Sauerkraut and Biscuits: UK

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21 August, 2015

Lately in the British news:

Jellyfish plague!

Ant invasion!

Spiders the size of MICE!

Maybe I should stay in Germany after all... :S

31 July, 2015

My Top 3 UK Commercials

3. Three - Puppet Advert

2. MoneySuperMarket - EpicBuilder

1. MoneySuperMarket - EpicStrut

23 July, 2015

Throwback Thursday - the day I went to London to look for a place I've seen on a jigsaw puzzle.

And I really found it - even though it doesn't look like it did when the first photo was taken because the cafe (or restaurant) is now an Apple store. But the phone boxes are still there and that was the main thing.

Location: Apple Store near Covent Garden, corner James Street/King Street, London WC2E, UK

28 June, 2015

After Skype-ing with Nathan the Scot for over an hour he was sick the next day. Apparently the mere view of the Union Jack behind me for such a long time had been enough to poison him. #OOPS

15 June, 2015

Easy Scone Recipe

First of all: I can't cook. I can't bake. I don't even know how to use a microwave. I've never even made pasta. But I managed to make scones - so the recipe really is easy.

Ingredients:

250 g flour

2 tsp baking powder

40 g sugar

30 g butter (cold)

150 ml milk

1 pinch of salt

75 g raisins

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 220°C
Mix together the flour and the baking powder and add salt and sugar.
Mix the butter in flakes with the flour.
Add the milk and the raisins and knead everything together. The dough should be smooth and consolidated, if not add some more flour or milk.
Leave it in the fridge for 10 minutes.
Roll the dough on a floured work surface to a thickness of ~2cm.
Cut out circles with a diameter of 5-8cm (works best with a glass).
Put them on a greased baking tray and leave them for 5 minutes.
Bake them for 10-12 minutes until they're golden yellow. The circles should double their volume.
Leave them to cool down on.

And that's it. Now you can eat them (best when they're still warm) with butter, clotted cream, sweetened whipped cream or jam.

The first time I ate scones was when I went to London in March. Found some cheap ones in a M&S near Tower Bridge... and they tasted exactly like the ones I made myself. Yay!

(You can find the recipe in German here.)

13 June, 2015

Trooping the Colour Today!!!

I'm way too excited for Trooping the Colour* for someone who isn't even British but OMG royal family and Queen and Prince George!!!

Now I want to go back to London even more!

... Seriously, in 3 years time I will celebrate the 92th birthday with the Queen (because the Queen is immortal and will still be queen when I get to London).

* Trooping the Colour, also known as The Queen’s Birthday Parade, is a military ceremony that dates back to at least the early 18th century. It usually takes place on the second Saturday in June.