In My Kitchen ... in December
In my kitchen ... in December the Christmas pudding hangs maturing in its calico cloth. This year I'm trying Maggie Beer's recipe from one of my favourite cookbooks 'Maggie's Table'. The uncooked mixture tasted superb - and OK, I admit I had more than one taste! I can't wait for the Christmas dinner reveal of the cooked pudding!
In my kitchen ... in December I am thrilled to have found my local Foodland Supermarket at Norwood is stocking Pepe Saya products! I will using Pepe Saya cultured butter to make a superb brandy butter to go with the Christmas pudding! Yum!
In my kitchen ... in December I am using this old chopping board - given to me by my late Mum. It brings back treasured memories of cooking in her kitchen and learning from her! I do miss her, and Dad, and those precious moments. This beautiful board has a juice ring and is very useful when cutting anything that leaks! My Mum knew what she was doing!
In my kitchen ... in December my annual purchase of new Christmas tea towels will add a festive touch to doing the dishes!
In my kitchen ... in December we are enjoying cherries grown in locally in the Adelaide Hills. How I wish the cherry season was longer!
In my kitchen ... in December these cookie cutters will get a workout! I make biscuits each year to give away as gifts.
In my kitchen ... in December I'm using this stone shortbread mould. Bought at an after Christmas sale last year I fell in love with the Scots thistle motif. This Christmas it will be my way of paying tribute to the Scottish part of my ancestry!
Finally, from my kitchen to yours ... in December I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy and Safe New Year!
Cheers!
M
Whopee! I can't wait to buy some of the Adelaide cherries- I've got a new recipe in mind. (But I haven't figured out how to pit the cherries yet, other than biting into them. I think I must buy a device to remove the cherry stones)! I also have been experimenting with some shortbread moulds ('cookie stamps') and I find it difficult to keep the design from fading when the dough cooks. Oh, well, I'll just keep trying! Happy Holidays to you! (Fran from G'day Souffle')
ReplyDeleteHi Fran, I can recommend a cherry pipper as an essential piece of kitchen equipment for all cherry lovers! Do cover up however as those juicy little critters splatter juice all over anything white or good! I share your experience with the shortbread moulds - I wonder if there is a trick to it that we are missing!
DeleteThanks for your holiday greetings! Merry Christmas to you and your loved ones!
It has been years since I have had Christmas pudding. I'm sure yours is wonderful. Merry Christmas to you too!
ReplyDeleteI love Christmas pudding! It was always made superbly by my late Mum, however when she passed away three years ago I inherited the position of 'pudding maker' - so I'm very new to it! My fingers are crossed that the one I've made will taste great on the day!
DeleteWishing you and your loved ones a wonderful Christmas!
Marian, what a treasure your mother's chopping board is! Your kitchen is looking very red and festive this December! The Pepe Saya butter is an absolute winner, isn't it? I hope the festive cheer continues right through the month for you, and wishing you a very Merry Christmas as well! x
ReplyDeleteHi Celia! Thanks so much for your comments! I just can't seem to go past the traditional colours of Christmas - but just once I'd love to something outrageous!
DeleteThank you so much for hosting the IMK series! I wish you and your family the happiest of festive seasons! Merry Christmas!
Hi Marian, love the cheery colours in this post! So lovely to have your mother's board… I still have many of my mum and dad's kitchen things too, and treasure them so. The pudding sounds grand! Being Hungarian, we never ate pudding and I really have only made one pudding in my life, and that was in the microwave… a Janelle Bloom recipe, which is quite good. Must make a traditional pudding for Peter some day. Happy cooking and much cheer.
ReplyDeleteHi Liz! I'm glad you like my traditional Christmas colours - your magnificant callistemon would have looked at home in the post! What kitchen items do you have of your parents - you must share one day!
DeleteA question - what do you have as your traditional Christmas sweet?
Thank youso much for encouragement over the year! Wishing you and your loved the most wonderful Christmas and festive season!
Marian, that's sweet to have real cherries and "tea towel cherries." Your chopping board is precious indeed and it appears you've inherited your mother's kitchen sense and love of cooking, too. Merry Christmas! ~ Kim
ReplyDeleteHi Kim! I wondered if anyone would notice the cherries and the 'tea towel cherries'! Well spotted! I really do love them! My chopping board is 'my Mum's presence' in my kitchen - she was a great teacher, and her love of cooking has been passed on to my sister and I and our children.
DeleteI wish you and your loved ones a very Merry Christmas!
What absolute treasureS - a bread board from your mother and NEW tea towels! Cherries - I love seeing all the Australians posting cherries- makes my mouth water!
ReplyDeleteAnd the thistle in your shortbread mold is lovely- I have several molds- but not one with exclusively thistles.
Thanks so much for sharing- Merry Christmas!
Hi Heidiannie! Thanks so much for your comments! Like you, I enjoy reading about how the seasons and cultures where we live around the world impact on the food we serve!
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas to you and your family!
A beautiful red IMK. I am lusting after that stone shortbread mould! Sláinte.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Francesca! I'm glad you like my red IMK post! I was so thrilled to find that stone shortbread mould in one of those discount bins - it was my lucky day!
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas!
Another bowl of Australian cherries - I'm so jealous. I like your chopping board; I like having useful things that have been handed down and often think about the person when I use them.
ReplyDeleteHi Anne! From one cherry lover to another - the cherries this season are gorgeous! I'm glad you liked my chopping board - I use it all the time, and it never fails to bring back the warmest of memories!
DeleteMerry Christmas!
Marion this is the third time I have tried to comment on this post. Clearly it doesn't like me. I love your festive theme. I can't believe how organised you are.
ReplyDeleteHi Glenda! Thanks for persisting with your comment. I really don't understand why it is sometimes so difficult to leave comments on people's posts - and yet so easy other times!
DeleteI'm glad you liked my festive theme - I do love Christmas! I can reveal that I am only so organised this Christmas because I am retired!
Your kitchen makes me feel like Christmas is almost here - so nice!! Thanks for the Christmas cheer :D
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by, Jasmin! The kitchen is the heart of my house - and Christmas is almost here!
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas to you and your loved ones!
I love the packaging of your butter. I enjoyed your Christmas themed post.
ReplyDeleteHi Emma, I'm glad you enjoyed the post! That butter packaging is certainly eyecatching - it does stand out amongst all the butters in the supermarket. Great marketing I would say!
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas!