Old Mother Ashby > wrote in
:

> Rhonda Anderson wrote:

>> I have a wooden mould, but haven't been able to use it effectively -
>> not sure what I'm doing wrong. I'll have to try again at Christmas.
>> Fingers are easier, but for shortbread for entering in Penrith Show
>> it has to be a round. Received a first for it last year (this year I
>> stuffed it, still entered it but didn't get anything - knew I
>> wouldn't) but one of the judge's comments was to watch the shape. I
>> need to practice getting it nicely round and fluting the edges
>> neatly.
>>
>>
> "Received a first" she says modestly. I am impressed!

Don't be <g>. Penrith Show may have been going for a hundred and sixty
odd years, but it's become a fairly small show and there's not a huge
amount of competition. Now, if I get up the courage to enter something in
Sydney Royal and win something,then you should be impressed :-)
>
> This seems to have been another rfc terminological wrangle. Carla gave
> what appears to be a perfectly good recipe for melting moments, but
> she made the mistake of describing them as shortbread. One can only
> assume she's never tried making the real thing.
>
> And along the way we've got a soup recipe!

Must have missed that post - I'll have to go look.
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Rhonda Anderson
Cranebrook, NSW, Australia