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JACKIE BAKES A BANANA BREAD
25 & 26 AUGUST 2022

On 27 August, Jackie writes:
I was going to send the story of why I made banana bread,
but with packing to leave for the weekend retreat and the builders
turning up to do some preliminary work for the extension,
I never got time to do it.
The story: I was trying to get R to join The Men's She'd.
It's a meeting place where men can go and chat and teach or learn how to fix things.
The March one also has a community garden where they grow veg and a community fridge,
which is a room with a couple of fridges and a table.
They told me I could have two bags of food free each week - Mondays & Fridays,
but as it was Thursday they gave me a bag of stuff anyway.
A lot of this is leftover food from the big supermarkets and donated.
It's not a food bank and not means tested;
you just have to live in the area. This pic is the contents of the bag.

I prepped and froze a lot of it, and made chili and garlic bread for Friday dinner at the caravan.

I was given a recipe for banana bread and
I was to post a pic on their Facebook page.
I made the bread, but had to use coconut oil
as I had no butter and no nuts.
It took nearly two hours to bake;
should have been 75 minutes.
It looked nice; the first two slices were OK,
but it was not cooked in the middle.
And it tastes of over-ripe banana
which for me is unpleasant. R liked it.
I'll stick to brownies in future.
I might go back to the community fridge,
but no bread or banana next time.

AD: Below is the recipe I use
for a very basic simple and DELICIOUS
Banana Nut Bread; nuts are optional.
It's from a Betty Crocker
Cookbook I received back in 1973;
I think I've used about five recipes out of it
(all but one for baked goods, of course).
But I've kept it all these years anyway.
Just in case.

I couldn't get their Facebook page
to work, so it ended up on mine.

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JACKIE BAKES A BANANA BREAD 25 & 26 AUGUST 2022
On 27 August, Jackie writes: I was going to send the story of why I made banana bread, but with packing to leave for the weekend retreat and the builders turning up to do some preliminary work for the extension, I never got time to do it. The story: I was trying to get R to join The Men's She'd. It's a meeting place where men can go and chat and teach or learn how to fix things. The March one also has a community garden where they grow veg and a community fridge, which is a room with a couple of fridges and a table. They told me I could have two bags of food free each week - Mondays & Fridays, but as it was Thursday they gave me a bag of stuff anyway. A lot of this is leftover food from the big supermarkets and donated. It's not a food bank and not means tested; you just have to live in the area. This pic is the contents of the bag. I prepped and froze a lot of it, and made chili and garlic bread for Friday dinner at the caravan.
I was given a recipe for banana bread and I was to post a pic on their Facebook page. I made the bread, but had to use coconut oil as I had no butter and no nuts. It took nearly two hours to bake; should have been 75 minutes. It looked nice; the first two slices were OK, but it was not cooked in the middle. And it tastes of over-ripe banana which for me is unpleasant. R liked it. I'll stick to brownies in future. I might go back to the community fridge, but no bread or banana next time. AD: Below is the recipe I use for a very basic simple and DELICIOUS Banana Nut Bread; nuts are optional. It's from a Betty Crocker Cookbook I received back in 1973; I think I've used about five recipes out of it (all but one for baked goods, of course). But I've kept it all these years anyway. Just in case.	I couldn't get their Facebook page to work, so it ended up on mine.