This weekend we have the Santa Claus Parade in Toronto and the Thanksgiving Parade in New York; Time is flying by; yesterday I went out and spent 53 dollars on basic ingredients for a BASIC Traditional Christmas;
What I mean is, that with the Recession biting back, with the costs of products escalated with the cost of oil and other necessities of production, and our utilities going through the roof, we have had to scale back to the very Basic of Traditions; which for this blog is probably a good thing; otherwise it would be a chore to read through ;-)
To bring you up to date on the decorations outside and inside, Thomas has finished the trees (he got the last of the garland yesterday) and he has begun decorations inside; Fred, our stuffed relative in the coffin at Halloween, may yet become Santa, but we are not sure yet;
As far as the baking is concerned, we are fortunate to have the Cakes, Pudding and Mincemeat made; all that is needed there is the sauce/custard and the tart shells; I am thinking of making one batch of Brokenhill Christmas Pudding, mainly for myself, no one else seems to like it ;)
This is the Christmas Food List as it stands now; the extra baking we have pared down to the RED recipes, which I will blog individually later;
Cathy's Cinnamon Buns
Noel Cookies
Unbaked Chocolate Cookies
Ginger Bread – For cookies, decorations, house and sleigh
Short Breads
Ginger Beer
Tryfle
Hot Apple Cinnamon Punch
Tarts, pies
Nuts and Candies
Fruit
Fruit Cakes
Puddings
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