Daisi Posted November 12, 2023 #2801 Share Posted November 12, 2023 18 hours ago, notamermaid said: I love puff pastry in a roll from my local supermarket. So versatile. I have used it for finger food, baking with leftover fruit, cheese parcels. Planning to try Spritzgebäck (that is dough pushed through a machine or piping bag that creates shapes) again using an older recipe with rum. Problem I have is that it requires egg yolk. So what to do with the egg whites? I am not good at making meringue. Macarons? Or German coconut biscuits? I am seriously out of practice... Around this time of year we eat Martinsgans - Saint Martin's legend says that he was hiding so he would not be appointed bishop but the geese betrayed his hiding place - but I have never cooked goose. Have only had it in a restaurant many years ago. It is on the specials menu at many places in November. By the way - has anyone had goose on a river cruise? notamermaid My Mom always made Spritzgebäck, usually just the crescent shaped ones dipped in dark chocolate, not sure if the rum was in them, but I'll have to put in a request. 🙂 We didn't have goose on our cruise, but we did have pigs cheeks. We were gutsy, and they were quite tasty. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaribbeanIsland Posted November 12, 2023 #2802 Share Posted November 12, 2023 On 11/11/2023 at 1:00 PM, Coral said: It probably is. I broke my wrist recently on vacation. So I am not making much right now. I can say a lot about Canadian healthcare and trip insurance though. I did save the recipe for later but didn't look too closely at it. I hope you are feeling better! Sorry your vacation was cut short. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare notamermaid Posted November 13, 2023 #2803 Share Posted November 13, 2023 19 hours ago, UDChE89 said: My Lidl normally has pasteis de nata in the bakery section on a regular basis. I tried the frozen ones from my local supermarket (REWE) after having heard good things about the tasty original in Portugal. Well, the frozen ones were almost inedible, not sure what went wrong with defrosting, if anything. When I had the opportunity recently at a market stall to eat them and heard that they were made at a special bakery I tried them again. Much better! But I think I need to declare them to not be my favourite bakery stuff. notamermaid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jpalbny Posted November 13, 2023 #2804 Share Posted November 13, 2023 Hi from Botswana! We're having a great time with the big cats. This guy from the Kalahari is named Blondie. Seeing a cheetah in the wild was a definite highlight. Leopards galore in the Okavango Delta. A wild dog for good measure. Definitely a lucky sighting. We saw a pack of 25+. And more cute kitties. He's missing a tooth. Not so ferocious with only three! Nap time! Botswana is highly recommended based on our experience so far! 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare pontac Posted November 13, 2023 #2805 Share Posted November 13, 2023 On 11/9/2023 at 5:49 PM, pontac said: Now in UK the ceremonies take place at 11am on the first Sunday after 11/11*. I will be at the War Memorial in my city on Sunday morning. Here is the Remembrance ceremony I was at yesterday morning Afterwards the Mayor spoke to each Flag Bearer 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare notamermaid Posted November 17, 2023 #2806 Share Posted November 17, 2023 On Sunday we have Volkstrauertag coming up. A remembrance day. Our government is thinking of introducing a remembrance day for veterans of the army. Have not looked into details yet. A typical November day and I am busy with household and work (reduced work due to low tourism in November) and checking the flooding in Germany. Which you will have noticed. 😉 Have had time for a bit of cooking out of the ordinary though, so made bread and butter pudding with home-made custard. So worth the effort. Have a good weekend everyone. notamermaid 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canal archive Posted November 19, 2023 #2807 Share Posted November 19, 2023 Congrats Australia great first hour of cricket to win the WC cricket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ural guy Posted November 20, 2023 #2808 Share Posted November 20, 2023 JP- Looks like a very neat adventure, good you got to see so many animals. My last day of work was 2 November, and started 'terminal leave', using up the last of my annual leave until 30 November. That evening the spouse dropped me at the local airport, and 1 flight connection, subway followed by train, then 5E taxi, hello Coimbra Portugal. Spouse and I were there in April. I figured if I was taking leave, I needed to do something with it. I wanted some sun, and easy. That's Portugal to me. Just a few notes: Lisbon to Coimbra: 4 stops of red line subway to Oriente station, train is around 3 hrs and was 22E. Hertz has a rental office 1 km from main square. From Coimbra, an hour north to Aviero, the 'Venice of Portugal'. It's a stretch, but they do have 45 kms of canals with gondolas. 13E for an hour tour. I enjoyed my time here. Took a day trip up to Porto. Google lists it as a 35 minute train ride from Aviero, its closer to an hour with rail work. The train got up to 230 kms/hr for just a small stretch, mostly it was 40/50 km/hr. 6.5 E for the 'fast' train, others are cheaper. I just mention that as a day trip in either direction would be nice. The Douro Serenity and Elegance were in port along with VIking Osfrid and Helgrim. Amavida had the outside third spot and couldn't catch her name. Lastly, I know some of you have been to Tomar for the convent, which is amazing. Just a few kms outside of town is Aqueduto dos Pegões, which feed water to the convent. 400 years old, remarkable engineering, and I was lucky enough to get great weather that morning. This was a revisit for me, still jaw dropping...especially the last bit that doesn't have a curb along the walkway. In the shadow pic, I'm the little bump on top. Another nice trip to Portugal. Just try to get out of the two big cities if you can. