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Nov. 13th, 2024 07:04 pmToday was mostly a day of preparation for the upcoming Christmas events, aka the charity fair and the big baking frenzy (which is scheduled to start on Saturday).
I started with making more little "cat boxes" for the surprise packages. My friend Erica collected quite a few empty toilet rolls for me, which I folded into small boxes and painted cat faces on them, since these sort of gifts are called cat-in-a-sack in Hungarian because the buyer doesn't know in advance what s/he's gonna buy. They are small, of course, so only small gifts go into them, like the ones from surprise eggs and so on, plus a wrapped piece of candy into each. At the moment I'm up to 34 boxes, but I'm sure there will be a lot more. The fair is on December 12, so I'll have to speed up to get everything done.
( Mrs. Santa has come early )
In any case, I'm well-armed for the baking session. All I need to find are some pistachios; I'll try tomorrow at the big market. If the nuts and candied fruits shop doesn't have them, I'll have to go to the Bioladen that most likely does - only for a much higher price. But needs must. I can't risk waiting for Aldi to bring their considerably cheaper (and better because not as dry and hard) bagged pistachios because last year they did not, and I have a schedule to keep if I want to get done in time.
Speaking of which, I've put together the first half of my baking schedule: paired up the cookies that need egg yolk only with the ones that need egg white only; that way nothing goes to waste. There might be changes later on, but those will be made during the next week and a half... or so I hope. *fingers crossed*
So, that was basically it. I did a tiny bit of writing; then peeled and chopped the potatoes for Mum because she volunteered to make potato goulash, only with sliced Vienna sausages instead of chunks of meat. I always leave such traditional dishes to her; I can make them, too, of course, but for some reason I can never produce the same taste. It was very yummy. :)
I started with making more little "cat boxes" for the surprise packages. My friend Erica collected quite a few empty toilet rolls for me, which I folded into small boxes and painted cat faces on them, since these sort of gifts are called cat-in-a-sack in Hungarian because the buyer doesn't know in advance what s/he's gonna buy. They are small, of course, so only small gifts go into them, like the ones from surprise eggs and so on, plus a wrapped piece of candy into each. At the moment I'm up to 34 boxes, but I'm sure there will be a lot more. The fair is on December 12, so I'll have to speed up to get everything done.
( Mrs. Santa has come early )
In any case, I'm well-armed for the baking session. All I need to find are some pistachios; I'll try tomorrow at the big market. If the nuts and candied fruits shop doesn't have them, I'll have to go to the Bioladen that most likely does - only for a much higher price. But needs must. I can't risk waiting for Aldi to bring their considerably cheaper (and better because not as dry and hard) bagged pistachios because last year they did not, and I have a schedule to keep if I want to get done in time.
Speaking of which, I've put together the first half of my baking schedule: paired up the cookies that need egg yolk only with the ones that need egg white only; that way nothing goes to waste. There might be changes later on, but those will be made during the next week and a half... or so I hope. *fingers crossed*
So, that was basically it. I did a tiny bit of writing; then peeled and chopped the potatoes for Mum because she volunteered to make potato goulash, only with sliced Vienna sausages instead of chunks of meat. I always leave such traditional dishes to her; I can make them, too, of course, but for some reason I can never produce the same taste. It was very yummy. :)
