Christmas Edition Of Getting To Know Your Friends!

[GMichael]

CHRISTMAS EDITION OF GETTING TO KNOW YOUR FRIENDS!

You know the drill.
Highlight, copy, and paste. Change my answers to your answers. Moments of fun! Don't be a scrooge!!! Enjoy!!

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?
Both!

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
Wraps them.

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white?
Colored

4. Do you hang mistletoe?
Yes

5. When do you put your decorations up?
Sometime before Christmas.

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)?
Lasagna

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child:
1969, my first motorbike

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?
Sis told me when I was 4

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve or Day?
both

10. How do you decorate your Christmas tree?
Lights and ornaments

11. Snow! Love it or Dread?
love to watch it fall, hate to shovel it.

12. Can you ice skate?
Yes

13. Do you remember your favorite gift?
That motorbike in 69.

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you?
Family

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?
my mom's cookies

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
Opening presents

17. What tops your tree?
nothing this year.

18. Which do you prefer giving or Receiving?
both

19. What is your favorite Christmas Song?
Don't remember the name. The one where the girl forgot the cranberry sauce and had to run out at midnight, and finally hooked up with they guy she was wanting all year.

20. Candy Canes! Yuck or Yum ?
Yuck

21Happy Holidays!! or Merry Christmas!!!!
Merry Christmas!!!!

[Dusty Chalk]

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?
Non dairy hot chocolate; egg nog if it's that one that's made by that company for the lactose intolerant

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
dwarf labor...I mean elf labor

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white?
bah humbug

4. Do you hang mistletoe?
on my buttcrack

5. When do you put your decorations up?
never

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)?
Cookies (specifically, snickerdoodles and pecan tarts)
Lasagna is a holiday dish?

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child:
Watching my dad burn a real christmas tree in a fireplace one year, watching him start to back away as it flared up

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?
Was brought up without that belief

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve or Day?
Day

10. How do you decorate your Christmas tree?
Don't

11. Snow! Love it or Dread?
love to watch it fall and to shovel it, hate to drive in it

12. Can you ice skate?
More or less -- not recently, but it's not something you ever forget...you just get less good at it

13. Do you remember your favorite gift?
Swiss Army Knife from Dad; sister's art from sister

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you?
Receiving gifts

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?
aforementioned cookies

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
Playing scrabble on new year's eve

17. What tops your tree?
Pretty much everyone else's'

18. Which do you prefer giving or Receiving?
Receiving

19. What is your favorite Christmas Song?
Christmas Wrapping by the Waitresses

20. Candy Canes! Yuck or Yum ?
Yum

21. Happy Holidays!! or Merry Christmas!!!!
Bah, Humbug!

[GMichael]

4. Do you hang mistletoe?
on my buttcrack

Good place for a stick up.




6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)?

Lasagna is a holiday dish?

It was at our house. Mamma is from Italy.


7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child:
Watching my dad burn a real christmas tree in a fireplace one year, watching him start to back away as it flared up

Funny




19. What is your favorite Christmas Song?
Christmas Wrapping by the Waitresses

Isn't this the name of the one I like?



21. Happy Holidays!! or Merry Christmas!!!!
Bah, Humbug!

Cheer up will ya?

[ForeverAutumn]

Oh my god! I can't believe how much Dusty and I have in common...seriously.


1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?
Non dairy hot chocolate; although I will drink Soy Egg Nog, but never the real stuff. Raw eggs are gross.

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
Santa? I'm athiest, remember?

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white?
No lights. Too much work

4. Do you hang mistletoe?
No. (Dusty and I differ on this one :wink5: )

5. When do you put your decorations up?
Whenever I get around to it. Usually just a couple of days before Christmas.

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)?
Potato Latkes

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child:
The holidays were never a big deal in my house, so I don't really have one.

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?
Was brought up without that belief

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve or Day?
Day

10. How do you decorate your Christmas tree?
No tree. Very small house and the Guinea Pig cage is in the only good spot for a tree.

11. Snow! Love it or Dread?
love to watch it fall and to shovel it, hate to drive in it -- What Dusty said.

12. Can you ice skate?
More or less -- not recently, but it's not something you ever forget...you just get less good at it -- What Dusty said.

13. Do you remember your favorite gift?
A big cozy feather duvet from my Hubby last year.

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you?
Time off work.

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?
My homemade eggnog cookies (with the soy eggnog). A good yule log is always a tasty treat also.

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
This one will sound silly, but Hubby and I buy a chunk of 6-yr old chedder to nibble on Christmas day.

17. What tops your tree?
Guinea pig ****.

18. Which do you prefer giving or Receiving?
Receiving

19. What is your favorite Christmas Song?
The Bowie/Crosby version of Little Drummer Boy, or anything by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra.

