that they will not be responding, they don't want to get any more words in, and that's the end of it. Thank you and good night.

We can now recipe our arses off.

Matthew, ch23. " You snakes, you nest of vipers. How can you escape the judgement of Gehenna?"

We had this quote in church on Sunday. I thought of you all. 😁

My mum used to do something similar, @CocoapuffPuff - the base of a Millionaire's shortbread, but with a tangy lemon fudge topping - it was gorgeous! I am currently transcribing all her recipes - she kept a file of ones she had handwritten and some she had typed, and when she passed away, I took it, and I'm copying it all so the family can have copies - and I am hoping the lemon fudge recipe is in there.

I love the idea of the crunchy demerara edging to shortbread biscuits - I am going to try that the next time I make them!

As a tangent - has anyone else made Nigella's parmesan shortbreads? I can highly recommend them!

OP mis-specied us. Fgs MN101 we're vipers. Although hornets does work as it's only the females that can sting 🤔

Shortbread is crunchy, and melts in the mouth; but may I recommend Spanish polverones de almendras? They are so delicate you can hardly pick them up, and they absolutely melt.
Polvorones de almendra caseros. Fáciles y riquísimos

Some great smells coming out of the hornet's nest today!

Someone has mentioned millionaires shortbread, the aspirational cousin of shortbread, so I’m just going to pop this here - a recipe for ‘chocolate caramel squares’ from the County Durham Federation of Women’s Institutes, circa 1964. It’s the best caramel square I’ve ever tasted, something about the caramel which has really good chewiness. Must be the condensed milk, nectar of the Gods:

Ingredients:
Base:
4 oz margarine
5 oz plain flour
2 oz caster sugar
1 level teaspoon baking powder

Caramel:
4 oz margarine
2 tablespoons syrup
4 oz granulated sugar
1 small tin condensed milk

cooking chocolate

Method:
cream margarine and sugar, add flour and baking powder and mix well. Line a greased swiss roll tin with mixture. Bake in oven (325 degrees) until golden brown.

Melt margarine, syrup, sugar and condensed milk and bring to the boil. Boil for 5 mins until it turns brown, stirring well. Cool slightly and pour over base and leave to cool. When cold cover with melted chocolate (approximately 4 to 6 oz depending on desired taste and thickness). Cut into squares.

Delicious as it is, I must stress that the base should not be considered a ‘stand alone’ shortbread, so do proceed with caution in that respect.

Obviously, given that I'm in the hornet's nest, I won't be responding, just will leave that request to think about this if you're in a public facing job.

Obviously this is an odd statement if you posted this thread in order to get other people responding.

It is difficult to anyway, in my opinion, without knowing more details which obviously there is no point in asking you for.

Well, you know your mission, should you choose to accept it.

Oh FFS. Just as I was starting to be good and lose my holiday weight gain. I eat coffee flavoured anything but this is a revelation (a Waitrose is just along the road).

Oooh that sounds yum. Try it!

PS has anyone tried adding lemon zest to their shortbread? In there any reason not to?

Isn't it just? Who knew that simple addition could increase crunch, and therefore sheer pleasure, in such an easy way. I'm baking Highlanders tonight.

That does look good - though I have to translate every 'wheat' to spelt' because for some reason one triggers my asthma and inflammation and the other doesn't.

The Archer's thread had a similar biscuity theme recently. I was prompted to do some baking, and solved the problem of how to avoid eating them all by taking them to my craft group meeting - couple of dozen women, couple of dozen biscuits, no problem. My next effort will be the all-butter hobnobs I read about on xtwitter.

that looks uncanny like my MiL's recipe. The demerara edge is the bomb.

Can I add Highlanders to the recipe book were collating. Much easier to handle than some shortbread doughs and that demerara sugar edge is the Bees knees. Truly.

https://bakingwithgranny.co.uk/recipe/highlander-shortbread/

I think we covered
'I'm sorry that happened'
'medical professionals are not immune from being badduns'
'it's not reasonable for medical professionals to tell their leadership team they refuse to deal with trans patients'
'some questions seem mad, but need to be asked, thanks in major part to trans ideology insisting on incorrect sex markers in medical records'
in the first couple of pages, as well as
'why are you here telling us off, make a complaint to the relevant authorities'.

All that's left is repetition, and shortbread.

I love this thread...
OP:comes on for a rant, hoping for some outrage.
Rest of the thinking world: makes shortbread.

Politicians, take note!

She has some gluten free and sugar free recipes on the site too!

FFS, I can't believe how insensitive some of you are.

Does no one even CARE about those of us on diets? Now all I can think about is shortbread. 😭

Me too Terry, me too