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So... what have You made yet? (and Christmas story)
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Barbtail
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>From: Denise~*
Denise,
That was a very heart-warming story. Thank you for sharing it.
*smiles*
Barb Anne
another *cookie person*
>From: Denise~*
>Me? I'm the cookie person in our family, so I always have a couple days
>of baking, but I'm also making some tins of various candies so I have
>done much more this season.
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>So far I have made (to be divided amongst decorative gift tins)
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>Old Fashioned Fudge (3 successful batches, one more to be made)
>Rum Balls (2 batches)
>Almond-Cranberry Biscotti
>Orange-Pecan Biscotti
>Peanut Brittle (2 batches)
>and I might possibly make a coconut macaroon type cookie, Maybe with a
>Hershey kiss in the center. Only if I have the time Thursday.
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>And for the cookies (for the annual Christmas eve family party)
>Spritz
>Lefse (I make the flour kind, and it turns out wonderful)
>Krum Kake (to be made Thursday)
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>I usually make Rosettes, but my fryer broke & discovered it when I tried
>to make donuts for Halloween. :-/
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>If you cannot tell from the cookies, we are a Norwegian family.
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>...gather around kiddies, here's my story...
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>The Christmas after grandma died I all of a sudden realized (thought) If
>I didn't make the Krum Kake, nobody else would. I called my then
>boyfriend (now husband) from college crying & asking him to buy me a
>Krum Kake Iron for Christmas & he had to give it to me before Christmas.
>(we had been dating for a few years, he understood my quest)
>I called my Aunt for grammas recipe & brought the cookies to the party.
> Come to find out that my cousin also brought some. I was surprised to
>find out he had "inherited" grammas old cast iron krum kake iron. (I
>had the new-fangled electric double iron) He was happy to allow me to
>take the Krum Kake throne, as he had a terrible time at making them.
>I've been the cookie maker for the last 10 years & happy to be it.
>I remember that we both marveled over the fact that gramma made hers on
>that same old ancient cast iron (right over the burner kind) and also
>made about 10 other batches of cookies & candies each year in addition
>to planning the family party (buffet dinner) each year up until the year
>she died. She was an amazing person.
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>And that is how traditions are started & kept. :-)
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