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Louisiana Rose - Posted - 11/11/2009: 03:29:03
My Christmas cake is finally in the oven
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blarneypilgrim - Posted - 11/11/2009: 04:25:23
Making mine on Sunday with the kids.Pure carnage in the kitchen but when the dust settles and the baking smell fills the room order should be restored.!!
Blarney Pilgrim
"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men"
Inflexible35 - Posted - 11/11/2009: 05:40:18
OK, what is a Christmas cake and why does it go in the oven six weeks before Xmas?
dingo - Posted - 11/11/2009: 05:51:35
I have mine sent from Germany in a care package every year. Should be arriving around Thanksgiving.
Why is Christmass here so early this year? Everywhere I went yesterday Christmass music was playing. Lets wait a couple of 3 weeks.
Jill
What Happens in the Corn Field, Stays in the Corn Field.
Banjoitus - Posted - 11/11/2009: 06:32:06
Here comes Santa Claus dressed as a jack-o-lantern riding a turkey with a sack full of toys on his back. Seems to be all one deal Halovgivingmas day!
rinemb - Posted - 11/11/2009: 07:16:29
Inflexible35 is right. Let's have some recipes, history, traditions, and stories about your Christmas Cakes.
You may be man enough to take my woman, but you'll never get my banjo.
May not the incidence of success, nor the pretense of retirement-
Lessen the want of enlightenment.
Louisiana Rose - Posted - 11/11/2009: 08:05:40
I have absolutely no idea why we have a christmas cake, the origins, I mean, however, the reason it is made between 6 and 8 weeks before is to allow it to mature as freshly made Christmas cake is not as rich as a matured one.
I used to use a recipe that came from my Granny's cook book, which we still have, however, my hands are not very strong and it required a lot of mixing, so this year I have used a new recipe that i got from the Good Housekeeping, All time favourite Christmas book, which was extremely easy to make. They have 2 recipes in there, the very easy one, which I made today and the Creole one, which I plan to make on Friday, I always make 2 because my beloved husband can never wait til Christmas to eat it and I would end up not having one left by then if I did not make a second, my mother in law used to tell us about the year she had to ice hers with a slice missing, because Malcolm had found it hidden in the garage lol
http://www.allaboutyou.com/food/Eas...?from=search
http://www.allaboutyou.com/food/Cre...?from=search
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Bassora - Posted - 11/11/2009: 08:32:26
My high school music department has been practicing Christmas music since August -- argh-gh-gh-gh-gh--
A St. Louis radio station fired ALL it's radio personalities and staff (didn't even allow them to say goodbye to their listeners) and immediately started playing Christmas music 24 hours a day.
To the fired radio employees: Happy Holidays
Bassora Mo
from near the Big Mo
Bassora - Posted - 11/11/2009: 08:44:35
On a more serious note Christmas note ...
We will probably have our twenty scarecrows (all sizes) up in our front yard until at least Christmas Eve.
We don't do a lot for Christmas. I will put up two 2 1/2 foot trees on my upright baby grand piano. We already have a lighted village on the piano 12 months of the year -- the buildings are a music hall, a music store, a piano shop, and a train depot (guess what our interests are).
Fancy baking? Me? In the kitchen?
ha - ha - ha - ha - haBassora Mo from near the Big Mo
Louisiana Rose - Posted - 11/11/2009: 08:46:16
Why the scarecrows Bassora?
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scotty22 - Posted - 11/11/2009: 12:16:33
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Originally posted by Bassora
My high school music department has been practicing Christmas music since August --argh-gh-gh-gh-gh--
Such is the lot of the perfroming musician; if you want to work holiday programs, you've got to rehearse what you perform. _______________________________ http://www.myspace.com/birdtranescoenow
Bassora - Posted - 11/11/2009: 17:04:16
Scarecrows ... they're not just for halloween anymore.
We put out the scarecrows at the beginning of October. While our neighbor has now put out his turkey banner that reads "Give thanks for ham," we are sticking with the scarecrows.
To us, scarecrows are a symbol of the harvest time which is a massive part of Thanksgiving. Plus we're not much into decorating with vinyl turkeys and plastic pilgrims.
