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Coastal View & Moor News Issue 29 November - December 2012 Shortbread


If you have never baked before this is probably the easiest thing you can try. Great one to do with the kids and works as an accompaniment with chocolate mousse or ice cream


Ingredients


8 oz soft salted butter 4 oz caster sugar 10 oz plain fl our 2 oz corn fl our


Beat sugar and butter until smooth with an electric mixer Mix fl our and cornfl our Stir fl ours into mix, until it forms a smooth paste Roll into a rectangle about


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1/2 inch thick (lightly dust with fl our to stop sticking) Cut into fi ngers lightly prick and lay on a baking sheet Rest in fridge for 20 mins


Heat oven to 190c or 170c if fan, gas 5 Bake for 15- 20 mins Leave on tray 10 mins Transfer onto cooling tray When fully cool place in an air tight container


rague is a beautiful city if you can ignore the hoards of tourists.


The best times to visit are either in December


for the Christmas markets or in the warmer weather between May & September. Prices are much lower than in the UK and at the present exchange rate of 29 koruna to the pound, you can get a good two course meal with a couple of rounds of drinks for about £12. A pint of good Czech beer is about £1. The “tap” beer is usually Pislner Urquell or Budvar (marketed over here as Budweiser). It`s very pleasant to eat out in the old town square (Staromestske Namesti) on a summer evening watching the various performers there. The metro system is very efficient and cheap and two or three stops away from the centre is the area of Andel. I can recommend the Zlaty Klas restaurant there for variety, atmosphere quality and price. A few minutes walk away to the north of


the old town square is Wenceslas Square with all its beer and sausage stalls, shops and money exchanges. It’s actually a huge rectangle, gently sloping up to the impressive neoclassical Czech National Museum. It gets its name from Saint Wenceslas, the patron saint of Bohemia. However, more importantly it’s where ‘The Velvet Revolution’ started in 1989 when students and dissidents protested against Soviet rule. The protestors eventually grew to half a million and the Soviets were forced to back down and withdraw. This was the start of the collapse of the Soviet Union. Protestors still gather there from


old town square is the famous Charles Bridge with its much photographed entrance. This lovely old Gothic bridge has about 30 mostly baroque statues along the balustrade and amongst the crowds of sightseers are artists, various craftsmen and stall holders selling all manner of souvenirs and trinkets At the other end of the


bridge, the street of Mostecka leads up to the magnifi cent castle which also houses St.Vitus cathedral with its prominent Gothic towers. St.Vitus had a rough time. He knew quite


a bit about medicine and concocted cures for many illnesses. When he refused to offer sacrifi ces to the pagan gods in thanks, his cures were attributed to sorcery and he was tortured and condemned to death. He was thrown to the lions but the lions would not touch him, so he was then thrown into boiling oil. At the moment of his death, an immense storm destroyed several pagan temples in the region. The term ‘St.Vitus dance’ originates from


the belief that folk could ensure a year`s good health by dancing vigorously in front of his statue on his feast day. Also up in the Castle district is an interesting area called Golden Lane. The streets are very narrow with many of the little houses and shops built onto the side of the castle walls. It’s where all the alchemists and magicians used to live in the middle ages On the way down it’s worth a look at the


Church of St.Nicholas in the lesser old town square, Malostanske Namesti. If you`ve still got time left you could also explore the nearby ‘lesser town’ area and Kampa Island where there’s lots of nice restaurants. Wayfarer ( Wayfarer@ntlworld.com )


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