Today: British Christmas cake baked by a friend visiting from the UK. Booze-fortified fruit cake, lots of marzipan, icing, evoked memories.
Category: Holidays
A British Tradition
Pulled Christmas crackers containing flimsy paper hats, riddles and cheap plastic toys. A British tradition now available at Target stores.
Seasonally Appropriate Bus
Rode this seasonally appropriate city bus to Downtown.
Leftovers Become Fine Ingredients
Today is the official start of our Holiday Leftovers Season. I reincarnated root vegetable mash as “panko-encrusted croquettes.”
Goose on the Weber
Departed from tradition: cooked a goose on the Weber.
Hanging Holiday Lights
Yesterday’s first snowfall inspired me to hang holiday lights today. We won’t switch them on until after Thanksgiving.
Three Lakes Walk
Walked around three Minneapolis lakes.
Signature Café
Our New Year’s Eve tradition: dinner with friends at Signature Café.
UK Christmas Cake
We enjoyed marzipan-topped, Armagnac-soaked fruit cake: Christmas cake made by a friend visiting from the UK.
Background Check
Walked past a sad Christmas tree, then peed in a cup as part of a background check.