Frosty, a Dampfnudel and other achievements

[wiseheart]

Let's start with Frosty, the snowman, aka Christmas card #28. I'm quite content with this one:



The next card promises to be a tad complicated again, so I was happy with this quick and easy one.

For lunch, I gave the deep-frozen Dampfnudel a try. Despite not having the required equipment, I've managed to mcgyver together a working set, and the thing looked fairly good, even if a bit pale:



Alas, it didn't have much of a taste. Next time I'll have to make a vanilla or plum sauce to go with it because on its own it was quite a disappointment, despite being filled with apricot jam (that didn't have much of a taste, either).

Furthermore, I've finished Chapter 3 of my story and have high hopes that I'll be able to do the next (and last) chapter, soon. It's such a pleasant change of speed to write something short - and something that has the change to be finished withing this eternity, too!

This being a busy day, not much else was done. The weather continues to be cool (around 14 degrees) with intermittent rain, but the insulation done three years ago works like a charm, we still have 22-24 degrees inside the flat without actual heating. If the weather remains like this, though (and it seems so), I'll have to bake a lot in the following days to create a pleasant temperature inside. After a while the walls will cool down, insulation or no insulation.

Comments

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

Glad it was cooler.

[wanderingmogwai.livejournal.com]

That loos like something I loved eating when I was in the Austrian Alps as a kid! I believe it was called Gernknudle.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

What a shame that the Dampfnudel was so bland. But at least a good base for more interesting sauces!

And that card is really nice — I admire your patience in making them.

[elwenlj.livejournal.com]

I'm so happy to hear that the temperatures are coming down to a manageable level for you. It's positively cold here and my bedroom window has been covered in condensation in the mornings.

[noadvertising.livejournal.com]

That´s it! Tomorrow I will start baking!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Yes, it's Germknödel under a different name. :)

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

What's on the menu?

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I find paper embroidery relaxing — except when the metallic thread decides it wants to go in directions I don't want it to go. Or when it snaps. Or develops snarls at every other stitch. *g*

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

That sounds unpleasant. Do you have the heating on?

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

So are we, even though a sudden drop of 20 degrees (Celsius!) from one day to another was a bit of a shock.

[akane42me.livejournal.com]

The snowman card is adorable. Good job! Congrats on the writing, as well.

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

That can definitely be shocking. We get that a lot since we're at the bottom of the Plains.

[noadvertising.livejournal.com]

No clue, but it has to get warm in the house!

[mirasaui.livejournal.com]

Love your Frosty! The pie? tart? not sure what it is called in English, looks lovely. Sorry it did not turn out as well as you wanted.