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The Grey Cliffs of Dover
The Happy Chef
by Leigh Sackett
Granola on a Stick!
So why not visit southeast England when it’s cold, wet, and dark? That’s the way it is much of the time anyway, and when we’re back home and A few weeks ago my daughter able in our community for your sticks but may be added if you it’s oppressively hot summertime in Virginia we had the best time at First Bap- children. Summer is indeed are going to cut the granola into can look back and say, “ahhhh, I’d like to step into tist’s Vacation Bible School. She too short in many ways but for bars. a day like that right nowâ€?. went with a friend while my son us moms it can be very long in -Line a large baking sheet Such as it is, the wind-driven rain is was attending the VBS at our others . . . Everyone wins with with parchment paper. lashing the southern coast at Beachy Head, a nachurch (Raleigh Court Pres- VBS! This fun snack recipe can -Measure out 1/2 C. of granoture preserve just west of Eastbourne, an hour and byterian.) Both children com- be used in any Western themed la and shape into a log. Starting a half train ride from London. I can hardly see my plained at the start of the sum- VBS or on a camping trip with from the bottom of the log, stick brother up ahead. We’re on a part of the 130 km. mer - they said, “Mom - VBS is your church, friends or family. the pretzel into the granola, South Downs Trail which crosses the open space for babies!â€? But I just gave them shaping it around the pretzel. of the Head. This section of the trail features a the four word answer that leaves 1/2 C. Light Corn Syrup Do not worry about the shape particularly impressive section of chalk cliffs for no room for discussion ("We 1 C. Brown Sugar because you will be reshaping which this coast is known. On nice days this place The “Grey-Whiteâ€? Cliffs of Dover. are doing this.") and so away we 1/2 C. Butter, Melted it after it bakes. Fill the baking is popular with paraglider pilots, but this is not and command posts (some joining with the Na- went! My son complained the 2 Tsp Vanilla sheet side by side with 5 granola one of those days. We hike bent into the wind, our poleonic ones) in the cliffs and under the castle, first day as he walked through 3 C. Quick Cooking Oats pretzel rods. Make sure you rain jackets soon proving inadequate. It’s exhila- and the modern-day tour of the eerie facilities is the door but I didn't hear a thing 1 1/2 C. Fruit, Seed & Nut Trail leave ample room between each rating to gaze several hundred feet down to the fascinating. From these stark subterranean of- afterwards because he had such Mix one. sea from the unstable cliff tops; the waves crash- fices, some with small windows cut through the a good time. My daughter was 3/4 C. Mini Chocolate Chips -Bake for 14-15 minutes or ing through the mid-day gloom. high cliffs, Montgomery coordinated the massive amazed by her VBS experience Large Pretzel Rods until light brown. Do not panic Soon we’re on the bus headed east to Pe- evacuation of Dunkirk. This harrowing operation and now she says she wants to Additions might be: shredded when you see that the granola vensey, eating chutney sandwiches we picked up involved mobilizing approximately 900 commer- be a Baptist. coconut, M&Ms, marshmalhas melted away from the pretat a grocery along the way. It turns out that I’m cial and civilian vessels, and 330,000 people were It seems a lot of Vacation Bi- lows, etc. zel rod. Once the sticks have not a big fan of c h u t n e y, evacuated. ble Schools happen in early June baked for the required time, but hey “when in Rome‌ Emerging from the tunnels into a light mist, I’m but you can always find them -Preheat oven to 350 degrees removed the tray from the oven “. The fortress ruins on relieved that it’s not wartime now –not here any- going on throughout the sum-In a large bowl mix corn and working quickly with two the coast at Pevensey are way, I quickly remind myself. Contemplating how mer if you look. The activities syrup, brown sugar, butter and knives simply mold and shape impressive. The R o m a n s there is always the misery of war at various places are wonderful and there are al- vanilla until well blended. the granola back around the built the fort in the year throughout the world at any given moment, I ways new friendships born since -Stir in oats. Add trail mix pretzel sticks. As the granola 279 and abandoned it walk silently and thoughtfully up the winding ap- the programs reach out into the and chocolate chips. Stir in ad- cools, it will harden around the after a few hundred years. proach to the castle gates. community at large and not just ditional goodies 1/4 C. at a time, pretzel stick. Then the Normans took Our timing for visiting Dover Castle is seren- within the church walls. One making sure that the mix is still -This recipe makes about 10 it over in 1166 when they dipitously good. An extensive restoration of inte- very important factor, especially sticky enough to mold around granola sticks depending on invaded Eng- John W. Robinson land and rior furnishings, embroidery and weaving, accu- in this day and age, is that these the sticks. how much granola mix you William the Conquer- rate to Henry II’s rein circa 1100, was completed camps are almost always free. *Marshmallows are not rec- measure out for each pretzel or became King. That was the result of the Battle just prior to our arrival. The interpreters share In summers past, as well as ommended for the granola rod. of Hastings, I’m sure you remember. their knowledge -not to mention their infectious this one (when my kids ap The town of Hastings is famous for the enthusiasm- of the painstakingly researched and peared to be too old), I have legendary battle, of course, but beyond that it is a carried out restoration. underestimated the power of Anglican Catholic Church pleasant little fishing village. Interestingly, there is We learn about Thomas Becket and his rela- VBS. They still love it and it is no protected harbour; the fishing boats are pushed tionship with King Henry II. They were friends as entertaining as any expenand dragged into the sea from the shingle beach when young but later fell out over the Law of sive camp I might send them to, Sunday: Holy Communion utilizing various mechanical assistance, including Church versus the Law of Royalty when Becket but most importantly it teaches 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. pm heavy equipment. Seeing the heavy-duty wooden became the Archbishop of Canterbury, just down them the things they need to Thursday: Holy Communion fishing vessels being pushed around unceremoni- the road from Dover. So much was the ill will, in know to become the people God Ah fact, that it is believed that the murder of Becket intended them be. The typical ith ously by a bulldozer is fascinating. 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