09-03-2010, 08:39 PM
The days are getting shorter, Orion is back in the sky in the north of Europe, the last day of the roses, autumn is here .....
What are you doing to live this days without depression, colds, and cold feet to make it as pleasant as possible?
For me, there is still much to prepare for the winter. The apples must be down, elderberry syrup must be cooked, jams must be cooked ... Rose hips have to be dried. In the garden I have not much todo this year because its devastated by the pigs .... The sty must be winterized.
Candles need to be buyed ... , Visits must be planned, the old stories are being told, the holidays have to be prepared. The geese must be guarded until yule, midwinter ... or better "christmas", so they are not stolen by the carnivore neighbors mile:
Bath against cold:
250 g salt, 200 g of sage
Winter Tea:
2 handful of raspberry leaves,
A handful of elder flowers
A handful of dried rose hips
2 teaspoons to 1 cup water
Mulled
1 liter of red wine
2 cloves
1 cinnamon stick
Lemon peel
Orange peel
Sugar, vanillasugar
just get hot, do not boil
Dampfnudeln
1000 g flour
450 ml milk
150 g sugar
1 cube of yeast
salt
Blueberry jam
Prepare yeast dough, form medium balls, fill with jam (2 teaspoon)
Cook 20 minutes in steam over boiling water - not boil in water!.
Serve with vanilla sauce
What are you doing to live this days without depression, colds, and cold feet to make it as pleasant as possible?
For me, there is still much to prepare for the winter. The apples must be down, elderberry syrup must be cooked, jams must be cooked ... Rose hips have to be dried. In the garden I have not much todo this year because its devastated by the pigs .... The sty must be winterized.
Candles need to be buyed ... , Visits must be planned, the old stories are being told, the holidays have to be prepared. The geese must be guarded until yule, midwinter ... or better "christmas", so they are not stolen by the carnivore neighbors mile:
Bath against cold:
250 g salt, 200 g of sage
Winter Tea:
2 handful of raspberry leaves,
A handful of elder flowers
A handful of dried rose hips
2 teaspoons to 1 cup water
Mulled
1 liter of red wine
2 cloves
1 cinnamon stick
Lemon peel
Orange peel
Sugar, vanillasugar
just get hot, do not boil
Dampfnudeln
1000 g flour
450 ml milk
150 g sugar
1 cube of yeast
salt
Blueberry jam
Prepare yeast dough, form medium balls, fill with jam (2 teaspoon)
Cook 20 minutes in steam over boiling water - not boil in water!.
Serve with vanilla sauce