tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post3504481585175073926..comments2024-03-29T11:29:56.764-04:00Comments on Jungle Red Writers: Preserving TraditionsJungle Red Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-55135872124622571142017-06-29T01:33:44.058-04:002017-06-29T01:33:44.058-04:00use of the brand-new split display setting, musica...use of the brand-new split display setting, <a href="https://musicallylogin.co/" rel="nofollow">musical.ly sign in</a> Enter your complete name and faucet "Continue".julieazevedohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17943879111626179764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-87012283620044630222012-11-27T22:48:19.550-05:002012-11-27T22:48:19.550-05:00Rhys, my Canadian/Scot father expected tea every a...Rhys, my Canadian/Scot father expected tea every afternoon in retirement--yes, with loose tea made the proper way and some sort of refreshment. And we always had plum pudding with flaming sugar cubes and hard sauce--how I loved that sauce. My kids have no interest in such traditions, and I miss them. But we have our cheese ball every year--have had it since I was a kid.judyalterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13767466505891813090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-79962508268481507162012-11-27T09:43:11.271-05:002012-11-27T09:43:11.271-05:00Lucy, I have the exact same knitted stockings! My ...Lucy, I have the exact same knitted stockings! My great-aunt and grandmother made the originals, but I inherited the pattern and made stockings for my kids and daughter-in-law. Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10186095863138194149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-2649012149309635462012-11-26T18:40:56.510-05:002012-11-26T18:40:56.510-05:00Oh, Hallie, yes… yeast for the sticky buns. xoOh, Hallie, yes… yeast for the sticky buns. xoMaureen Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499876353651763590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-79915011573901256642012-11-26T18:38:21.286-05:002012-11-26T18:38:21.286-05:00This year I'm trying to reinstitute a family t...This year I'm trying to reinstitute a family tradition of writing a hand written, personal letter to each of the people we love and to enclose it in a card. I just want to write hopeful things for the new year. It won't be newsy letter. Each of the people on our list knows about our troubles this year, and we want to look ahead. It's hard to write real letters now, and I don't expect many, if any, in return. I hope it does happen though, and I hope other people in my family do the same.Maureen Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499876353651763590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-28114641216173813342012-11-26T17:54:37.693-05:002012-11-26T17:54:37.693-05:00For the past 15 years or so my family has gone to ...For the past 15 years or so my family has gone to the The Goodman Theater's production of A Christmas Carol, in Chicago, the second weekend in December. It never gets old. There have been years when I feel like pre ghost visit Scrooge walking into the play and without fail, I always leave feeling like the giddy Christmas morning Scrooge.<br /><br />Prior to being allowed to check out the presents under the tree Christmas morning, my parents had my siblings and I stand by the ceramic nativity scene, made by my mom, on the buffet table and wish the baby Jesus a Happy Birthday. A silly tradition but one I don't think I will every forget.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-19136086798801458592012-11-26T16:31:05.585-05:002012-11-26T16:31:05.585-05:00We use to untangle lights - lay them all out on th...We use to untangle lights - lay them all out on the floor, plug them in to test and try not to step on them.Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-68731916014149648442012-11-26T16:30:28.155-05:002012-11-26T16:30:28.155-05:00YUMMY YUMMY YUMMY
Somehow the "overnight&quo...YUMMY YUMMY YUMMY<br /><br />Somehow the "overnight" got me.Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-61984544021628648392012-11-26T16:29:15.488-05:002012-11-26T16:29:15.488-05:00Sorry, Edith, purist that I am I do not consider a...Sorry, Edith, purist that I am I do not consider a "real" cinnamon sticky bun one that's made with a quick bread (baking soda) dough. Gotta have YEAST. And I don't have a bread machine. <br /><br />I make quick breads, pie crust - easy peasy. But yeast bread pretty much defines my limits. <br />It's not hard so much as complicated, and you have to pay attention. You've gotta mix it, knead it, let it rise, knead again - then roll it out and fill it with cinnamon sugar and raisins and nuts and then cut it into slices and let them rise again, sitting overnight in a pan in a layer of butter and maple syrup. Bake them in the morning. <br /><br />I think I just talked myself into making them again.Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-48219637238058821212012-11-26T15:14:18.800-05:002012-11-26T15:14:18.800-05:00I listen to the 9 lessons and carols on NPR and ba...I listen to the 9 lessons and carols on NPR and bake a special Slovenian nut roll, potica, which my friends look forward to each Christmas.<br /><br />I love Christmas trees, but the cat insists that's it's a jungle gym erected for his special benefit so we haven't had one in a while. Even when the ornaments are not breakable it means spending more time fishing them out from under the furniture than enjoying the tree! A warm kitty more than makes up for it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-36789060735997538442012-11-26T14:50:49.658-05:002012-11-26T14:50:49.658-05:00This recipe is for a bread machine.
