Get into the Story – Robin Hood

25 03 2010

I have had so much fun listening to Robin Hood and getting into the story.  One great way to get involved is to make yourself a Robin Hood hat.  Here is a tutorial: 

Or you could pour yourself a pint of the finest ale in all Sherwood, and make yourself some of Robin Hood’s Chicken as part of your Merry Feast.  

Ingredients: 

1 (3 to 3 1/2 lb.) frying chicken, cut up
1 lg. onion, sliced
1 med. green pepper, sliced
2 cans Chef Boyardi beef gravy
8 green olives, sliced thin
1/4 c. cooking sherry
2 tsp. garlic powder
1/2 tsp. pepper
1/4 c. vegetable oil
1 can sliced whole white potatoes

Directions: 

Place chicken parts on broiler pan and broil in oven until done. Set aside. In large stock pot, saute onions and green peppers in vegetable oil until tender. Add garlic powder and pepper. Add beef gravy, potatoes and chicken. Simmer over low heat 15 minutes. Add sliced olives for garnish and sherry for flavor. Serve immediately.

Serves 4 to 6.


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Have a Mad Hatter Tea Party!

18 03 2010

What a better way to get into the Alice spirit than to have a Mad Hatter Tea Party?

Send us pictures of your Mad Hatter Tea party and we may feature them on the blog!

Have a warm cup of PG tips, our favorite tea, and bake some fresh scones to go with it. Here’s the recipe:

Ingredients

1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 cup white sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
5 tablespoons unsalted butter
1/2 cup dried currants or raisins
1/2 cup milk
1/4 cup sour cream
1 egg
1 tablespoon milk

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
  2. Sift the flour, baking powder, sugar and salt into a large bowl. Cut in butter using a pastry blender or rubbing between your fingers until it is in pea sized lumps. Stir in the currants. Mix together 1/2 cup milk and sour cream in a measuring cup. Pour all at once into the dry ingredients, and stir gently until well blended. Overworking the dough results in terrible scones!
  3. With floured hands, pat scone dough into balls 2 to 3 inches across, depending on what size you want. Place onto a greased baking sheet, and flatten lightly. Let the scones barely touch each other. Whisk together the egg and 1 tablespoon of milk. Brush the tops of the scones with the egg wash. Let them rest for about 10 minutes.
  4. Bake for 10 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven, until the tops are golden brown, not deep brown. Break each scone apart, or slice in half. Serve with butter or clotted cream and a selection of jams – or even plain

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Early Version of Alice in Wonderland

12 03 2010

The first-ever film version of Lewis Carroll’s tale has recently been restored by the BFI National Archive from severely damaged materials. Made just 37 years after Lewis Carroll wrote his novel and eight years after the birth of cinema, the adaptation was directed by Cecil Hepworth and Percy Stow, and was based on Sir John Tenniel’s original illustrations. In an act that was to echo more than 100 years later, Hepworth cast his wife as the Red Queen, and he himself appears as the Frog Footman. Even the Cheshire cat is played by a family pet.

With a running time of just 12 minutes (8 of which survive), Alice in Wonderland was the longest film produced in England at that time. Film archivists have been able to restore the film’s original colours for the first time in over 100 years.


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