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Archive for November, 2009
Making glögg
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Glögg ingredients: ginger, orange peel, cinnamon, cloves and cardamom.
I heated the spices in red wine and vodka
I set fire to the alcohol and poured it over the sugar, that melted down in the glögg. I had to work fast because the ladle and the stainer were both plastic and I didn't want it to melt in the heat of the fire. Then I left the spices in the glögg for an hour. Then I filtered it, heated it up again and served it with chopped almonds and raisins. It tasted really good! I also have 1 litre left in the fridge for next weekend.
Making dough for gingerbread
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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.
Dry orange slices for decoration
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First I sliced an orange
Then I decided to add lemon and lime as well
I placed the slices on a baking sheet and dried them in the oven for a few hours
Oops, the slices burned quickly at the end...
I used the dry slices as decorations for the advent wreath. But tomorrow I will throw away the burned slices and buy more decorations and better candles.
Gizmo in Santa’s hat
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I tried to take a Christmas photo of Gizmo,but he was only still for a a few seconds...
...before he shook of his hat and wanted to do something else
Shining stars
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by Emma
in Living in Malta
Stars are shining in our windows now
- Advent wreath without decorations
We now have red-and-gold coloured star in the livingroom and a golden star in the study. Unfortunately the light from the energy bulbs are very white and cold, but maybe I’ll get used to it…
I bought this advent wreath today, but I didn’t find any better candles or decorations. I’ll buy that tomorrow on Bay street.
Findus
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- Findus Wok
Findus vegetables are found in the freezer counter in most stores on the island.
Wasabröd
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We bought Swedish bread today! Wasa Original from Filipstad in Sweden.
- Different types of bread from Wasa
Is crispbread Swedish?
Crispbread has been baked in Sweden by Wasabröd since 1919, and is now sold in over 40 countries around the world.Where does the name Wasabröd come from?
Wasabröd is a combination of the two words Wasa and bröd. Bröd is the Swedish word for bread and Wasa is associated from the name of the Swedish king Gustav Vasa and was picked to create an easy recognizable brand for all Swedes.
Made by Jönköping Vulcan
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Three Stars Safety Matches - Jönköping Sweden
Swedish matches are popular here in Malta. The match boxes in the photo are from Pavi but I’ve also seen them at Greens and other stores.
Shopping all day long
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by Emma
in Living in Malta
…well, in the afternoon at least.
We got up late this morning. I think we were all tired, even Gizmo. After breakfast Kalle played guitar hero, while I lay on the couch half asleep, listening, with Gizmo sleeping in my arms. Mmm, it was nice!
We didn't buy anything in the first shop.
Here they had a lot of stuff and we bought 2 Moravian stars
I think the maltese people like Christmas lights a lot. The more they blink the better it is.
Flashing stars... not my type of Moravian star
Sweet memories!
In one of the stores I found porcelain figures just like the figures that me and my sister got when we were children. I still have mine, but it is broken and glued together again.
Mixed peel
We also went to Pavi’s for grocery shopping, and I bought ingredients for ginger bread and mulled wine (glögg). But we didn’t find all the spices for glögg. I think we spent 40 minutes trying to find bitter orange peels (pomerans-skal). The only peels they had was a box of diced and coloured mixed peels. I bought it of pure frustration, but I think I will use the peel from fresh oranges instead.