Preparations.

 Hello Friends,

Let me show you the fun Xmas glasses I found I the Netherlands . I found some Xmas crackers in France ( not easy to get here) and my daughter brought mince pies and mince meat from Dubai.

This morning I phoned the butcher to order a goose for Xmas. I like to cook a fruit and nut stuffing goose from my Crabtree & Evelyn cook book brought from England.

Everybody love it!20 ingredients in the stuffing! This Saturday Mr L will drive me to the shop to get all I need

As it takes a long time I will freeze it until Christmas.

I just had a look on Amazon I payed it 19£95 it is now 103 €! I bought it in the 90’s.

So expensive now!

The Christmas tree 🌲 is arriving tomorrow evening.

Yesterday, between resting and watching Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple I began to paint the stars and made some clay gingerbread. They are drying and I will have to paint them, it will be part of the stair railing decoration with pine cones and dried orange slices.

With rest and medication I begin to feel better and it reassures me to be able to do something before the children’s arrival in two weeks!

Making Chutney .

(Éditions  Soline)

Today, I did not make jam, but I made green apple chutney with ginger 🫚 for the first time 3 jars and one of fig chutney for Xmas .

It is long to cook, but so good to eat!

I will use this book from the 90’s  to make jam.

I will make orange 🍊 marmelade,

A vintage bowl I found on a brocante market in the north of France . I love the colours and roses l keep it preciously.

This is one of the Apple chutney ( not the tiny apples on top these tiny apple are for decoration)

But the green apple from our garden!

Today, it’s a nice Autumn day, warm and sunny.

It is done!