20. Candy Canes! Yuck or Yum ?
Yum

21. Happy Holidays!! or Merry Christmas!!!!
Depends who I'm talking to.
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[kexodusc]

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?
Hot Chocolate

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
Uh...my presents, wrapped, presents Santa gets for my wife, unwrapped...no kids yet.

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white?
colored...white sucks

4. Do you hang mistletoe?
I hang like a mistletoe...yeah, I went there....

5. When do you put your decorations up?
When my wife gets home.

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)?
Quiche

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child:
1987, first guitar.

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?
7 years old, stupid friend ruined it for me...

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve or Day?
Day...no cheating!!!

10. How do you decorate your Christmas tree?
Lights and ornaments - and that crappy sparkly stuff.

11. Snow! Love it or Dread?
Love it...I gotta sled out back waitin' for a few inches....

12. Can you ice skate?
Only the Canadian in me....

13. Do you remember your favorite gift?
Yes

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you?
Time off work with family/friends (and World Junior Hockey Championships)

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?
Nanaimo bars!!!

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
Every year my uncles and I send some gag gifts to each other in a friendly one-upsmanship competition...they've been getting progressively worse the last few years. If the dog poo clears customs, I'm winning this year!!!

17. What tops your tree?
Stanley Cup replica

18. Which do you prefer giving or Receiving?
Both....

19. What is your favorite Christmas Song?
I like Gordon Lightfoot's "Little Drummer Boy", sung to the tune of "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" (try it)

20. Candy Canes! Yuck or Yum ?
depends

21Happy Holidays!! or Merry Christmas!!!!
Merry Christmas!!!! Nobody says Happy Holidays in July!

[ForeverAutumn]

17. What tops your tree?
Stanley Cup replica


Oh, that's a good one. If we ever get a tree that's what I'm doing!

[icarus]

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?
egg nog

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
Wraps them

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white?
White

4. Do you hang mistletoe?
Nope

5. When do you put your decorations up?
Sometimes they make it up in time for christmas

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)?
Turkey

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child:
Going through a fence on my new sled
8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?
My brother told me in grade 1

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve or Day?
both

10. How do you decorate your Christmas tree?
Lights and ornaments

11. Snow! Love it or Dread?
love it... its actually snowing right now

12. Can you ice skate?
Of course... born and raised in Canada... who can't skate

13. Do you remember your favorite gift?
no...
14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you?
Family and friends

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?
butter tarts

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
Opening presents

17. What tops your tree?
usually an angel or a star

18. Which do you prefer giving or Receiving?
Gving mostly

19. What is your favorite Christmas Song?
Don't really have one

20. Candy Canes! Yuck or Yum ?
impartial

21Happy Holidays!! or Merry Christmas!!!!
Merry Christmas!

[JoeE SP9]

Okay! you asked for it.

You know the drill.
Highlight, copy, and paste. Change my answers to your answers. Moments of fun! Don't be a scrooge!!! Enjoy!!

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?
Egg Nog only with Rum!

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
Whats a Santa?.

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white?
I live in a Black neighborhood. White lights, are you kidding?

4. Do you hang mistletoe?
Don't need it. I kiss the girls anyway.

5. When do you put your decorations up?
What decorations?

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)?
Her name is Robin. Maybe she shouldn't count because she is a very sweet desert also.

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child:
Snow on Christmas eve.

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?
Deduced it when I was 4

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve or Day?
Christmas Day

10. How do you decorate your Christmas tree?
Lights and ornaments. I also like those little pony liquor bottles

11. Snow! Love it or Dread?
Hate it on TV. Hate it here. Going to move to Arizona so I don't have to deal with it at all.

12. Can you ice skate?
Yes, but I hate that too.

13. Do you remember your favorite gift?
The Cayman I've ordered this year.

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you?
Family

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?
Robin, she is also my favorite dish.

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
Getting together with family and friends.

17. What tops your tree?
A model of my new car.

18. Which do you prefer giving or Receiving?
I'll second your original answer.

19. What is your favorite Christmas Song?
The Christmas Song by Nat King Cole

20. Candy Canes! Yuck or Yum ?
I have a serious sweet tooth. I want real British Jelly Babies for Christmas.

21Happy Holidays!! or Merry Christmas!!!!
Happy Easter to all and all hail the Great Pumpkin!

[Dusty Chalk]

Good place for a stick up.LOL.

If I was in a more subtle mood, I would have said something about wearing a tie made out of mistletoe, but I was in a crude mood yesterday.
Isn't this the name of the one I like?Yes. Happens to be one of my favourites as well. I also love "Carol of the Bells" in several different incarnations (George Winston's solo piano version and a certain "bell choir" version from a commercial [Sony? I think] come to mind -- that latter one just brings tears to my eyes, it's so beautiful...hey, I should look for it on YouTube...).

