Ray Darcy Wednesday 9 March 2016
Our baking challenge is ongoing and this time around Ray is challenged with making Brown Bread. To join in the challenge see Ann-Marie Dunne's recipe below. Stay tuned for the result of the baking challenge soon, here is Ann-Maries Brown Bread recipe if you would like to give it a go yourself:
Ingredients Gr. Method
1 Self Raising flour 225g, Salt 5g, Baking Powder 7.5g, Bread Soda 5g. Sieve bread soda to remove any lumps. Then sieve plain flour, salt, cream of tartar & bread soda together
2 Wholemeal Flour 225g Add to above and mix through evenly
3 Hazelnut/natural yogurt 125ml, Fresh Milk 230 ml, Egg 50g, Mix together with spatula Add to dry ingredients and mix to soft sticky dough
4 Pour into greased 2lb loaf tin, flatten roughly with fork and sprinkle with oat flakes/ seeds
Preheat oven to 220C turn back to 195C when bread in oven and bake for 40mins
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When Jennifer Ryan Moran heard her official diagnosis ‘the only way you’ll be likely to conceive is through IVF’ – she started on an unknown journey. Along the way she decided to start documenting her experience because she found personal, shared information was lacking. She started a blog called the Scenic Route and she tells Ray more this afternoon.
You can check out Jennifer's website and blog here
Rugby Player Stephen Ferris
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George Martin RIP
Legendary Beatles producer George Martin sadly passed away today, but it was not only the Beatles he worked with in his long career he got to work with our own Arthur Murphy who tells Ray what it was like to work with him.
Shower Once A Week, Here is Why!
The idea of going without a daily shower would fill many of us with horror but Donnachadh McCarthy is a man who only showers once a week and thinks the rest of us should follow his example. He is an environmental activist and has written an article for the Guardian, which has got a huge reaction. He’s a Corkman but he now lives in London, from where he joins Ray this afternoon. If you would like to read Donnachadh's article click here
Hun and Gogglepox
Aoife Dooley is an illustrator from Coolock in Dublin and she spoke to Ray last year about her creation ‘Hun’ and the Hun has now become flesh – starring in her own Youtube video Gogglepox. Aoife tells Ray more this afternoon
Music Played on the Show
Yesterday
The Beatles
2:17
Join The Army
Paddy Hanna
1:30
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