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    Holiday Food Dishes

    in Food, Cooking & Recipes

    Posted · Edited by SaraPepparkaka

    This date cake means Christmas to me. I just made one.

     

    Ingredients

     

    1,5 dl water



    1 package dates

    200 gr butter or margarine

    1,5 dl sugar

    2 eggs

    3 dl flour

    1 tsp baking powder

    1 tsp baking soda

    2 tsp vanilla sugar

    (a little cold coffee)

     

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    Boil water, dates and butter until it becomes a purée. Set aside to cool for a while.

     

    Whisk the sugar and the eggs until creamy.

     

    Mix flour with baking powder, soda and vanilla sugar.

     

    Mix the date purée, the flour mix and the creamy sugar-and-egg (and the coffee) together.

     

    Butter a ring cake tin (1,5 liter), spoon the mixture into a tin and bake at 175 degrees Celsius for approximately 1 hour (or until a skewer inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean).

     

    .Serving suggestion

     

    Serve Date Cake at Christmas time with a cup of coffee or tea.

     

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    Sara's reading

    in Past Book Logs

    Posted

    Roland, I will let you know when the tickets are booked! (Mind you, it may be some years before I make that trip..:rolleyes: )

     

    I've read a mystery by a Swedish author. I wonder if there are authors in Sweden who write other kinds of books anymore, or do they all just write detective stories? This one was written by Camilla Läckberg, not a bad choice at all for when you feel like reading about murders. The book was called "Tyskungen", (apparently not translated to English, at least an English translation doesn't show up on Camilla Läckberg's homepage. "The German kid", loosely translated. It's a word borrowed from Norway, where it is/was used for the children with Norwegian mothers German soldiers left behind after the second world war.) I guessed how it would end already in the beginning, I even thought it obvious who the killer was, but still enjoyed reading about the characters, especially the quirky people who work at that police station.

    Sara's reading

    in Past Book Logs

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    Thanks Weave!

     

    So, from lighthearted to "Lost souls" by Poppy Z Brite. That's a contrast to say the least. Blood and gore, and honestly she must have been trying to cram as many disgusting things as possible into one book (drugs, alcoholism, incest, rape...). And still, I didn't hate the book, and found myself even caring for many of the characters. By now I've read a LOT of different versions of vampires. It almost makes me want to meet one, to see how they REALLY are. Maybe they do sparkle..

     

    And one day I would like to visit New Orleans.

    Your Mode of transport

    in General Chat

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    I live a bit out in a sticks, with only one bus every other hour during the day,

     

    I wonder where I'm living then, with no other public transport than the schoolbus..:giggle2:

     

    Toyota Avensis, 2001, silver.

    Or light blue Nopsa bike. Might be from around 2000. It's just a bit impractical to drive in snow.

    Sara's reading

    in Past Book Logs

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    More books read.

    "Wicked lovely" by Melissa Marr. A traditional paranormal romance, I believe this to be YA. Worth a read if paranormals are your thing.

    "The colour of magic" by Terry Pratchett. I still have SO many unread Discworld books, but at least now I've read the first one.

    "Betty Blue" by Philippe Djian. Unusual, to say the least. It's almost always worth reading a book someone recommends here.

    Your Book Activity Today ~ Thread 13

    in General Book Discussions

    Posted

    Two interesting books I bought today in the second-hand bookstore close to the hospital.

    (OK so the bookstore is not that close)

    (yes, yes, it's on the other side of town in fact)

    (yes, visiting it meant I had to pay for the parking, which I don't have to at the hospital)

    (just don't tell my husband he will have to build more bookshelves a lot sooner than he thinks)

     

    Poppy Z Brite "Lost souls"

    Philippe Dijan "Betty Blue"

    Five facts...

    in General Chat

    Posted

    1. I'm allergic to bees, and have even had to go to see the first aid nurse when I've been stung.

    2. I've never been bitten by a snake, but the nurse told me I'd have to hurry to a hospital if that happens, since I'm probably allergic to that too.

    3. I actually like liver.

    4. I feel weird now when I wear something other than sweatpants and t-shirts. I look at my work clothes and can't really imagine that I used to wear them every day.

    5. I read to my boys every night (7 and 9 years). Little brother's teacher told me that's very rare, that most parents have stopped reading bedtime stories by the time their kids are that age. That's a shame. We read Harry Potter number two now- it's just about what little brother can handle, it's a bit scary.

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