Friday, November 23, 2018

the countdown

Before Thanksgiving, my brother came home with a lemon poppy seed cake from a client. It isn't Advent yet, but I am counting this anyway, counting it as the beginning of the holiday offerings which inundate us every December.

very tasty

I talk about it here, but this year I'm photographing everything. Then, you'll see. Because you don't get it, I know you don't. But you'll see.*


*of course, it's possible this Christmas things will change, and we won't get so much. That would be okay. 
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  1. elizabethNovember 23, 2018 at 10:53 PM

    I remember you mentioning this. I think all of them give it with love! Do you freeze a lot of it?

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    1. LisaNovember 24, 2018 at 7:05 PM

      Only something like a quick bread, but most of it is cookies or candy - we don't freeze that. The trouble is that you're right - it's given with great affection for him and he wants to at least try everything, so it's not like we can say, "Enough already, let's pass this on". I am going to try and be more organized with it this year and maybe I can do something differently.

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  2. clare.elizabethNovember 24, 2018 at 4:33 PM

    I remember too. Poor lonely batchelor! He has no-one to care for him and no special food at Christmas! :D

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    1. LisaNovember 24, 2018 at 7:05 PM

      Exactly! I may as well disappear....

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    2. clare.elizabethNovember 25, 2018 at 4:46 PM

      Poor you xx Some women just cannot help it. The priest Mum had at her church a few years ago was a batchelor and the ladies from the church used to bake for him ALL the time. If he wasn't at home they used to post the food in through the cat-flap! It could be worse. You might have had continuous food parcels!

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    3. LisaNovember 25, 2018 at 5:45 PM

      I suppose if he were my hairdresser, I'd do the same. When he first started in the business and worked at a place with older clientele near a city, he'd get bottles of booze - and our family are not drinkers! So, this is better - it's just the volume! But each person has no idea of how many others are having the same idea... :D

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    4. clare.elizabethNovember 27, 2018 at 5:24 PM

      :D

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  3. GretchenJoannaNovember 27, 2018 at 1:47 AM

    Do you freeze some of it? Or... just eat? Is there anyone to pass it on to? This situation would be challenging for me!!

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    1. LisaNovember 27, 2018 at 6:49 PM

      He does want to at least try each offering. Then, we end up eating it - albeit over a fairly long period of time, like a little dessert every night, which we don't generally have. So Advent is not a time of fasting in this house - it's impossible! I will freeze the little cakes or quick breads. I'm going to see if I can do anything differently this time.

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  4. CherylNovember 28, 2018 at 5:28 PM

    Oh goodness. That does look nice, and what a lovely thought, but I can imagine that it would be easy to put on weight with a constant supply. Hope it is varied!

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