FA -- my emotions as I read your post: at first, pleased; then, disbelief (my thought was that you were just being lazy); then a brief spate of humour at your "this is where we differ" comment; then getting creeped out; then relief when we had a few things less in common.

And it's spelled "atheist" -- I before E except after C and when sounding like 'ay' as in neighbour and weigh...okay, it's not covered there, but it's still E-I...

[basite]

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?
Hot chocolate, with real Belgian Chocolate.

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
some are wrapped, some are not

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white?
Colored outside, and white in the tree inside

4. Do you hang mistletoe?
mom does that sometimes

5. When do you put your decorations up?
mom and dad do that

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)?
spagetti, lasagna, fondue big Italian fan.

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child:
dunno, alot, but i can't really remember one right now.

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?
dunno, mom and dad told me when i was about 9 or 10 years old

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve or Day?
day, no cheating at home, and after that, there are several family parties where there are some trees with presents under them...

10. How do you decorate your Christmas tree?
i don't my mom and my brother does

11. Snow! Love it or Dread?
Love it, but there hasn't been any this year :(
come on snow, you're dissapointing me...

12. Can you ice skate?
Yes, although it's just a hobby, i can do it really well...

13. Do you remember your favorite gift?
For now, dad's Advents, but at the age of 16, i'm sure that there will be more nice presents

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you?
Family

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?
Tiramisu

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
checking out what santa left on his way by...

17. What tops your tree?
depends on how the school grades turn out.

18. Which do you prefer giving or Receiving?
both

19. What is your favorite Christmas Song?
none that i know about at this moment, i'll see

20. Candy Canes! Yuck or Yum ?
dunno, never tried, could be, but i can't remember it

21Happy Holidays!! or Merry Christmas!!!!
Merry Christmas, sounds better anyway.

[topspeed]

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?
Have you ever tried following up a Turley Zin with egg nog? :yikes: It triggers a palace revolt from your nether-regions. Trust me. Voted: Neither

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
I just give them to these teenage girls at the mall, have a few drinks, and when I come back they are magically wrapped. It's a Christmas Miracle!!!

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white?
Clear...colored sucks. Too ghetto.

4. Do you hang mistletoe?
Why? Where do you want me to hang it? This is GMichael, not JohnMichael, right?

5. When do you put your decorations up?
The weekend after Thanksgiving.

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)?
Prime Rib.

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child:
Watching all the holiday cartoons.

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?
WAIT! WAIT! WAIT!!!

Truth?

TRUTH?!?

What're ya trying to say, Mike?!? :sad:


9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve or Day?
Both

10. How do you decorate your Christmas tree?
Get box. Open box. Dump box on top of tree. Voila! Decorated!

11. Snow! Love it or Dread?
Depends on how much my dealer is charging this week.

12. Can you ice skate?
On purpose?

13. Do you remember your favorite gift?
Atari 5200. I didn't even open the rest of my presents.

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you?
Family

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?
Mom's lemon merengue pie.

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
Not working.

17. What tops your tree?
Nothing tops my tree! Oh sure, all you jokers think you've got a better one, but you know the truth:

Mines better. Deal with it.

nyah nyah nyah! :prrr:

18. Which do you prefer giving or Receiving?
I'm a firm believer in giving while receiving, just like Jenna did to Peter North in...

Oh wait, wrong thread...

19. What is your favorite Christmas Song?
Nat King Cole*: The Christmas Song (Chestnuts roasting on an open fire...)

*Alvin and the Chipmunks will do in a pinch.

20. Candy Canes! Yuck or Yum ?
Depends on where it's been.

21. Happy Holidays!! or Merry Christmas!!!!
Why not Happy Qwanza? Happy Hannukah? Happy Festivus?!? Don't be so regional, Mike!

[GMichael]

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?
Have you ever tried following up a Turley Zin with egg nog? :yikes: It triggers a palace revolt from your nether-regions. Trust me. Voted: Neither

Too much information here.


2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
I just give them to these teenage girls at the mall, have a few drinks, and when I come back they are magically wrapped. It's a Christmas Miracle!!!

Gotta love those teenage girls.:ihih:


3. Colored lights on tree/house or white?
Clear...colored sucks. Too ghetto.

What's wrong with the ghetto?


4. Do you hang mistletoe?
Why? Where do you want me to hang it? This is GMichael, not JohnMichael, right?

Does it matter?



6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)?
Prime Rib.

Now you did it. I'm hungry!



8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?
WAIT! WAIT! WAIT!!!

Truth?

TRUTH?!?

What're ya trying to say, Mike?!? :sad:

That Santa has a little secret. He's actually mumble mumble mumble...