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jpalbny Posted November 20, 2023 #2809 Share Posted November 20, 2023 That aqueduct was a highlight. Scarier (to me) than Devil's Pool though! Congratulations on your retirement! I'm hopefully just a year behind you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hihandycap Posted November 20, 2023 #2810 Share Posted November 20, 2023 On 11/13/2023 at 5:47 AM, jpalbny said: This guy from the Kalahari... Do you know of a TA that might rebate some of the commission for booking southern African game tours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jpalbny Posted November 20, 2023 #2811 Share Posted November 20, 2023 I'm sorry, but we are not allowed to provide the names of travel agents on CC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPT Trips Posted November 20, 2023 #2812 Share Posted November 20, 2023 5 hours ago, hihandycap said: Do you know of a TA that might rebate some of the commission for booking southern African game tours? Not naming names or even hinting at a particular website,you might just want to ask Mr. Google. Choose your keywords. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canal archive Posted November 21, 2023 #2813 Share Posted November 21, 2023 ural guy what an exciting way to start the next stage of your life and on your own. Enjoy, my DH and many friends actually consider that now the hard work starts. Evidently it can be very tiring to make the most out of retirement, enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ural guy Posted November 21, 2023 #2814 Share Posted November 21, 2023 JP- Great for you and Chris, 'pull the pin' when you still have health and obviously a sense of wonder and adventure. CA- Thanks, but I'm guessing the hard work is now of our husbands choosing. That freedom is what I'm after. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Kristelle Posted November 21, 2023 #2815 Share Posted November 21, 2023 On 11/20/2023 at 2:22 AM, Canal archive said: Congrats Australia great first hour of cricket to win the WC cricket. was an interesting day at work Tues as my boss is Indian and a cricket fanatic....... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canal archive Posted November 21, 2023 #2816 Share Posted November 21, 2023 Bet he felt just a little outnumbered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPT Trips Posted November 22, 2023 #2817 Share Posted November 22, 2023 For those of you of a certain age, where were you and what were to doing when you got the news 60 years ago today? I was in Mrs Alexander’s high school history class when the Principal came on the PA and announced school was dismissed and that evening’s prom was cancelled. That and the several days that followed are forever etched in my memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canal archive Posted November 22, 2023 #2818 Share Posted November 22, 2023 I was at our brand new Youth Club we were all convinced WW3 was about to start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capriccio Posted November 22, 2023 #2819 Share Posted November 22, 2023 i was in 5th grade (10 years old) at an elementary school in suburban Boston (home of the Kennedy family). Our last class of the day was music and our teacher told us the news at the end of the class. When we went to get on our bus home the school principal, a wonderful woman who did bus duty on Fridays to wish everyone a good weekend, was distraught and could barely speak. It was the first time I had ever seen adults so upset. Unfortunately it wouldn't be the last; I can also tell you where I was when I heard the news that Bobby Kennedy and Martin Luther King had been killed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Kristelle Posted November 22, 2023 #2820 Share Posted November 22, 2023 60 years ago today, I was exactly 4 months old. for ignoramuses like me, can you tell us what news we are talking about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmymac613 Posted November 22, 2023 #2821 Share Posted November 22, 2023 8 minutes ago, Kristelle said: 60 years ago today, I was exactly 4 months old. for ignoramuses like me, can you tell us what news we are talking about? John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Kristelle Posted November 22, 2023 #2822 Share Posted November 22, 2023 Thank you. I have heard of that event of course but date wise is not commonly known in Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKingD Posted November 22, 2023 #2823 Share Posted November 22, 2023 I was in the 4th grade, and our school was trying to figure out what to do about telling us, and the mother of one of my classmates called the school and insisted on having her daughter called to the office, so that girl knew and came back to class with the news. I think they let us out of school early, and by the time I got home, my mother was distraught. She never watched TV during the day, but she had the TV on, and the draperies were closed so the picture would be clearer in the otherwise bright room. It was a very sad day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkster77 Posted November 23, 2023 #2824 Share Posted November 23, 2023 We sat there in third grade and the principal piped the radio feed into the classrooms so that the nuns could listen in. We sorta knew what was going on, but I wish someone had explained to us what a motorcade was. Stupid me, since I was only 7 and it was in Dallas, Texas, I had pictured a cowboy-style ambush of the president. Later when I got home and watched on TV it all made sense. At one point we were restless and Sister Daniel could not hear. She told us to be quiet because "it was the voice of God on the radio(!)" You could hear a pin drop for the rest of the afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canal archive Posted November 23, 2023 #2825 Share Posted November 23, 2023 I suppose because of my age and verging on my really rebellious period I joined (I’m proud to say) the very last Ban the Bomb march much to my mum’s horror, she had wanted to join ( how did I know!). How I got my future security clearance is debatable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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