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Post by svca on Dec 19, 2021 15:03:27 GMT -5
Somehow I've managed to get this far in life without eating a potato pancake of any sort. Strange but true. I'm up for it, though. Love Adam's little Elvis thingie. LOL I grew up in Germany...you say potato and I'm there. Potatoes are life lol. |
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Post by melliemom on Dec 19, 2021 15:08:51 GMT -5
First, many thanks for Brian May for telling his COVID story. He has millions of fans who will listen to him and heed his advice. So glad he was fully vaxed and is now recovering. Adam did look great on Lorraine! And, I've had a taste of trifle once or twice. But I've never had Latke (sp.?) Gotta try them sometime! Isn't a latke just a potato pancake? My grandmother in Germany used to make up potato pancakes all the time. We'd eat them covered in applesauce. Yup exactly |
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Post by melliemom on Dec 19, 2021 15:11:21 GMT -5
First, many thanks for Brian May for telling his COVID story. He has millions of fans who will listen to him and heed his advice. So glad he was fully vaxed and is now recovering. Adam did look great on Lorraine! And, I've had a taste of trifle once or twice. But I've never had Latke (sp.?) Gotta try them sometime! I have had both and they are both great but very very different. My Mom is British so Trifle common....sponge cake layered with custard and jam and fruit ... sherry soaked in the cake sometimes...whipped creme in or on top....it is delicious.
My ex was/is Ukranian so had their version of potato pancakes that is very similar to Latkes, I think. Very good also...Can someone give a good description of Latkes so I can tell if they are close to what my H used to call something like Batsia {  } eta...wiki tells me that it is called Derune [don't know where i got the other name] and actually is likely the origin of latkes..hmmmm....loved them with sour creme and even butter....
another name is potatoe pancakes...recipe probably the very same...I eat them with either apple suace or sour cream.. you can buy them frozen.. I'm basically lazy. |
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Post by mszue on Dec 19, 2021 15:28:10 GMT -5
We don't have a lot of Adam stuff to report on at the moment....I would love to hear of some of the 'foodie' traditions that folks here have...beyond or instead of or a little different...from the US centric [not meaning that in a bad way] Turkey dinner...as lovely as that is. For example...how and why did Christmas Cake become something uncool, to be ridiculed!? I loved that part of Christmas and carried on the family tradition of making it every year until my kids were grown and not everyone appreciated the work and expense of a gift of this cake. When done properly, it is amazing....to me. A huge pan of dried Fruit soaked in Rum for weeks before become part of a cake. Then the cake wrapped in cheesecloth soaked in Sherry...for at least another month before ready for eating. You only use enough actual cake mix to hold the fruit together  Almond paste [marzipan] for icing.... Now that is a calorie or two!! It bears little resemblance to what passes for Christmas cake in most stores today... The there is Christmas pudding.... In my life, all those traditions have largely gone by the board...kids aren't really interested....they have all been watered down...much of the traditions being fed by large grocery chains, and Hallmark movies. How many here still go to all that trouble...and enjoy it? What are you favourite ritual memories? |
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Post by svca on Dec 19, 2021 15:52:07 GMT -5
I've never heard of Christmas cake, Mszue...or Christmas pudding. It probably depends on which part of the world you're from. My family on my Mom's side is German, so every Christmas she makes Stollen, and some German cookies like Spitzbuben, Butterplaetzchen, etc.
Is Christmas cake a bit like fruitcake? My ex MIL used to buy these fruitcakes for a fundraiser when her girls were in band...many, many moons ago. I was the only one that actually liked it lol. Couldn't it very much of it, too rich, but it was pretty good.
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Post by bamafan on Dec 19, 2021 16:11:18 GMT -5
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Post by svca on Dec 19, 2021 17:07:46 GMT -5
I can't tell, is that Adam really wearing a Santa hat, or is that a fan edit of Adam wearing a Santa hat?
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Post by mszue on Dec 19, 2021 17:30:35 GMT -5
I've never heard of Christmas cake, Mszue...or Christmas pudding. It probably depends on which part of the world you're from. My family on my Mom's side is German, so every Christmas she makes Stollen, and some German cookies like Spitzbuben, Butterplaetzchen, etc. Is Christmas cake a bit like fruitcake? My ex MIL used to buy these fruitcakes for a fundraiser when her girls were in band...many, many moons ago. I was the only one that actually liked it lol. Couldn't it very much of it, too rich, but it was pretty good. yes...it is a heavy, moist fruitcake served almost exclusively during the Christmas season. As the candied fruit became more and more expensive, the whole tradition seemed to die out here in Canada, at least. Not sure about the UK. Every country and culture has its own traditional foods...I had hoped to hear of some. I know we had many of them, and just the mention of some of those foods brings Christmas memories flooding through. |
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Post by animaldoc on Dec 19, 2021 17:31:27 GMT -5
I can't tell, is that Adam really wearing a Santa hat, or is that a fan edit of Adam wearing a Santa hat? Either way, that picture just takes my breath away! |
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Post by SophieB on Dec 19, 2021 17:50:40 GMT -5
I've never heard of Christmas cake, Mszue...or Christmas pudding. It probably depends on which part of the world you're from. My family on my Mom's side is German, so every Christmas she makes Stollen, and some German cookies like Spitzbuben, Butterplaetzchen, etc. Is Christmas cake a bit like fruitcake? My ex MIL used to buy these fruitcakes for a fundraiser when her girls were in band...many, many moons ago. I was the only one that actually liked it lol. Couldn't it very much of it, too rich, but it was pretty good. yes...it is a heavy, moist fruitcake served almost exclusively during the Christmas season. As the candied fruit became more and more expensive, the whole tradition seemed to die out here in Canada, at lea st. Not sure about the UK. Every country and culture has its own traditional foods...I had hoped to hear of some. I know we had many of them, and just the mention of some of those foods brings Christmas memories flooding through. Oh we definitely have old fashioned Christmas Cake still. Covered in marzipan and Royal icing and ours is decorated with the very reindeer and Santa figures that my grandmother put on her cake when we were little. And Christmas Pudding covered in hot brandy sauce. Before serving we make a little hole in the top, fill it with brandy and set it alight. Only this year, it may be delayed slightly. Just heard my children and partners have Covid and won’t be able to come home until the 28th. However there’s talk of a possible London lockdown from the 27th! Can’t win!  |
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} eta...wiki tells me that it is called Derune [don't know where i got the other name] and actually is likely the origin of latkes..hmmmm....loved them with sour creme and even butter....
Almond paste [marzipan] for icing.... Now that is a calorie or two!! It bears little resemblance to what passes for Christmas cake in most stores today... The there is Christmas pudding....