10. How do you decorate your Christmas tree?
Get box. Open box. Dump box on top of tree. Voila! Decorated!

Nice box!


12. Can you ice skate?
On purpose?

No, on ice. Duh.:rolleyes:


13. Do you remember your favorite gift?
Atari 5200. I didn't even open the rest of my presents.

Did it have Pong?


17. What tops your tree?
Nothing tops my tree! Oh sure, all you jokers think you've got a better one, but you know the truth:

Mines better. Deal with it.

nyah nyah nyah! :prrr:

Go to your room mister. :incazzato:


18. Which do you prefer giving or Receiving?
I'm a firm believer in giving while receiving, just like Jenna did to Peter North in...

Oh wait, wrong thread...

How do you know the names off the top of your head like that? And don't mumble.


19. What is your favorite Christmas Song?
Nat King Cole*: The Christmas Song (Chestnuts roasting on an open fire...)

*Alvin and the Chipmunks will do in a pinch.

No pinching please.


20. Candy Canes! Yuck or Yum ?
Depends on where it's been.

Where would they be?


21. Happy Holidays!! or Merry Christmas!!!!
Why not Happy Qwanza? Happy Hannukah? Happy Festivus?!? Don't be so regional, Mike!

So, which one?

[topspeed]

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white?
Clear...colored sucks. Too ghetto.


What's wrong with the ghetto? Nothing. Nothing at all. At least it doesn't have bears.




4. Do you hang mistletoe?
Why? Where do you want me to hang it? This is GMichael, not JohnMichael, right?


Does it matter? Hey, I can take it if you can.



10. How do you decorate your Christmas tree?
Get box. Open box. Dump box on top of tree. Voila! Decorated!

Nice box! I told my wife that once.

Once.

I don't remember anything after that.


Originally Posted by topspeed
18. Which do you prefer giving or Receiving?
I'm a firm believer in giving while receiving, just like Jenna did to Peter North in...

Oh wait, wrong thread...


How do you know the names off the top of your head like that? And don't mumble. Funny, my wife likes it when I mumble.


Originally Posted by topspeed
20. Candy Canes! Yuck or Yum ?
Depends on where it's been.


Where would they be? Bill Clinton. 'nuff said.


Originally Posted by topspeed
21. Happy Holidays!! or Merry Christmas!!!!
Why not Happy Qwanza? Happy Hannukah? Happy Festivus?!? Don't be so regional, Mike!


So, which one? Fine.

Happy Christmas and Merry New Year!

No...wait...

Merry Newmas and Happy Christyear!

nonononono! Dammit...

Merry had a little la...






awwww screw it.

[GMichael]

Merry had a little la...

awwww screw it.

The lamb? And you were worried about JM?

[JohnMichael]

CHRISTMAS EDITION OF GETTING TO KNOW YOUR FRIENDS!

You know the drill.
Highlight, copy, and paste. Change my answers to your answers. Moments of fun! Don't be a scrooge!!! Enjoy!!

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?
Newly diagnosed diabetic. Dry red wine.

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
I am 50 and still waiting for Santa

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white?
I do not live in a tree house.

4. Do you hang mistletoe?
Depends on which AR member is around. See topspeeds response.

5. When do you put your decorations up?
When I am in the mood. I've not been in the mood for several years.

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)?
Beef tenderloin

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child:
The first year after my parents seperated.

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?
Not until this thread.

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve or Day?
Either day if I receive one.

10. How do you decorate your Christmas tree?
Predecorated I pull it out of the bag and set it on a table.

11. Snow! Love it or Dread?
As long as it stays off the roads

12. Can you ice skate?
It's a requirement for membership.

13. Do you remember your favorite gift?
Bose 201 speakers, yes I said Bose.

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you?
That they are only once a year.

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?
See answer for #1.

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
Fighting over board games mostly Trivial Pursuit.

17. What tops your tree?
Right now the storage bag.

18. Which do you prefer giving or Receiving?
Giving

19. What is your favorite Christmas Song?
Don we now our gay apparel

20. Candy Canes! Yuck or Yum ?
Straight or bent?

21Happy Holidays!! or Merry Christmas!!!!
Merry Christmas
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[GMichael]

Yeah, John is joining in!


CHRISTMAS EDITION OF GETTING TO KNOW YOUR FRIENDS!


1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?
Newly diagnosed diabetic.

Sorry to hear/read that dude.




3. Colored lights on tree/house or white?
I do not live in a tree house.

I was waiting for someone else to read that the same way I do each time.


4. Do you hang mistletoe?
Depends on which AR member is around. See topspeeds response.

And if it's Speedy?


5. When do you put your decorations up?
When I am in the mood. I've not been in the mood for several years.

Not in the mood for...? Oh, decorating, I see. Sad.


