Welcome once again to ScrapHappy Day!
It’s the day my friend Gun in Sweden and I host ScrapHappy, a day for showing something made from scraps.
OK, this is a weird one, even for me. I got caught up in, well, life, and at the 11th hour realised I had nothing for ScrapHappy Day. And then I looked down at what I had made for dessert today…. So, as the adjudicator of this group, I’m giving myself permission to be ScrapHappy about food. And now, so can everyone else going forward.
I had wrinkled, flabby peaches with mushy spots (It was the chickens or me. I won). I had a handful each of dried apricots and pitted dates lurking in the pantry. And I had leftover and going stale mini hot cross buns. I wanted dessert today. It wasn’t a promising look, I admit, and even less so when photographed. I chopped the fruit, sprinkled with a tablespoon of flour and a dash of cinnamon, and added a splash each of hot water and bottled lemon juice. I took the three buns, which were still batched in a row of three, and cut them through horizontally twice, to give me three bread-slice- thickness strips. I buttered them lavishly, pressed them down onto the fruit mixture and whacked them into a preheated 160°C/320°F oven for 25 minutes to get the top crispy and the fruit acquainted and squishy. And then we demolished, it with cream. It might have been scraps, but it was extremely tasty, and I deserved it so much more than the chickens.
ScrapHappy is open to anyone using up scraps of anything – no new materials. It can be a quilt block, pincushion, bag or hat, socks or a sculpture. Anything made of genuine scraps is eligible (including food). If your scrap collection is out of control and you’d like to turn them into something beautiful or useful instead of leaving them to collect dust in the cupboard, why not join us on the 15th of each month? Either email me at the address on my Contact Me page, or leave a comment below. You can also contact Gun via her blog to join. We welcome new members. You don’t have to worry about making a long term commitment or even join in every month, just let either of us know a day or so in advance if you’re new and you’ll have something to show, so we can add your link. Regular contributors will receive an email reminder three days before the event.
Here are the links for everyone who joins ScrapHappy from time to time (they may not post every time, but their blogs are still worth looking at). Please note that the list differs from last month’s; Susan and Cathy have asked to be removed, so if you are posting, adjust your lists to reflect this.
Kate, Gun, Eva, Sue, Lynda,
Birthe, Turid, Tracy, Jan,
Moira, Sandra, Chris, Alys,
Claire, Jean, Dawn, Gwen,
Sunny, Kjerstin, Sue L, Vera,
Ann, Dawn 2, Carol, Preeti,
Nóilin, Viv, Karrin, Amo, Alissa,
Lynn, Tierney and Hannah