I’ve been busy making Scottish tablet and chocolate cakes for Jack to take into work for their end of term bash, so it was only today that I got around to reading the Guardian Review section. It’s getting to be a bit of a Monday morning reading habit with me.
Anyway, just in case you haven’t seen it I’m linking to the culture section here and also to this article about Anthony Trollope for all you Trollope appreciators.
I thought that this article about a book on the poet Thomas Wyatt might be of interest to people who have read Bring Up The Bodies as he features in it, and almost came to grief along with Anne Boleyn.
What else have I been doing? Well, I was flicking through the TV channels looking for something worthwhile to watch when I came across something called The Making of a Lady. I thought to myself I wonder if that’s actually The Making of a Marchioness, the book by Frances Hodgson Burnett which I read recently, and sure enough it was a dramatised version of it. Annoyingly it was half way through when I got to it – oh well, I suppose it’ll be on again sometime. Did anyone see it? Is it worthwhile watching? It was on ITV which I don’t often watch because I can’t stand all the adverts.
Thanks to the link to the Trollope article – fascinating! I’d love to find a copy of that. Now I’m off to google tablet cakes!
Lisa,
It’s two different things, tablet is like hard fudge but it melts in your mouth and is very sugary. The choolate cakes are the beetroot chocolate ones I baked for the first time recently.
I just read a short blog post about the video on itv here is the link. http://thecaptivereader.wordpress.com/2012/12/16/the-making-of-a-lady/ You can watch it online. Wish I could! I’ve always wanted to try Scottish tablet! You must post the recipe for us…please, pretty please!All that wonderful butter!
Peggy Ann,
I’ll watch it online if I can find time to before it disappears!
Right! You asked for it, so my tablet recipe will be forthcoming very soon. If you and Dave put on about a stone in weight – don’t blame me!!
Like you I came in well after the start of The Making of a Lady, but I really enjoyed it. Haven’t read the book. Must get round to it.
I echo Peggy’s request for your tablet recipe! PPP! I have one in my home compiled recipe book but can’t find the book! It’s somewhere in my chaotic flat!
Evee,
You can download the book for free from Project Gutenberg.
Tablet recipe will appear soon. I’ve made two different batches, one with brown sugar for a wee change.