CARAMEL PECA...This recipe is for a bread machine. <br /><br />CARAMEL PECAN ROLLS<br /><br />Dough:<br />1 cup water<br />1 egg<br />2 T butter, softened<br />3-1/4 cup bread flour<br />1/4 cup sugar<br />1 tsp salt<br />3 tsp yeast<br /><br />Place all ingredients in bread machine pan. Process on sweet dough cycle. (1 hr 50 mins)<br /><br />Topping:<br />Mix:<br />1/3 cup butter<br />½ cup brown sugar<br />1 T corn syrup<br />1 cup pecans, or more<br /><br />Butter 13X9" rectangular pan. Spread topping mixture in pan.<br /><br />Assembly:<br />Mix:<br />1/4 cup sugar<br />1 tsp cinnamon<br /><br />2 T butter, softened<br /><br />Roll dough into 15X10" rectangle. Butter with 2 T butter. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar. Roll up tightly, starting at 15" side. Pinch edge of dough into roll to seal. Cut roll into 1" slices. Place in pan. Cover and let rise in warm place until double, about one hour.<br /><br />Bake:<br />Heat oven to 375◦. Bank until golden brown, about 22 mins. Immediately invert pan onto heat- proof serving plate or tray. Leave pan in place about a minute so caramel drizzles over the rolls.<br /><br />(I bake in a metal pan, then invert onto a pressed-tin tray lined with parchment paper. Trim paper after inversion.)Leslie Budewitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11942314846112875042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-45462431990287126652012-11-26T14:49:44.521-05:002012-11-26T14:49:44.521-05:00Edith’s cinnamon rolls sound yummy . . . here’s my...Edith’s cinnamon rolls sound yummy . . . here’s my mom’s [super-easy, goes together fast] recipe:<br /><br />Combine 1/2 cup scaled milk, 3 tablespoons shortening, 3 tablespoons sugar, 1-1/2 teaspoons salt; add 1/2 cup lukewarm water in which you have dissolved one 1/4-ounce package yeast [or 2-1/4 teaspoons from a jar of yeast]; mix well. Blend in one egg; gradually add 3-1/4 cups sifted flour; mix well. Cover bowl and let stand for fifteen minutes. Mix together 4 tablespoons melted butter, 1/2 cup sugar, 4 teaspoons cinnamon. On floured surface, roll dough out to about an 18” X 12” rectangle. Spread the cinnamon/butter/sugar mixture over the dough; roll up from the long end [so it looks like a log]; cut into 1” slices. Place in well-greased muffin pans or round cake pans. Cover, let rise about an hour. Bake at 375 degrees for 20-25 minutes. This recipe makes about eighteen cinnamon rolls. <br /><br />I mix up the dry ingredients ahead of time; add the liquid when I am ready to bake and make the cinnamon filling while the dough is standing . . . . It’s about five minutes to mix up plus standing time; another five minutes or so to roll out, cut, and put into a pan. Then all that’s left is to pop them into the oven to bake! Joan Emersonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-35166110882910965702012-11-26T14:43:27.904-05:002012-11-26T14:43:27.904-05:00One of our Christmas traditions was the untangling...One of our Christmas traditions was the untangling of the Christmas lights. We used to get a huge tree, and my dad would festoon it with at least a thousand lights. It was quite the production, and we daughters were in charge of checking all the strings. Inevitably, some of the strings had burned bulbs which involved trying to find the one bulb that was out and replacing it. (Remember those days?) Also inevitably, the strings would get tangled, dad would tell mom to just go out and buy a couple of new strings, and mom would balk like the true depression child she was. :-)<br /><br />But, man, we had a beautiful tree.Lisa Alberhttp://www.lisaalber.