Inklings // August 2025
I'm back for another Inklings! (Check the rules for linking up on Heidi's blog here .) This month's prompt is; A breadmaking scene in book or film As someone who loves making bread and baking, I had to do this month's prompt, and I found an extract from By the Shores of Silver Lake from the Little House on the Prairie series which was perfect! (Having done some research, by the way, I gather that here, biscuits are an equivalent to bread rolls.) Then Mary took Grace on her lap in the rocking-chair, and while Carrie made the beds and swept, Ma and Laura and Mrs. Boast put on their aprons, rolled up their sleeves, and washed the dishes and got dinner. Mrs. Boats was great fun. She was interested in everything, and eager to learn how Ma managed so well. "When you haven't milk enough to have sour milk, however to you make such delicious biscuits, Laura?" she asked. "Why, you just use sour dough," Laura said. Mrs. Boast had never made sour-dough b...