6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)?
Beef tenderloin

More hunger. You guys are killing me.


7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child:
The first year after my parents seperated.

More sadness.


8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?
Not until this thread.

Don't believe anything you've read here. Santa is still at the north poll. He's just not as fat as they claim.


9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve or Day?
Either day if I receive one.

If? I'm getting sad again.


12. Can you ice skate?
It's a requirement for membership.

To what club?


13. Do you remember your favorite gift?
Bose 201 speakers, yes I said Bose.

Not a bad gift. As long as someone else paid then they're great.


14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you?
That they are only once a year.

Hmmpf...


15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?
See answer for #1.

Still sorry..


16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
Fighting over board games mostly Trivial Pursuit.

You spread your board games over the bed?



18. Which do you prefer giving or Receiving?
Giving

Are you saying... Nah, skip it.


19. What is your favorite Christmas Song?
Don we now our gay apparel

Go figure.


20. Candy Canes! Yuck or Yum ?
Straight or bent?

Uhm,..


21Happy Holidays!! or Merry Christmas!!!!
Merry Christmas
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[bobsticks]

A good yule log is always a tasty treat also.__________________


Could we get back to talking about the holidays??

[ForeverAutumn]

Could we get back to talking about the holidays??

What does Tmi mean?

[Dusty Chalk]

Too Much Information

[GMichael]

Could we get back to talking about the holidays??

Yick. That's not a big brownie ya know.

[audio_dude]

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?
Hot Chocolate with whipped cream and sprinkled with chocolate bits

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
Santa BUILD 'EM

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white?
well poo on you guys, i LOVE my tree house...

4. Do you hang mistletoe?
I carry some around in my pocket and hang it over hot girls, works about 75% of the time :ihih:

5. When do you put your decorations up?
december 1st

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)?
X-mas HAM

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child:
when my mom told me to stay outta the basement... so i went down and saw the HUGE stack of presents... FROM:SANTA... so I opened 'em to learn 'em to NOT LEAVE THEM IN THE OPEN!

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?
read #7
9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve or Day?
open a small one when we get to grandparents house, then all the rest on christmas day

10. How do you decorate your Christmas tree?
Lights and ornaments

11. Snow! Love it or Dread?
ahh, snow, its made so much better when you get to Ski-Doo over it... oh, and i don't shovel, i SNOWBLOW

12. Can you ice skate?
I've got a hockey game tonight

13. Do you remember your favorite gift?
SnowBoard i got when i was 10... it was wrapped in wall paper, took me half a friggin hour to open!

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you?
Family

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?
grandma's PERFECT chocochip cookies

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
how all the kids have christmas morning planned out... one adult awake: open stockings, 2 adults, sort presents, when EVERYBODY is awake and breakfasted, then we OPEN 'EM ALL

17. What tops your tree?
we really need to get a star...

18. Which do you prefer giving or Receiving?
both

19. What is your favorite Christmas Song?
Jingle Bells Rock

20. Candy Canes! Yuck or Yum ?
what do you think i'm eating right now?

21Happy Holidays!! or Merry Christmas!!!!
Merry Christmas!!!!

[Dusty Chalk]

Where would they be?Have you seen the video for "Girls on Film", by Duran Duran.

[Florian]

You know the drill.
Highlight, copy, and paste. Change my answers to your answers. Moments of fun! Don't be a scrooge!!! Enjoy!!

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?
Neither, i like sex more

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
He just sits them under the tree since they are too heavy to wrap

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white?
Black lights to show the world my opinion of it

4. Do you hang mistletoe?
Nope

5. When do you put your decorations up?
When the sky starts falling

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)?
Desert :-)

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child:
None

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?
When i saw him drive away in his car

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve or Day?
Before both days

10. How do you decorate your Christmas tree?
With CD's

11. Snow! Love it or Dread?
Love it

12. Can you ice skate?
Nope

13. Do you remember your favorite gift?
My first Onkyo THX-F1 speakers

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you?
Thats it over soon

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?
Dont know

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
To have a naked female santa in black stockings

17. What tops your tree?
My speakers are a foot higher

18. Which do you prefer giving or Receiving?
Receiving

19. What is your favorite Christmas Song?
Dont have one

20. Candy Canes! Yuck or Yum ?
Yuck

21Happy Holidays!! or Merry Christmas!!!!
Same to you

[audio_dude]

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
To have a naked female santa in black stockings



ahh yes, i feel another rockin' AR partay comin' on...

*runs home and grabs beer, chips, and Led Zepplin 2...*

ok flo, lets see what all this fuss about these apogee's is all about...

[kexodusc]

(kex walks in the room, fresh from serving his sentence as a result of the last AR.com party...)

Never really had a thing for old, fat, naked, bearded women, myself, but to each his own...