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-45141767517565233592012-11-26T13:14:51.519-05:002012-11-26T13:14:51.519-05:00I am going to order your book immediately! Nothing...I am going to order your book immediately! Nothing I love more than English Christmases, a la Barbara Pym, Catherine Cookson and Downton Abbey!Molly D. CampbellAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-91174566765436655412012-11-26T12:43:45.080-05:002012-11-26T12:43:45.080-05:00I LOVE the holidays and we have all sorts of tradi...I LOVE the holidays and we have all sorts of traditions, some that came from my family and some from my husband but my son, who is 14, insists that all holiday traditions be observed. This means an Advent calendar, a hanging banner with a tree and ornaments that get added each day until the golden star goes on the top of the tree on Christmas Eve gets put up on December 1st. On each of the four Sundays of Advent we light the candles of our wreath and eat lebkuchen (spice cookies) with tea. On Christmas Eve we have cheese fondue (seriously!) before church and on Christmas Day I do a big roast beef with mashed potatoes, yeasty rolls and Brussels sprouts. We honor St Nicholas Day (Dec. 6th) by putting our shoes under the tree to find oranges, chocolate coins, a new book and an ornament for the tree. We honor Santa Lucia Day but making cardamom buns. We open some gifts on Christmas Eve (always new pjs and a book) and some on Christmas Day. We even light a menorah every year! Yep, I LOVE the holidays. All of them!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-70747743835936530782012-11-26T12:21:58.714-05:002012-11-26T12:21:58.714-05:00Not sure how well this recipe will come through he...Not sure how well this recipe will come through here (my mother was Marilyn). <br /><b>Mariyn's Christmas Morning Cinnamon Rolls</b><br /><br />Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.<br /><br />Ingredients:<br />2 c whole wheat flour<br />1 c butter<br />1T baking powder<br />½ tsp salt<br />2 eggs<br />½ c milk<br />½ sugar<br />1 tsp cinnamon<br />½ c brown sugar<br /><br />1. Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in a mixing bowl.<br />2. Cut ½ c (1 stick) butter into flour mixture until mostly pea-sized.<br />3. Make well in the middle and add eggs and milk.<br />4. Stir eggs into milk with a fork and then all into the flour until moistened.<br />5. Turn dough onto a floured board and knead just enough to bring it together.<br />6. Roll dough out onto floured board 1/2” thick. Fold in thirds. Repeat rolling and folding (which makes a flakier pastry) three times. Fold one last time and move to the side.<br />7. Spread out a thin dishtowel or pastry cloth and dust with flour.<br />8. Put 1 stick of butter into a round cake pan and place in preheated oven, checking frequently. Remove when melted. Drop brown sugar evenly onto the melted butter in the pan.<br />9. While the butter melts, roll the dough on the cloth until you have a sheet about 18” long and 8” wide. Rounded edges are fine.<br />10. Remove the melted butter and pour half of it in a long stream the length of the dough.<br />11. Spread the butter on the dough with a wide knife or Rubbermaid spatula.<br />12. Sprinkle the sugar and cinnamon all over the butter. Adjust quantities to cover or for preference.<br />13. Take the cloth with one hand near each end of the dough and roll away from you, coaxing the dough into a roll.<br />14. Continue to roll as tightly as possible until the dough is a long thick snake.<br />15. Take a sharp knife, cut pieces about 1/12” wide, and evenly space them cut side up in the prepared pan. (It is customary to promptly eat the two end pieces or give them to someone who enjoys raw biscuit dough.)<br />16. Bake for about 20-25 minutes or until light brown on top and bubbling in the pan.<br />17. Place a plate upside down on the pan, secure it with two potholders, and invert the rolls onto the plate.<br />18. Remove the pan and quickly scrape any of the butter/brown sugar mixture onto the rolls before it cools.<br /><br />To get a head start on Christmas morning, prepare the dough the night before and refrigerate. You can use unbleached white flour or a mix of white and whole wheat if you want.<br />Edith Maxwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388006370860482509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-8579547332635757192012-11-26T11:59:03.296-05:002012-11-26T11:59:03.296-05:00Melissa, I love the Christmas panties!
