Competition results

And the winner is...

Tamika Butler

with the most correct answers. Congratulations Tamika, a voucher to use at either the Tearooms or Cafe is yours.


Worthy of special mention is

Jeremy Kelp

not only was his number of correct answers close to Tamika's, but his father told us that it was all his own work. Well done Jeremy!!!


And finally, thank you to Graeme for official duties, scrutineering and support; and all our competition entrants for being part of our blog.


Courtesy of FunTrivia, http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz/quiz177880145ea48.html, below are the questions and answers of the 12 questions included in our competition.

1. Where were the first 'acts of war' committed by Australian troops in WWI?
(c) Rabaul


2. Who wrote 'For the Fallen', that is recited every Anzac Day in Australia as part of the commemoration service?
(d) Laurence Binyon


3. What do the initials ANZAC stand for?
(b) Australian and New Zealand Army Corps


4. In what year was Anzac Day officially named in Australia?
(a) 1916


5. What was the alternative name mooted for the forces who became known as the Anzacs?
(c) Australasian Corps


6. Who was Australia's Prime Minister when WWI began?
(d) Joseph Cook


7. Who is one of the best remembered of the original 'Anzacs'?
(d) Jack Simpson Kirkpatrick


8. Who was appointed Commander of the Australian Imperial Force's (AIF's) Fourth Brigade, based in Egypt?
(a) Sir John Monash

9. Which country requested help, leading to the attack on Turkey by the allies during WWI?
(b) Russia

10. Which Australian newspaper reported the first news in Australia of the Australian landing at Gallipoli?
(b) Hobart Mercury

11. Who is Australia's youngest winner of the Victoria Cross Medal?
(a) William Jackson


12. How many Victoria Crosses were awarded to members of the Australian forces who were involved in the Battle of Lone Pine in 1915?
(c) 7

Tying up the loose ends

Today it wasn't ribbons and bows but a massive clean up! Some people were at Centro Glenorchy to sell the last of this year's biscuits. And of course we announced the winner of our competition and drew the easter raffle.

Congratulations to Mel and Kiara who won first and second prize in our raffle and Tamika who won the Anzac history competition!

Here's a final few photos...

The stall at Centro.

Sam offering samples to passers-by at Centro.

Layla and Veronica with goodies to sell.

AJ had plenty of customers.

As did Sam and Layla, well done folks!

Checking the results...

Graeme making sure there are no irregularities.

And in the middle of all this activity we'd like to ask all our readers to please take a moment and reflect on the history and tradition behind the Anzac biscuit...

Lest we forget

That's it folks for 2019. We hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable easter break and we look forward to seeing you all back on this blog next year.

Staff challenge

Those of you who have watched our Heroes of the bake video already just speedy our bakers are. Then a little idea started to sprout...what about a staff challenge tying the ribbon and gumnut? On Wednesday five of our bravest put up their hand to put their bow tying skills to the test, and of course be recorded doing so!

Winner was Ange with Sue a close second. A unanimous verdict was reached that as a mother of four girls Ange had a clear advantage with many years of ribbon and bow tying under her belt.

Thank you Bron, Raj, Sue, Sue and Ange for showcasing your talents!

Displaying the finished product!

Last day of baking!

And it's official, ovens are off - tomorrow we'll be at Centro Glenorchy selling our biscuits.

Remember all those bags of ingredients?

Well, this is what we have left...

Rod, Shane and Jennifer getting a few final bags ready.

David in Christmas spirit working on Anzac bags.

Stuart and Lorraine busy at the gumnut table.

Could do this in my sleep says AJ!

Why are we waiting? Don't worry, they're on the way.

Veronica ready to greet the next tray out of the oven.

Layla working with Bryce.

Rosie and Virginia enjoying working together in the pantry.

Along with Cherie and Luke.

No signs of slowing down in the kitchen, 

Tom and Dallas.

Stephanie and another 'hot tray or two coming through'...

Wayne also had a turn working with Bryce this morning.

One container and how many lids?

Gary, Garry and Bron attempting to restore order.

Work continues at the butter table, almost done folks.

Tammy and Maree.

Cherie tries her hand at gumnut drilling under Jason's watchful eye.

Yes, this is how 3,835 gumnuts came to have 

two neat little holes for ribbon through them...

Casper of the Laundry!

The cleanup has begun in the main room whilst the kitchen 

and packing areas continue to work away.

Everyone in the kitchen, the ovens are off.

Cleanup in progress...

For posterity...Sue with the very last tray out of the oven.

Bron is relocating Casper!

That's it for baking folks! Tomorrow we draw our raffle - you've got just tonight to get your entries in if you want to be in the running for a voucher for two to use at either the Old Chapel Tearooms or the Car Yard Cafe so be quick! Click on the soldier image on the right hand side of your screen.

Tomorrow you'll find us in Glenorchy selling our biscuits, be quick - gone is gone!

Statistics

So, what goes into an Anzac biscuit?

Oh, some flour, sugar, coconut, rolled oats, butter, syrup, vanilla essence, bicarb and a pinch of salt...

Right, but what goes into a bag of biscuits, or more to the point 3,635 bags of biscuits as the tally stands at 36,350 at the end of Tuesday afternoon?

Well after dusting off the trusty abacus, and performing some complex mathematical calculations based on algebraic formulae, we are pleased to provide our readers with the following estimate:

254 kg butter
272 kg flour
391 kg sugar
191 kg rolled oats
154 kg coconut
Approx 2.25 L vanilla essence
Approx 4.5 kg bicarb (and almost 73 L boiling water to dissolve it!)
Just under 36.5 L golden syrup
And 1,817.5 pinches of salt...

Then there's the packaging:

3,635 cello bags
3,635 labels
3,635 inserts
3,635 gumnuts
And to finish it off, just centimetres short of 2 km of ribbon...

Oh, and a few hundred metres of baking paper to line the baking trays - all of which are discarded at the end of a day's baking.

Note this estimate does not allow for the odd reject biscuit and a collection of random crumbs!!!

Another band of helpers

And off to work they went...

Ready to go!

Marcus getting an early start on the butter.

Now this is what hard working looks like - check out the blur!

Ollie at the butter table.

Anita assisting Louise with date practice.

Julie, Cherie and Raj - labels and tray liners.

Laurie and Dallas in the dry mix corner.

Stuart has his first turn at working with Bryce along with 

Lorraine who's done this a time or two before.

Jason and Sia on ovens.

Rolling teamwork, Kristie, Layla and Karen.

Meen showing how it's done in the pantry.

Along with Bronwyn and John.

More rollers on the other side, Rachel and Tahnee.

Matthew and Demii working together at the lifting table.

1-10 tick! Well done Sam!

Susan and Jennifer on the other side.

Natasha and Vav give this bag the tick of approval.

Sally and Amy preparing for battle.

Novel approach, a leaning tower of Anzac...

Robyn has come in to help for the afternoon.

Tug of war? No, gumnut threading! 

Kristie and Stuart.

Utter concentration in this corner, Matthew and Karen.

Add the hot water and I'm ready says Sam.

Ollie also having a turn working with Bryce.

Posing for the official photo before turning Bryce on!

Sally and Marcus hard at work in the kitchen.

Laurie and a few more trays ready to go.

Vav and Natasha in the pantry.

Along with Eric.

Casualty! Rescue services needed...

We don't have an update on their recovery chances.

Jonathan and Demii holding the fort at the packing table.

Meen - model material as well as gumnut and ribbon expert!

See you all again tomorrow for what will be our last day of baking.