[Dusty Chalk]

Yeah, I think he wanted to be a little bit more specific in his requests...be careful what you wish for and all that...

[GMichael]

Have you seen the video for "Girls on Film", by Duran Duran.

Not that I recall. Hey, where did all the fat chix come from?
Pass me a beer. Pfssssst....
I think I have new tubes for my Fender upstairs.

[Dusty Chalk]

Not that I recall. Watch for the candy cane scene. (http://youtube.com/results?search_query=Duran+Duran+Girls+On+Film)

[JoeE SP9]

Hey Flo! Black stockings but no French Maid's costume?:ihih:

[Florian]

Hey Flo! Black stockings but no French Maid's costume?:ihih:

Nope, German Maid costume :cornut:

[basite]

Nope, German Maid costume :cornut:


how about this nice lady?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=04AqufwNK5c


(watch it completely)
things are not what they seem to be...
:cornut:

Keep them spinning,
Basite.

[Feanor]

But let me preface my answers by saying, "Bah humbug"


CHRISTMAS EDITION OF GETTING TO KNOW YOUR FRIENDS!

You know the drill.
Highlight, copy, and paste. Change my answers to your answers. Moments of fun! Don't be a scrooge!!! Why not?? Enjoy!!

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?
Egg nog -- love the stuff but can't drink too much, even the unspiked variety.

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
Wrapped or bagged.

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white?
No outside lights this year; at least not yet.

4. Do you hang mistletoe?
No

5. When do you put your decorations up?
Sometime before Christmas.

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)?
Rutabaga puff

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child:
Don't remember -- 'way too long ago.

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?
Ditto above.

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve or Day?
Day, though for a number of years it was after Xmas Eve church service.

10. How do you decorate your Christmas tree?
Lights and ornaments -- for me too.

11. Snow! Love it or Dread?
I like it on the lawns and in the parks: absolutely nowhere else.

12. Can you ice skate?
Never well and not any more.

13. Do you remember your favorite gift?
No.

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you?
Family; my son arrives tonight from Regina, SK, where he's attending university.

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?
Fruit cake -- yes, really!!

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
Opening presents -- yeah, works for me too.

17. What tops your tree?
Lighted star.

18. Which do you prefer giving or Receiving?
Giving, relatively at least, as I have to pay for most of what I nominally receive.

19. What is your favorite Christmas Song?
Several come to mind:
* Ríu Ríu Chíu, (Spanish)
* Il est né, le divin Enfant, (French)
* There is No Rose of Such Virtue, (English)
* I Wonder as I Wander, (John Jacob Niles - American)
* Jesus Christ, the Apple Tree, (American)


20. Candy Canes! Yuck or Yum ?
Yuck-- yep, me too.

21Happy Holidays!! or Merry Christmas!!!!
Merry Christmas!!!! -- me too, and the same to everyone.

Have good one, one and all.

[nobody]

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?
hot chocolate

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
wrap, but no tree

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white?
none

4. Do you hang mistletoe?
no...but if that one friend of my wife's is stopping by I may make an exception

5. When do you put your decorations up?
don't

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)?
bacon...we celebrate the holiday at breakfast

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child:
none...the electro shock took that away from me

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?
saw a friends dad in santa costume beard ain't much better disguise than superman's glasses

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve or Day?
both

10. How do you decorate your Christmas tree?
don't

11. Snow! Love it or Dread?
love it

12. Can you ice skate?
yes

13. Do you remember your favorite gift?
not really

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you?
vacation days and time with my people

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?
peppermint ice cream

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
breakfast with my family

17. What tops your tree?
nothing

18. Which do you prefer giving or Receiving?
giving (only because i'm such a picky bastard i'd rather pick thing out myself than get presents)

19. What is your favorite Christmas Song?
Merry Christmas (I Don't Wanna Fight) The Ramones

20. Candy Canes! Yuck or Yum ?
yum

21Happy Holidays!! or Merry Christmas!!!!
i usually say merry christmas unless i'm talking to someone who getting off a rant about how horribly persecuted christians are in america and how he just wishes everyone could go back to saying merry christmas...then it quickly becomes happy holidays

[GMichael]

OK, beer and chips are set out. LJ may stop by later to burn up a few steaks. Does anyone know if Worf is coming to the party?

[Bernd]

I'll give it a go.....so here goes......

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?
Hot chocolate made with Valrona chocolate and a splash of Metaxa seven star Brandy.

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
wrap

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white?
white and only inside

4. Do you hang mistletoe?
never have. Am I missing out??????????

5. When do you put your decorations up?
later today

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)?
goose

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child:
can't recall

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?
saw what I shouldn't have seen at age 4

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve or Day?
both

10. How do you decorate your Christmas tree?
tastefully

11. Snow! Love it or Dread?
love it

12. Can you ice skate?
no

13. Do you remember your favorite gift?
no,never really got what I wanted. Picky Bastard me.

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you?
peace and stillness and the company of loved ones

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?
tart au citron

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
christmas eve food. Homemade venison sausage with potato salad.

17. What tops your tree?
nothing right now

18. Which do you prefer giving or Receiving?
giving.

19. What is your favorite Christmas Song?
Chris Rea - Driving home for christmas

20. Candy Canes! Yuck or Yum ?
yuck

21Happy Holidays!! or Merry Christmas!!!!
merry christmas - holidays are in the summer

So Merry Christmas to all of you out there.

Peace

Bernd:16:

[GMichael]

I'll give it a go.....so here goes......

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?
Hot chocolate made with Valrona chocolate and a splash of Metaxa seven star Brandy.
Can we put you in charge of drinks & food?



4. Do you hang mistletoe?
never have. Am I missing out??????????
Could be.



15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?
tart au citron
Can't wait to find out what this is!


16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
christmas eve food. Homemade venison sausage with potato salad.
Now stop that. I haven't had lunch yet.


So Merry Christmas to all of you out there.

Peace

Bernd:16:

Ditto

[Bernd]

Can we put you in charge of drinks & food?

I accept the challenge!





Can't wait to find out what this is!






Here you go. The most delicious dessert imaginable.



A classic French dessert, and this version is absolutely divine. The method for the pastry is unusual, to say the least, but it produces a nice crisp, biscuity pastry which is ideal for this type of tart, as well as for fruit tarts. The quantity given will make three tart shells, but you can keep it in the fridge for a few days, or freeze it.



Ingredients
Pastry:
250g butter
175g icing sugar
2 small eggs, beaten
500g flour

Filling:
Zest of 4 lemons and 180 ml of juice
4 large eggs
120g caster sugar
120 ml double cream
icing sugar and lemon wedges to decorate


Method
For the pastry, cream together the butter and sugar till fluffy. Lightly mix in the eggs, then cut in the flour with a spatula. Knead gently for a few seconds to make a smooth dough, then wrap in clingfilm and refrigerate for at least half an hour. You'll need to take it out of the fridge well before you want to use it as it is a bit tricky to handle.


Preheat the oven to 150C/300F. Roll out the dough to about 5 mm thick, and use it to line a 22 cm tin (I used a square one). You can make the sides of the tart double thickness by cutting the pastry an inch bigger all round and folding it down. Make the edges nice and neat though. Prick with a fork, line with greaseprooof paper and weight it down with baking beans. Chill for 20 minutes, then bake blind for 25 minutes on a pre-heated baking tray. Remove paper and beans and return to the oven for 5 minutes. The pastry should be crisp and lightly coloured. Set aside and turn the oven up to 170C/350F.


To make the filling, finely grate the zest from the lemons and squeeze enough juice to give the required quantity. Break the eggs into a bowl, add the sugar and whisk lightly to combine -- not until it's frothy. Then, still beating, add the lemon zest and juice and the cream. Put this mixture in a jug.


Put the pastry case on the baking tray and slide it out of the oven far enough to be able to pour the filling in, carefully. You want it to come virtually to the top of the pastry. Slide the tray back in, and bake for about 30 minutes until the filling is set and just firm in the centre.


Remove from the oven, sift icing sugar over it and caramelise the top under the grill . Serve at room temperature -- you don't need anything with it.


Peace

Bernd:16:

[ForeverAutumn]

Here you go. The most delicious dessert imaginable.

That sounds fantastic! I may just have to try that out this year (I love to bake!). If I do, I'll let you know how it turns out.

Thanks Bernd!

[GMichael]

That sounds fantastic! I may just have to try that out this year (I love to bake!). If I do, I'll let you know how it turns out.

Thanks Bernd!

Ditto,

Thanks Bernd,

I'll give it a go. Can't wait to see how it comes out.

[Bernd]

You are welcome.Enjoy it. The Tart is very special. Used to be the favourite dessert in both my Restaurants and in our house, christmas wouldn't be complete without one. Shame you're not closer as I would make you one. It's easier to work with bigger quantities.
Just take your time with the pastry.
Man this is turning into a cookery board.

Peace

Bernd:16:

P.S. Make sure that you use unwaxed Lemons.

[JohnMichael]

Sounds delicious. I have a friend who loves to bake. I will be taking her the recipe and ingredients. She will call when ready.

[GMichael]

Sounds delicious. I have a friend who loves to bake. I will be taking her the recipe and ingredients. She will call when ready.

Could you leave a light on?

[Dusty Chalk]

Can we put you in charge of drinks & food?Seconded.

[noddin0ff]

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?

