Today I made chocolate treats and oh my, how I love making anything that includes chocolate. The best thing about making treats with chocolate is to test the samples as you go, sort of a quality control. You can’t serve anything to other people that you haven’t yet tested yourself, so I really make an… [Read more…]
December 17, 2011
Last night we invited Bob’s family to a pre-Christmas dinner. We wanted to test out the various food items before the big day arrives. We made flaeskesteg, which is the Danish word for crispy pork roast. The roast still has the skin on when you cook it. It is supposed to get crispy so when… [Read more…]
December 15, 2011
Yeah, I love Christmas! What I love most about it is the time spend making decorations for the tree and all around the home. I believe most people know who Hans Christian Andersen was and if you don’t, look it up!! I’ll give you a hint: Danish poet and fairy tale writer, the Little Mermaid,… [Read more…]
December 13, 2011
Finally Christmas is here and we are in full swing with the preparations. We have made White Christmas cookies and Lucia buns, bought our first Christmas tree and stand so now we are ready for Christmas. The White Christmas cookies means Christmas to me. My mother has always made those since I can remember. I… [Read more…]
December 20, 2011
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