A friend who came to stay....

We came home one evening to find a new friend on the doorstep!



Some of you may of heard of him...

'Herman Friendship Cake'

Friendship Cake
1 cup of greetings

1/2 cups of smiles

1 large hug

2/3 cup of love

1 tsp of sympathy

2 cups of hospitality

Preparation of Cake
Cream greetings and smiles thoroughly.

Add hug separately.

Slowly stir in love.

Sift sympathy and hospitality and fold in

carefully.

Bake in warm heart.

Serve often.

He was actually left for Finn by one of his friends,

so I let him take charge of him for the 10 days you

need to keep him for.

(not sure if those hands were washed first,

but I'm sure living in this house you soon

become hardened to a little grubbiness)

After pouring him into a large mixing bowl

you need to leave him until the next day,

Then you stir him,

and then leave him, again.

After a few days he gets hungry,

so you need to feed him with some

basic ingredients,

and then leave him, again!

After 10 days of him growing

and bubbling, stiring and feeding,

you divide him up,

pass on to friends 3 of the 4 parts

you have divided him in to.

And then you add a few more goodies to the bit you kept

and bake him, and of course you then eat him!

I've not been lucky enough to sit long enough to eat

any of him yet, but from what I gather from

the gruesome twosome,

Herman tastes quite delish!

Finn didn't even know I had added

grated apple and cinnamon to the mixture,

and he didn't mind picking out some of the sultanas

I sneaked in there. RESULT!

So, I hope you won't mind if

I excuse myself and settle down

with a lovely mug of hot tea and a huge hunk of Herman.

Love Claire. x

P.S.  How good it would be if I could post Herman to you...?

If you have never been lucky enough to be passed a piece of

Herman to care for don't worry, you can start your own off

by following the instructions here.