Christmas Goodies... (The Spin-off Thread)

It's not officially Christmas for me until I'm yelling at the chocolate that won't melt properly and stay melted properly until I can finish dipping my truffles.

Or until I mess up the peppermint bark I make every year and still manage to mess up.

Or until I'm running out to the store because I ran out of baking chocolate.

Or until I'm scowling at my grocery bill because I bought too much chocolate.

I have problems with chocolate.

^ All of that is why I'm skipping chocolate things this year. (That and I kind of went shopping without a plan and kind of didn't buy chocolate.)

I guess it's not official until I've had some Trader Joe's Candy Cane Joe-Joes. And I haven't yet. They're sitting in the pantry, waiting to become crusts for my fluffy mini cheesecakes. Which I can't make until spouse-face's mom comes to visit. Which won't be until New Years.

Guess I get to skip the holiday season this year.

Lavern08 said:

OK, so it's just not officially Christmas to me until I get my hands on some...

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Festive holiday goodies!

*Honk! Honk!*

Cheese board with cured meaty goodness and olives and capers and pickled onions and crackers.

It isn't officially Christmas until my Mother-In-Law makes a snide remark about my weight and my poor mothering skills.

Oh! And cordial cherries.

We have certain cookies that have been passed down, from my grandmother to my mother, and now to my wife. I'm not gonna be able to call their names but one is like an apricot filled, folded over kind of deal. Another one is like an oatmeal, thumbprint thing filled with chocolate. But I won't see them until Christmas Eve, and that's if I'm lucky. My wife is actually very busy these days.

But I really start to feel Christmas-sy when we put up and decorate our tree. Probably sometime this week.

My Christmas specialty is homemade marshmallows.

I made cinnamon marshmallows last night. Tonight, I aim to make some chocolate malt marshmallows, and maybe peppermint stripe. I'm not a fan of peppermint, but everyone else seems to like it.

I'll be whipping up some salted caramels and English toffee for work gift boxes later this week.

I want to work where you work, Myrea. Yum!

Cherries. I know it's Christmas when I can get cherries. Yum!

Ha, my wife loves cherries too, and so yesterday she brought home a big box of and as I was unloading the trunk of her car and trying to make as few trips as I could, I dropped the plastic box, it opened immediately and every cherry went rolling out all over the filthy garage floor. Except for two. I dutifully presented the two cherries last standing to my wife. I'm not sure my marriage will survive it.

Maze Runner said:

Ha, my wife loves cherries too, and so yesterday she brought home a big box of and as I was unloading the trunk of her car and trying to make as few trips as I could, I dropped the plastic box, it opened immediately and every cherry went rolling out all over the filthy garage floor. Except for two. I dutifully presented the two cherries last standing to my wife. I'm not sure my marriage will survive it.

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Uh oh! That is not good! Mind you, I would just wash the cherries and eat them anyway because... CHERRIES!

hahahaha, yeah, don't think we didn't consider it. But my daughter stepped in and saved us from ourselves. "What? You can't eat them now!" Little shit. I like 'em too.

But... WHY can't you eat them now. I mean, if you wash them off. It's not like the dirt from the garage floor is going to get beneath the skin.

It's not officially Christmas until December 28 when I realize all the people I forgot to send cards to.

Chris P said:

It's not officially Christmas until December 28 when I realize all the people I forgot to send cards to.

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Jaymz Connelly said:

But... WHY can't you eat them now. I mean, if you wash them off. It's not like the dirt from the garage floor is going to get beneath the skin.

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I'm sure your right. And my wife was arguing this exact point. I dunno, probably should have. I don't mind wasting money, but I really do hate wasting food.

Maze Runner said:

I'm sure your right. And my wife was arguing this exact point. I dunno, probably should have. I don't mind wasting money, but I really do hate wasting food.

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And CHERRIES! Man, that's just criminal to toss all those lovely cherries. I can't count the number of times when I was young where I dropped some food item, picked it up, brushed the dirt off, and ate it anyhow. And I'm not dead yet!

Dirt equal protein. That's what I say, anyway.

It is not officially Christmas until I make peanut brittle and fudge. And of course until I bit into that first Queen Anne Chocolate Covered Cherry!

Lillian_Blaire said:

Dirt equal protein. That's what I say, anyway.

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A little bit of dirt helps boost the immune system.

Cassiopeia said:

It is not officially Christmas until I make peanut brittle and fudge. And of course until I bit into that first Queen Anne Chocolate Covered Cherry!

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Cassiopeia said:

It is not officially Christmas until I make peanut brittle and fudge. And of course until I bit into that first Queen Anne Chocolate Covered Cherry!

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Oh, yeah. *sigh* They do have to be the Queen Anne ones. And the spouse's fudge from his grandmother's recipe. And Little Debbie Cherry Cordials. And bows of cedar throughout the house from the 40 foot cedar tree I planted when it was only 8 inches tall. I just love the smells and tastes of Christmas.

Jaymz Connelly said:

A little bit of dirt helps boost the immune system.

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That's what I've been told. Do you think it works with dirty talk, too? I am an erotic romance writer, after all. Haha

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Lavern08 said:

Well, look what the cat dragged in!

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Makes you wonder where that cat's been.