On Thursday, November 10, 2016 at 11:31:06 PM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> "dsi1" wrote in message
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> On Thursday, November 10, 2016 at 11:55:29 AM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> > I made mine today. I went out yesterday and got the raisins, glazed red
> > and green cherries, pineapple, eggs, butter, flour..... I got up this
> > morning and set the two pounds of butter out to soften up and mid
> > morning I got started. Things seemed to work smoothly.
> >
> > After I put the first batch into the oven and started preparing the
> > second batch I realized that I had forgotten to add the vanilla in the
> > first batch. Perhaps it will not be a big a problem. I always douse the
> > cakes with a lot of brandy. I am thinking that I can add some vanilla to
> > the brandy that I use on the first batch of four cakes. It will be
> > wrapped up and put into the freezer for a month and a half. The way I
> > see it is that if that 6 weeks is enough time for the brandy to permeate
> > the cake, then it should be able to infuse the entire cake(s) with the
> > vanilla.
> >
> >
> > At any rate, that is my first foray into Christmas baking. I need to get
> > some more butter and work on shortbread, which also needs time to
> > develop good taste and texture. One of these days I will pick up some
> > mincemeat and make a few dozen tarts.
>
> I used to make fruitcake with my mom. It was the only activity that we did
> together. These days I don't make fruitcake but I'm glad that I got to spend
> that time with my mom because it was our time exclusively.
>
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> Lovely When I was very small I used to kneel on chair up to the table to
> help my Grandma prepare fruit for pies.
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I used to do that with my aunties and grandma when they prepared foods for parties. One of my aunties had an okazuya and I would watch her make sushi rice for maki and cone sushi. My uncle owned a lunchwagon and I remember him preparing beef cutlets. He would lightly tap the meat with a glass into cracker crumbs which were in aluminum pans. I can still hear that crunch-crunch sound it would make.