It has been a great and glorious year, full of family, friends and creativity. There’s been a change of day jobs, some trips to Kiwi-land, and much re-discovery of our surrounds.
For my three faithful readers, from my family to yours; stay safe, and be happy.
See you in the New Year!
Our tree is up, much to the amusement of the feline members of the household. They can’t get enough of the train (it sings). So it had to be moved to higher ground for it’s own safety!
Carols are allowed for just a few songs a day, and acceptable renditions are cover versions done by Twisted Sister. I discovered their xmas album by fluke just days ago and bought it instantly! In more traditional music; The Nutcracker Suite seems to not provoke, and therefore has been on reasonably high rotation in an attempt to prolong Himself’s sanity.
This week I made fudge to go with the gingerbread. Again, assembling all the ingredients first …
I don’t have any “making shots” owing to all hands being needed at all times, but here’s the finished product.
And here’s the finished product!!!
I hope all your seasonal cooking is going successfully too!
Oh my goodness! It’s already December! I guess that means it’s time for some baking! Today I decided to make gingerbread biscuits to take to some parties I’ve been invited to as hostess gifts. So I dusted off Mum’s old recipe, assembled my tools,
pulled together my ingredients,
and combined them all together.
Once the dough had been mixed it goes into the fridge to firm up for rolling and kneading, this is the perfect time to wash up everything you’ve used so far, and sit down to enjoy your favourite cup of tea. Today I chose White Christmas by T2; I thought it was apt. *grins*
Out of the fridge and it’s time to make a really big and tasty mess!
In that special way that only I can, I ran out of baking paper after 2 trays and there were 4 trays of biscuits.
Out of the oven and left to cool,
it’s time to assemble more tools in preparation for icing the biscuits.
I use a disposable, zip lock bag in an attempt to stop the sticky sweet mess from spreading too far around the room!
And finally, the finished biscuits. All ready to be packaged up and tied with pretty ribbon, ready to be gifted.
I’ve decided that my rusty piping skills give the biscuits a “rustic” look. *grins*
With lots to see when you’re acting as guide.
There’s the expected sites,
and the unexpected!
(I now want to do something similar in the back yard!!!)
I was about to say that you have no idea how much fun I had setting this up; but those of you that know me will have a pretty good idea actually! (I marinated cucumber!!!)
Let’s see, it was; an excuse to show off all my pretty lacey things,
My beautiful china and furniture,
Then there was the food!
Everything seemed to go down really well, and everyone was very impressed! Now I can’t wait to do it all again!
ghoti industries 