- Isnt it a great escape from the covid,Bernie?
- I bloody love Bake off, ma.
- Even bread week.
- Especially bread week, who doesn’t love bread?
- Everyone loved my soda bread. I was great at the aul baking in my day,Bernie.
- You were,ma. You haven’t baked in a long time.
- Im not able anymore, not with my arthritis.
- Lets make some bread tomorrow. I’ll help you
- You’re not much of a bread maker, Bernie
- Who said?
- Remember that time you made soda bread in school?
- I was thirteen, ma, and I forgot my buttermilk and had to to use water.
- You need a light hand for bread.You’re very heavy handed,Bernie.
- I am not.
- Your da used that loaf as a doorstop for a week.
- At least it was useful for something.
- Even the mice couldn’t get their teeth through it.
- Alright ma, I get your point, my bread was shite.
- Paul Hollywood, would agree.
- Thanks ma.
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Diary of a Dublin Housewife 
Your ma sounds like a “ray of sunshine” with a memory like a steel trap. Sounds a lot like my mom, but her memory is one of convenience lol
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Oh you have her read alright 🙈
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🙂
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I learned to make bread before pastry. My pastry’s always been like a brick.
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They do a lovely chilled pastry in Aldi’s 😊
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What, she can’t drop it after this many years, when you probably baked several great loaves after that? Some mothers, sheesh. (And you know i’m joking, of course, your mother is the greatest.)
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Do you know my mother? 🤔🙈🙈🙈🤣🤣🤣 memory like an elephant she has 😫
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Who needs enemies when there’s a ma in the room 💜
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You’d better believe it 😏
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🙄 I do 💜
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