Okay, some...Melissa, I love the Christmas panties!<br /><br />Okay, someone is going to have to post the cinnamon roll recipe! If I won't tackle it, maybe my daughter will! <br /><br />The other thing we do is Christmas lights, usually the day after Thanksgiving. I declared TG too early this year, however, so maybe we'll do them next weekend, and the tree the week after that. <br /><br />And we had better be getting a picture of the new puppy for our Christmas cards...Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11519514786198185277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-19024755539389394192012-11-26T11:33:27.581-05:002012-11-26T11:33:27.581-05:00Mr. Right and I host a Christmas Brunch for our cl...Mr. Right and I host a Christmas Brunch for our closest friends on the Sunday morning a week or so before Christmas. (With pecan rolls, which are easy when you use the bread machine to make the dough.) It's become such a tradition that it actually factored into our kitchen remodel two years ago!Leslie Budewitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11942314846112875042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-28935748144856822172012-11-26T10:34:14.946-05:002012-11-26T10:34:14.946-05:00I'll have to pass on the oyster stuffing. I&#...I'll have to pass on the oyster stuffing. I'm allergic, but I'm with you, Deb on the real Christmas tree. We even go to a tree farm and my hubby cuts one down.<br /><br />When I think of Christmas traditions, my favorite is Christmas Panties. A tradition oddly enough started by my grandfather when I was a little kid. My grandmother needed more panties, so Papa Steve thought it would be hilarious to put some under the tree from Santa. Everyone laughed and my aunt went on and on about "Mother's Christmas Panties."<br /><br />Mama Ruth was the most genteel gracious woman and thanked Papa Steve for the gift, BUT my grandmother learned a few tricks after being married to him all those years and got her revenge later.<br /><br />The following Christmas, two more packages appeared under the tree. "Santa" brought Christmas panties for my aunt and mom. The tradition was born! My sister and I exchange panties now. Melissa Robbinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11660227475140255088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-57105530419314183372012-11-26T10:30:27.810-05:002012-11-26T10:30:27.810-05:00OH, cinnamon rolls...nothing smells better!
Why i...OH, cinnamon rolls...nothing smells better!<br /><br />Why is the recipe so difficult?Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-39607966834232959102012-11-26T10:12:07.486-05:002012-11-26T10:12:07.486-05:00A real tree, absolutely, that we cut down ourselve...A real tree, absolutely, that we cut down ourselves at a Christmas tree farm down the road. I love the scent of it in the house.<br /><br />Candles in the windows and wreaths on the doors, which makes the house look so lovely.<br /><br />My family eats what we call mutton pies for breakfast or lunch, which are small lamb pies served in a broth fragrant with cinnamon.<br /><br />The Christmas morning food revered in my partner's family is orange rolls, time-consuming to make and so delicious.<br /><br />And holiday cards. In a nod to modernity, we send some by email these days, but still hand write about 100 and look forward to receiving notes (email or snail mail) from friends near and far.<br /><br /><br />Brenda Buchananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14161539130987122737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-40223976568814716362012-11-26T10:03:30.754-05:002012-11-26T10:03:30.754-05:00Edith,
Easy cinnamon rolls? Can you share that re...Edith,<br /><br />Easy cinnamon rolls? Can you share that recipe? <br /><br />Pretty Please?<br /><br />Jan Broganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11323983086318138814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-57938581045400559572012-11-26T09:36:08.177-05:002012-11-26T09:36:08.177-05:00I make cinnamon rolls every Christmas morning and ...I make cinnamon rolls every Christmas morning and my recipe is not hard at all. Hmm. It's the same method my mother used except her dough was from Bisquik and mine is homemade whole-wheat biscuit dough. We eat them with bacon and scrambled eggs and mimosas.<br /><br />Much of our Christmas ritual involves baking with loads of butter. And since my divorce ten years ago, we always make sushi on Christmas Day. ;^)<br /><br />I love to put electric candles in the windows of our antique house. Those get left up into the new year, but the (fragrant live) tree has to come down and be cleaned up by New Year's Eve. I want to start the year fresh.Edith Maxwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388006370860482509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-74513217575048548272012-11-26T07:18:08.610-05:002012-11-26T07:18:08.610-05:00That sounds lovely Joan! And so nice of you to hol...That sounds lovely Joan! And so nice of you to hold off on Christmas until after the December birthday!<br /><br />About the cinnamon rolls--I meant to say to Hallie, I've looked at that recipe many times but haven't been able to get over the hump and tackle it!Lucy Burdette aka Roberta Isleibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04660402177299546055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-22059905755336352602012-11-26T06:46:08.912-05:002012-11-26T06:46:08.912-05:00Tradition . . . it’s a wonderful thing. The Adven...Tradition . . . it’s a wonderful thing. The Advent calendar goes up, but nothing else for Christmas until after the 4 December birthday child gets to celebrate his special day. We always have those yummy homemade cinnamon rolls, which I make from my mom’s recipe . . . we don’t have turkey for dinner [Christmas is a prime rib roast and, while nothing about the meal is traditional English, we do always have Christmas pudding]. We hang stockings . . . .<br /><br />We always take names from the Angel tree and buy presents for children who wouldn’t otherwise have any Christmas . . . we always go to midnight Christmas Eve candlelight service [where tradition also abounds and “Silent Night” is always the closing song in the service] . . . .Joan Emersonnoreply@blogger.com