Tuesday 27-12-2016 – Celebrating National Fruitcake Day?

I don’t like fruit cake and certainly won’t buy it. My Aunt married a German and he loved German food. So she would make the Stollen which is German fruit cake. I made a point of eating it so as not to offend my Aunt but I made up my own Brandy based glaze. This is made it OK. Since I was stationed elsewhere, she mailed it to me. I suspect Brandy based glaze can make a lot of things a bit tastier. 😆

We’re off…to bed. Cya l8r and have happy~

PG

Nighty night

Lol at the fruitcake funnies! I always think of my grandparents house when I think of it…because they are probably the last generation to enjoy it in our family. Fruitcake as a scratching post…lol. And yes, brandy glaze would make all things better, PG.

KJ, the Gilmore Girls actor/spin enthusiast you mentioned plays one of my favorite supporting characters. I loved his storyline in the recent revival.

Facebook threw a memory at me today…from six years ago…Emily was the only cat in the house! We adopted Eko Jan 3, right after the holidays. Took the tree down a few days earlier than usual just so as not to tempt him. :).

Once, many years ago, I did make fruitcake, but no red and green candied cherries! Mostly rum, actually. 🙂

Now, I only eat panettone, which is far less sweet and not really a cake, but a brioche. There are some oversweet panettoni with gooey fillings, but I only like the classic ones – there is a bit of fruit, usually raisins, but mostly butter…
Indeed, stale panettoni make a good bread pudding or French toast (pain perdu in French).

However, I buy any panettone I serve, as it is complex to make and I can find them on sale now in my neighbourhood. Good with espresso during the day and sparkling wine in the evening!

Good morning – not much of a fruitcake fan here. Chocolate, on the other hand…
Comet humored me by jumping in a box that I put on the floor last night. He stayed in there for about 2 minutes, then went to his basket under the Christmas tree.
MS, I did read about your mum breaking her ankle, ouch! It’s great that KK is there to help her. Hope she heals well as feels better real soon.
I like Yanic Truesdale’s character in GG too. Michel has a strict died of very low carbs and lots of exercise! He also thinks of Loralai as the teacher in a Charlie Brown cartoon.
Rain earlier today but the sun is now out here in Jersey. It’s unseasonably mild too – I’ll take it!
Tuesday lunch should be quite a variety of goodies. In addition to emptying out mom’s fridge, I’m bringing a few things and sister will probably have a few goodies too.

Oh dear . . . I’m not a fruitcake fan either! Or Christmas pudding, to be honest – just not keen on dried fruit things really. I prefer simple food that can remember what it used to be.

Thanks for your kind words, KZ – I’m still dazed by it all, and by the way emotions will lurch suddenly up or down or sideways, taking you completely by surprise! It was the 21st when Mum left us, so it’s not quite a week yet. Sometimes it seems like years since I saw her – sometimes I can’t believe she’s gone at all. But it does help to have friends I can talk to.

😀

And a message from me to MS’s mother: Get Well Soon! Once you are able to use the ankle, a little exercise is good, but not too much at once. Give it time to get used to being an ankle again. And plenty of rest is good for mending.

Off to feed some cats now.

CatWScotia, that is very sad, any time of year. It was a little different for me, when my mum died a few years ago – she was fine until she was 95, then had little strokes that created a sort of vascular dementia – not Alzheimer’s. She was mostly asleep all the time and drifted in and out of consciousness. My parents were relatively elderly when I was born; it is as if they were more my grandparents. So while I was sad and numb when all was over, I felt more of a loss when she was no longer “there”.

My father died much younger; about the age I am now (I’m a boomer). He was a lifelong chain smoker… My parents met as war workers in Ottawa.

So I know you just went through the motions, if that, at Christmastime. I hope you’ll feel a bit better when the light returns – while it gets colder here, you are very far north of here and it must be very dark outside as well as in your soul. Hope the pussycats’ warmth is some kind of balm.

As for a dark coat, do buy a nice chic one you’ll like and enjoy wearing in happier times.

Good afternoon all, it’s another hot day here and doors and windows are open to let any breeze through the house. Temp in the shade outside was 27C/80F before noon.
CWS, condolences on your loss, I can imagine you are at sixes and sevens at the moment. I will pass on your message to Mum for when she has healed. I took her to her Dr this morning and her Dr told her that she must not take her moonboot off unless she is sleeping or getting wet or she would have her put in plaster. 😆 😆 I think she will behave now.
It’s great to see everyone back here again, so busy over the c/hristmas break with family and friends.
Lagatta daughter Meegz made Panettone once but it was quite involved so now she buys it.
AV, we also had wrapped resents for all the cats, Shadz got a new table mat for her plates to sit on, my grandkits got a fancy box for all their brushes to be in and they all got packets of greenies.
Comet, couldn’t you decide which was the best place to be? Airy has put up a little sun shelter on the terrace and we are wondering how long before Shadz is found sleeping in it.
KJ, your weather and your tights don’t get along well do they, glad you weren’t injured. Great night shirts.

KJ, your nightshirt is just adorable! I love getting comfy clothes to sleep in and usually end up in long sleeved T shirts and jammie bottoms. I get twisted in gowns or long shirts and especially now when I can’t turn over very well due to the blasted hip.

MS, I meant to send blessings to your mother about her ankle. She needs to behave herself and wear the blasted moonboot, at least it’s something she can take on and off, whereas the plaster she can’t! I’m planning on following all the good advice from my doctor and the physio people when my hip gets done. Had quite a bout with the doctors’ scheduler as she wouldn’t call me back after I found out my insurance won’t let me have my surgery in the hospital that we originally thought. I told her this 2 MONTHS AGO, and here I sit thinking what is going on with my surgery date!! I made some phone calls today to shake things up–she called me within the hour and the date is January 23. However, another of my doctors is to call me in the morning as they were totally unaware that this major insurance company has taken the doctors’ hospital off of their list and this is going to majorly screw up scheduled surgeries for these and many other doctors in the coming months. I think that it was purposely kept secret from these doctors until the first of the year because the insurance company has the other local hospital in their pocket. Leave it to me to be the one that let’s the cat out of the bag! I HATE this stress on top of a major surgery coming up. EEEK.

Oh, and I’m not a fruitcake eater either. Like fruit, like cake, just not all chopped up and baked together. 😉