Anyone from the UK?

Good morning, lazy Brits,
The only reason you live in a different time zone is probably so you can sleep longer in the morning. I think I'll look for a nice little house over there too.
Black tea with milk and a gingerbread biscuit. The proper breakfast won't be ready for another three hours. Now I'm off to cycle to work. And I'm going to freeze my bum off. Or just cycle faster.
 
Good morning, lazy Brits,
The only reason you live in a different time zone is probably so you can sleep longer in the morning. I think I'll look for a nice little house over there too.
Black tea with milk and a gingerbread biscuit. The proper breakfast won't be ready for another three hours. Now I'm off to cycle to work. And I'm going to freeze my bum off. Or just cycle faster.
Careful that is too nice a bum to lose! ;)
 
I just had a conversation with someone based on something I wrote here. Don't ask how we got from my bum to Christmas biscuits, because it doesn't matter. The conversation was drifting along as such conversations tend to do when I received a compliment, if it was one, that I was very well prepared for baking said Christmas biscuits.
While formulating a coherent response to this rather simple compliment, I realised how much fun I had writing it. Since your chat was the basis for the whole thing, I feel I can't keep it from you. Of course, one could argue that no one wants to read my ramblings, but I'm not forcing anyone to read along. Just skip this part if you want.

The preparation of Christmas Biscuit baking involves first establishing the Aim, which is the fundamental and non-negotiable success condition: to create a specific quantity and variety of delicious, aesthetically pleasing Christmas Biscuit for a particular social function, making this taste, presentation standard, and social function the supreme guide for all subsequent steps. This aim then dictates the Objective, which involves successfully executing the necessary culinary campaigns, specifically the technical stages of mixing, chilling, rolling, cutting, decorating, and properly storing the biscuits. The planning must identify the Center of Gravity, such as achieving the perfect dough consistency or maintaining precise oven temperature, as failure here jeopardizes the entire effort. Finally, the Strategy involves creating a detailed Plan (the recipe and timeline) that links the overall goal to the necessary Means (resources) by correctly assessing and securing all ingredients, equipment, and sufficient time. This comprehensive preparation must also account for Friction and Chance, preparing contingencies for potential chaos like spills or equipment failures, ensuring the entire process remains rational and strictly serves the joyful, tasty, and aesthetic purpose of the holiday biscuit tradition.

Whoever finds out which baker supported me with strategy and tactics can reward themselves by reading his excellent book ‘On Biscuits’ again.
 
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