this & that from my everyday life
Making dough for gingerbread
Some of the ingredients for gingerbread
No, I did not drink the cognac. I used it to flavor the dough.
It smells like christmas in the kitchen now, with all spices…
The gingerbread dough is ready! Now it has to rest for 24 hours before I bake the cookies.
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Sunday market in Marsaxlokk
Sunday, December 27, 2009 - 12:28
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Today we went to Marsaxlokk for the Sunday market. Here are some examples of things to buy:
It was a lot of people here this sunday, more than usual. I guess it had something to do with the Christmas parade and entertainment! The kids were really good at dancing and the younger kids were so cute! [...]
Christmas Day lunch at Allegro Andante
Friday, December 25, 2009 - 14:05
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Christmas Eve
Thursday, December 24, 2009 - 22:56
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We didn’t have all the traditional food we usually eat in Sweden on Christmas Eve, but Jan-Olof brought inlagd sill from Sweden and I made rödbetssallad after my grandmother’s recipe. We also had Findus småköttbullar and knäckebröd that we bought here in Malta. Kalle found som kind of sausage that looked like prinskorv, but it didn’t [...]
Swedish visitors
Wednesday, December 23, 2009 - 22:18
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Kalle’s parents Gunvor and Jan-Olof and one of Kalle’s three brothers, Pelle, arrived today to celebrate christmas with us. I am so happy to see them and I’m glad they wanted to come and visit us!
Gävlebocken on fire
Wednesday, December 23, 2009 - 09:59
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At 3 am the big goat in Gävle was set on fire and could not be saved.
Aftonbladet: Bara skelettet kvar av bocken
Gävlebockens blogg: Gone!
I’ve finally been to Candynavia!
Monday, December 21, 2009 - 22:52
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What a day!
I decided to do some christmas shopping today. And so did the rest of Malta I think! I took the bus to Valletta and stayed there for several hours looking for christmas decorations and christmas gifts.
In the afternoon I went to Sliema to buy some clothes and more gifts. when I was done [...]
Santa’s cap – not just for show
Monday, December 14, 2009 - 23:12
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I have had a sore throat for a few days now and today I have been freezing. So I’m wearing almost all warm clothes I have now; long-sleeved shirt, sweater, scarf and warm socks. But I have no cap, so I’ve borrowed Santa’s cap. It’s keeping me warm!
I’m drinking tea with honey now and I hope I [...]
Is there really no more fans of egg liqueur?
Monday, December 14, 2009 - 18:26
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A few weeks ago I participated in a vote on which praline I like best in the Aladdin-box. I have several favourites but the one I finally voted for was the egg liqueur praline.
Today I read the result on Aftonbladet.se. My favourite praline didn’t even get 4% of the votes?! I’m surprized. The praline will be removed [...]
Christmas cards are on the way
Wednesday, December 9, 2009 - 12:14
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This morning I went to The bright spot (a small shop just around the block that sells about everything but food) to buy stamps for my Christmas cards. I bought amost all their stock of Europe stamps (sorry). The stamps are cheap here compared to Sweden. It is cheaper to send letters to Japan or USA from [...]
Just a pile of soft gingerbread pieces left
Sunday, December 6, 2009 - 23:32
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It didn’t take long for the rest of my tower to collapse. Half an hour ago Kalle shouted from the kitchen that two walls were down and while I was downloading the photos to the computer he shouted again that all walls had fell.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009 - 10:38
Oh, thats’ RIIIGHT it’s DECEMBER now. Jag ska jobba på mina bullmamma-skills. =) Bakade helt VANLIGT bröd igår i bakmaskinen. Det var ju inte bra. Måste vara julkryddor i. Vad har man för julkryddor i bröd? Ingefära? Gurkmeja… NÄÄ nu vet jag RUSSIN! Fast de blir så äckliga i bröd och de är så goda att äta som de är. Man kan tända ett ljus, äta russinen och kolla på när degen jäser!
Wednesday, December 2, 2009 - 11:21
Sista var bra. Du kan ju dricka glögg också, medan degen jäser. Så får du lite jul-lukt också!