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VI. Great Britain Chapter 15: Guilsborough \| Chapter 16: Kent
	Chapter 15: Guilsborough, Great Britain Guilsborough CEVA Primary School Teacher: Sue Lanson

	Student: Alice B. MINCED PIES Mince pies have always reminded me of Christmas. My Granny once brought 65 mince pies down from Wales. She was only with us for a week. But luckily all my family love mince pies and we were able to eat them all before she went. Christmas is my favourite time of the year. I love being able to sit by the fire and watch funny movies on !TELLY! My favourite film that I have watched at Christmas would have to be Babe the sheep pig. I love that film because when I was little I wanted to be a farmer when I grew up. The film inspired me because I loved the way all the animals spoke to each other and the farmer was always so happy. After I'd watched Babe on the T.V I went out and brouht it on video. The other thing I love about Christmas is being with family and friends. Like when my Mum has a Christmas party and invites loads of people round. When my Mum has her party I get to stay up late and give out nibbles to everyone. I like this because I get to speak to lots of different people and they are always so nice. Of course the best thing at Christmas is opening presents early in the morning. Or looking at the presents in your stocking and trying to guess what they are. But there are other things to Christmas like: going to church, being with family, eating Christmas dinner, playing in the snow, opening advent calendar’s and lots more. That is why I chose mince pies. I have and always will love them. I think they will always remind me of my granny and the way she always plays cards with me whilst eating a warm mince pie with custard. MMMMMMMMMMM lovely. I love Christmas and I love mince pies.
	Student: Abigail H. SCONES WITH CREAM & JAM Ingredients 225g self raising flour 40g butter 150ml milk 1.5 tablespoons caster sugar Pinch of salt Devon clotted cream Home made strawberry jam Recipe Sift the flour into a bowl and rub in the butter. Stir in sugar and salt and mix in the milk little by little. Kneed the mixture to a soft dough. Turn the dough onto a floured pastry board and roll to a thickness of 2cm. Cut out scones with a pastry cutter and place on a greased baking sheet. Bake in the top of the oven at 22oc for 12 to 15 minutes. When golden brown remove from the oven and place it on a cooling rack. Essay Scones with cream and jam remind me of Devon where I used to live. We had a really big garden with a secret den and playhouse that we would play in and pretend we lived there. It was really exciting because there were loads of bushes in front of it and people couldn't see in and didn't know it was there. We all had a hen each and mine was called Burdock. She laid beautiful eggs and when you fried them if you burst the yolk then it would ooze out. When we made the scones we would often make them with mum. The pastry was gorgeous and afterwards mum would let us scrape the bowl out! But overall my favourite part of making them was when you put the cream and jam on in the middle. Sometimes accidentally (on purpose) my finger just happened to slip into the bowl where mum had whisked the and my finger would come out covered in it oops! After we made them dad would burst through the back door and say what a wonderful, sumptuous smell because we had been cooking, then he would grab one when mum wasn't looking and we would all share it, my dad, my sister and I! When we ate the scones we would either eat them for tea or have them in the garden on a really hot day. My favourite place to eat them was in the garden because all our hens would come up and start clucking at us signifying they would like some! We would often feed them some pastry but not the jam or dream because it was far to nice and we didn't want them thinking we'd give them nice things all the time!
	Student: Naomi M. CARROT CAKE Carrot Cake is really special to me because it reminds me of the time I went to Cornwall for a family holiday. My family and I got into this huge hotel, with large glass windows and a rather podgy doorman. The rooms were very cream and minimal, the beach was right below us, as the hotel was on a cliff, we had a wonderful view. Later on we went for a swim. There pool was big and blue like a whale was hidden there.
	Student: Alexander N. CARROT CAKE My recipe for life is my grandmother's potato bake. Every single time that I go for lunch at her house, she always does a huge dish with it in, knowing that I just can't have enough of it! The combination of cheese and potatoes really works well. Also it brings back memories of my cousins and uncle, who live in Switzerland, so I only see them once a year. At Christmas, when they visit my grandparent's house and we go down to visit them, and my granny makes the bake, to go with the roast, or whatever else she's made.
	Student: Meg O. CORNISH PASTRIES I have chosen the recipe of Cornish pastries because I used to make them at grandmas. She lives in Wheymouth and we visit every summer - my brother, my sister, my other brother and I. We only go in twos so it’s not so much for my Grandparent's. Last time me and my sister Kim went together. When we went something special happened. My Grandma has a beach practically outside her front door, and one afternoon when Kim and I was down at the beach, a fish came. We swam with it all day. At first when it came the water was very deep. But when the tide went out, people crowded in the water taking turns playing with this fish.
	Student: Gregory V. BREAD & BUTTER PUDDING The bread and butter pudding my mum and my grandma make is my favourite and reminds me of my family history. Even though it is a simple recipe, it is excellent in texture and in flavour. Every time I feel it in my mouth, I feel like I am in another world, where there is nothing bad that can happen. Families make us feel secure by caring and loving us. Many babies are neglected each year by parents who either cannot pay enough or didn't want the child.
	Student: Sarah H. AUNTIE JO'S APPLE CAKE I chose to write about this recipe not because it hasn’t anything to do with our family history, but more because it brings me memories. The first time I ate Apple cake was in Germany where my Auntie and Uncle used to live. They've lived there as long as I can remember but they moved back to England last summer (August 2002). We went to see them a few times when they lived there but the time I remember most of all is the time when only my brother David and I went to see them leaving Mum and Dad at the airport alone. My memories of the trip are very mild but I do remember that I was very excited all the way to the Airport and part of the time there, but as soon as the lady took us to the departure lounge I already felt home sick. When we arrived at the Airport in Germany I almost forgot about home but not for long, I remembered home again when we got to my Auntie and Uncle's house, but I soon settled in and wasn't so home sick. The time flew by and I was soon back in our home again. About a week later I said that I really wanted to go again but everyone thought I was joking I was really serious. Sometimes I wish we could still go to Germany to visit Uncle Robert and Auntie Jo, but I'm also very glad they're back in England. My Grandma also makes Apple cake when we go to visit her in Comberton near Cambridgeshire, It is David's favourite pudding (well apart from chocolate cake, charlotte reuse and truffles and profiterols...). We always have it with thick cream and icc cream or custard (Mum sometimes has all three!) We think the recipes are both very good but are also very different.
	VILLAGE FACTS: ABOUT GUILSBOROUGH Guilsborough is a small village in Northamptonshire, just one hour north of London England. Northamptonshire is a county in the English Midlands, with grassy plains as a background to the industrial heart of Great Britain. The map is of the county of Northamptonshire. Notice how many villages there are throughout the country? Resource: http://www.cpoint.co.uk/tw/areas/a47.html