While searching through my bookshelves this a.m., I came upon a commemorative book published for the Millennium by my youngest grandson's school in Scotland. The grandson, George, is a hulking college sophomore this year, so the book is quite old as these things go. This was a page in the book that talks about living in a house with a bat nursery! Not George's house, but one belonging to his schoolmate James. The Pipistrelle bat is the smallest bat found in Europe.
The recipe sounds very good in addition to being very old. The last item in the ingredients is boiling WATER. Doesn't say how much. I may try this. It may produce biscuits!
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Fascinating!!!!!
Thanks, Kay! I was astonished to read this, especially since a friend had just posted on FB about doing battle with a bat in her home last week. Bats are scary, especially inside. So I have to admire the nerves of steel and superior attitude toward bats on display over in a lovely little village in Scotland. Imagine...150 bats living in your dining room chimney! And the two little children "looking after them very carefully"!!
My daughter tells me sadly that the family has since moved to Wales. No further word on the bat nursery!
P.S. The "retirement activities" cited in the title refer to going through bookshelves. It's one of the things I love best to do, now that I'm retired, when it's too hot/cold to go outside much.
Cool! Both finding this in your bookcase, and the story itself! I looked up these bats, and they are very tiny -- only up to 2" long, not counting their tail.
I like that the bat in your picture has a big smile on its face :-))
That smile is the work of Mr. James Allen, who must have been in the Scottish equivalent of Grade 1 at the time.
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