Wordless Wednesday

Mushroom Twins

Mushrooms. Yes or no?

Cold Butter on Hot Buckwheat

Sunday Pancakes. Buckwheat. Hearty or Hardy?

Do you leave butter at room temp or refrigerate?

What Steve brought home

I’d wanted to take a photo of the empty container. It was too much to eat in one sitting.

The Last Package of Lebkuchen

When I got to Laura’s house there were three packages of Lebkuchen by the guest bed. My daughter knows me well. These are from Germany.

Unfortunately, Oscar the dog got one package and ate some (no ill effects even though he got a chocolate covered one)

but he didn’t get my favorite kind.

I just opened it tonight. One a day for six days and then will have to wait until next Christmas

Kind of a soft gingerbread with a blend of spices, nuts and peel, not too sweet.

Lots of Lebkuchen links below

Lebkuchen ice cream in Berlin

Lebkuchen ice cream at home

Aunt Rhea’s Recipe post from her mother’s father.

Friends in Florida and Massachusetts Bake Aubt Rhea’s Lebkuchen recipe a double guest blog

Annual Lebkuchen Baking

And if you want to experiment with different recipes here’s the blend of Lebkuchen spices

A Sweet Gift

Honey. Harvested by Cougar Canyon Apiary in Malott WA. Extracted with no heat.

A wonderfully sweet gift from my brother David and his wife Carolee. Thank you

I believe toast in the morning will be on the menu so I can sample this golden treat.

How do you use honey?

Three Types of Apples

Three different types of apples, peeled and chunked and cooked on the stove top to make applesauce -nothing added, just apples. Last farm box delivery had three bags of apples. A lot of apples.

Trying for one continuous strip of peel for the entire apple

Silent Sunday

Raw Cranberry Relish, Yes or No?

Cranberries, navel orange, a Granny Smith apple, chopped. add 1/2c sugar and stir. Chill.

Some people prefer fresh cranberry sauce, some like the ribbed cylinder of Cranberry jelly from the can. Some put cranberries in a jello mixture. What they remember from childhood.

Cranberry relish, raw. Yes or no?

Or perhaps you don’t like cranberries in any form.

Cranberries, a navel orange, a Granny Smith Apple.

Apple Crisp for Breakfast

This one had some cranberries in it. So autumny and delicious.

Good to have friends who bake and share