我知道我已經很久很久沒更新了～
在期末考週結束後我去我們學校在梅峰農場（清境農場的上面）實習，在那邊我學到很多關於溫帶植物的知識（畢竟平地都是熱帶植物）。我們還在薰衣草田工作，結果因為太香了，香到會暈！只好不時站起來吸口新鮮空氣才能繼續工作。在農場工作其實很累，我們要重複一樣的動作好幾小時幫蘋果套袋或幫高麗菜苗分株或蹲在烈日下拔草。我們做了很多在平地不能做的事，像是早起賞鳥、看日出。其中我印象最深的莫過於躺在草地上觀星了！第一次看到這麼多星星，天空很清澈連銀河都很明顯。上帝好偉大，我何等渺小。
我一看到有藍莓檸檬蛋糕的食譜就超興奮很想做，因為很好奇兩種酸甜滋味是如何融合的，但是藍莓太貴了拿來做蛋糕有點奢侈所以作罷。幾週後有個剛從美國回來的Tom叔叔送我一包藍莓乾，我就想到之前看過的一個「柳橙蔓越莓開心果司康」食譜。就把蔓越莓換成藍莓就行了！我還加了柳橙汁讓風味更突出。特別的是麵團烤過會變黃歐～市售司康非常酥鬆的原因就是加了大量奶油，這個版本的食譜減少了很多奶油量，用牛奶、蛋代替，我做成迷你版（免得吃太多），雖然沒那麼濕潤但是依然香軟且風味十足（重點是罪惡感低啊）！我喜歡將微熱的司康剝開然後塗一些cream cheese當小點心<3
I know I haven’t updated the blog for a long time and I’m really sorry about that. After the final exam, I went to a farm of our school in the mountain as an intern. I learned a lot about the temperate plants. We even work in a lavender field! Because the fragrance of the herd was too strong, we needed to stand up and take a breath of fresh air from time to time or we would feel dizzy. Working in a farm was never easy, though. We spent hours and hours wrap the apples with protecting bags or squat down below the burning sun to remove weeds. We also experience things that can never be done in the city like bird watching and watching the sunrise. My favorite part was lying on the meadow and observe the glittering stars. The sky was so clear that even the milky way can be seen. How great is our God and how small am I.
I decided to make a blueberry lemon cake right after I saw the recipe, I was curious about how the two summery flavor combine together. Since fresh blueberries are very expensive here, it will go over my budget if I make the cake. Several weeks after, Uncle Tom, who just returned from USA, gave me a package of high quality dried blueberries. Holding the dark blue little berries, it occurred me that I can make a twist on a “orange, cranberry and pistachio scones” recipe by replacing the cranberry with blueberry. The dough was pale but it turned yellow in the oven. I also added orange juice to make it extra “orangy”. The amount of butter in this recipe is much lower than others but still has soft and moist center. No other snack better than a warm scone with cream cheese.