Actually, our front yard is a lot of fun with all the different styles and sizes of scarecrows. Several people have taken photos especially of my bicycle trellis. You see I have a single speed 1961 Sears bicycle that has tomato plants growing up the spoked wheels. But now it has a full-size scarecrow behind the handlebars. We are REALLY into scarecrows.
It is my darling who wants to keep the scarecrows out into December. The bright reds and greens and cutesy elves of Christmas just aren't us.
Personally, I would like to continue the tradition that my father enjoyed at Christmas -- shooting off anvils (which was discussed in a different "Off-Topic" area of the Banjo Hangout).
Bassora Mo
from near the Big Mo
Louisiana Rose - Posted - 11/13/2009: 06:37:42
Yes Shawn and if I get my hands on the rat bags, I'll skin em alive grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
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Louisiana Rose - Posted - 11/13/2009: 07:07:09
Ha ha ha ha jha ha ha aha ha ha ha ha ha we have full lighting in the house at mid day, if we go out, we need golloshes and windcheaters, oh to be in England when the weather turns, you need packamacs and wellies, and forget your brolies cos the gales will blow them inside out, or it might pay to wear sou westers instead and if much more rain comes down, forget the car and by a rubber dingy ha ha ha ha ha ha
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Louisiana Rose - Posted - 11/13/2009: 07:23:50
Windcheaters - water proof hooded jacket that zips up front
Packamac, - PVC foldable raincoat that can be carried in a jacket pocket until needed, usually a good idea to have one in your pocket on a sunny morning cos it's guaranteed to rain if you don't lol
Sou - wester, fishermans yellow water proof coat
Brollies - Umbrella to keep the rain off you, ok in light to moderate rain, but not a lot of point at moment cos wind blows them inside out
Wellies, - wellington boots, made out of rubber comes up to the knee to keep your feet dry when you;re splashing about in puddles or in the case of line dancers, at our festivals, line dancing in mud ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
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Bassora - Posted - 11/19/2009: 11:54:02
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Originally posted by dingo
Here is a wierd Southern tradition for Christmass, they say the Germans brought it with them to the south, I never heard of it done in the German Communities in Texas, I am first generation American, Parents came during WW11, my husband is a native german, I even asked his mother about it and she knew nothing of the Pickle hidden in the tree. Must not be a East German thing.
It is supposedly a German tradition to hide a pickle ORNAMENT in the Christmas tree. The child who found it first would have good luck throughout the new year. But from my limited knowledge, the actual history of this unusual tradition seems untraceable. But remember, the finest glass Christmas ornaments use to come from Germany. And glass pickle ornaments (known as Weihnachtsgurken ornaments) are still made in Germany. But the true wherefores and whys are unknown. [I enjoy useless information] Bassora Mo still collecting more useless information on the Big Mo
BConk - Posted - 11/19/2009: 12:25:21
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Originally posted by Bassora
quote:
Originally posted by dingo
Here is a wierd Southern tradition for Christmass, they say the Germans brought it with them to the south, I never heard of it done in the German Communities in Texas, I am first generation American, Parents came during WW11, my husband is a native german, I even asked his mother about it and she knew nothing of the Pickle hidden in the tree. Must not be a East German thing.
It is supposedly a German tradition to hide a pickle ORNAMENT in the Christmas tree. The child who found it first would have good luck throughout the new year.
But from my limited knowledge, the actual history of this unusual tradition seems untraceable. But remember, the finest glass Christmas ornaments use to come from Germany. And glass pickle ornaments (known as Weihnachtsgurken ornaments) are still made in Germany.
But the true wherefores and whys are unknown.
[I enjoy useless information]
Bassora Mo
still collecting more useless information on the Big Mo
Wow - blast from the past! When I was a kid we had a pickle ornament in our tree every year. I never knew what it meant - nor did anybody in my family. But as I recall - we had a cousin that was in the army stationed in Germany in the early 60's and he used to bring home little things as gifts. Maybe he gave it to us.
Brian T - Posted - 11/19/2009: 16:49:38
My kids expect savory, not sweet. Just finished a double batch of kefthedes, sausage rolls tomorrow, next is the string chicken and the curried pecans (now that really is a fast and fantastic treat.) I will make some berry pies and filo apple logs for sweets. Oranges.
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