All things in excess! Egg Nog with good bourbon though...mmmmm

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
What kind of lame Santa doesn't wrap?

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white?
White. Tree only. Wooden ornaments.

4. Do you hang mistletoe?
No. It's just too creepy hanging there (plus toxic for youngsters)

5. When do you put your decorations up?
When the tree arrives.

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)?
lefse. a skandinavian potato-based flat bread (like a sweet tortilla) that you spread with butter and sprinkely with sugar or jam, roll up and eat.

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child:
single-handedly stringing 50ft of popcorn and cranberries every year while watching TV in front of a fire. AND wondering why Santa always put pipe cleaners in our stockings. Apparently, Santa thought it would be hours of fun bending them into funny shapes.

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?
I don't want to talk about it.

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve or Day?
yes

10. How do you decorate your Christmas tree?
arrange lights, stand back, squint, repeat.

11. Snow! Love it or Dread?
On Christmas day, love it.

12. Can you ice skate?
Let's just say, I wouldn't want to have to flee a gang of hostile penquins on skates.

13. Do you remember your favorite gift?
curiously, no.

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you?
Peace

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?
All of it.

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
Watching my little girl learn about Christmas

17. What tops your tree?
A wooden, painted, star

18. Which do you prefer giving or Receiving?
wondering.

19. What is your favorite Christmas Song?
I bought you a plastic star for your aluminum tree.

20. Candy Canes! Yuck or Yum ?
pass

21 Happy Holidays!! or Merry Christmas!!!!
either, where appropriate.

[Kam]

CHRISTMAS EDITION OF GETTING TO KNOW YOUR FRIENDS!

You know the drill.
Highlight, copy, and paste. Change my answers to your answers. Moments of fun! Don't be a scrooge!!! Enjoy!!

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?
Hot Chocolate.

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
Under the tree. The elves wrap the presents, what else are they good for?

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white?
White for the nice first snow pics, then colored.

4. Do you hang mistletoe?
No, but i kill greek gods with it.

5. When do you put your decorations up?
I never take them down.

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)
i like pie....

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child:
1986, year before my fam moved.

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?
always knew. :( but i do still believe in batman if that makes up for it.

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve or Day?
day.

10. How do you decorate your Christmas tree?
i've helped decorate others, never had one myself, being all non-christian and all. :)

11. Snow! Love it or Dread?
love to film it, hate to watch it turn black in the nyc streets.

12. Can you ice skate?
Yes

13. Do you remember your favorite gift?
i think i got an insecticon back in 1986. that was pretty sweet.

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you?
Truth, justice, and the american way.

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?
I like those green frosted tree shaped cookies.

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
Kicking the neighbor's in the nuts. Doesn't everyone?

17. What tops your tree?
nothing, see #10

18. Which do you prefer giving or Receiving?
Giving. Unless i'm giving myself a gift, then, by default, i like giving and receiving.

19. What is your favorite Christmas Song?
Frosty the snowman or that version of All i Want for Xmas is You from Love Actually.

20. Candy Canes! Yuck or Yum ?
Yuck, but they can have their uses.

21Happy Holidays!! or Merry Christmas!!!!
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!!!!

and
peace and love
k2

[ForeverAutumn]

10. How do you decorate your Christmas tree?
i've helped decorate others, never had one myself, being all non-christian and all.

Wow! You just reminded me of something that I totally forgot about! When I was a kid, we never had a tree either. We had a neighbour who was a good friend of my Mom's but about 10 years older. I always thought of her as my surrogate grandmother (although, when I was 5, she was only 45...she seemed much older to me at the time :wink5: ). Her kids were at that age where they had better things to do than hang out with the parents and decorate a tree. So, she used to invite me over and I would help her and her husband decorate their tree. She made the most yummiest Christmas cookies too (and the best apple pies EVER).

Thanks for bringing that memory up. She moved into a Seniors home earlier this year. I'm gonna have to send her a Christmas card. :thumbsup:

[tin ear]

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?
Both! Also, barley-wine style ales, other winter-warmers.

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
Wraps them. Or just buys one of those gift bags for like a buck.

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white?
Colored & white until circuit breakers flip, then back off one string.

4. Do you hang mistletoe?
What? And have the wife all over me?

5. When do you put your decorations up?
Sometime...

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)?
Tamales

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child:
Circa 1966 first stereo record player. Whereupon I started playing Bob Dylan records. That's probably about when my Mom learned for good that no good deed goes unpunished.

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?
OMG! What truth?

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve or Day?
Both, or whenever I get them, whichever is soonest

10. How do you decorate your Christmas tree?
Old-style beer tabs, made into a chain

11. Snow! Love it or Dread?
Love it. Doesn't snow much here. When it does, everything is shut down. (Snow is not what we shovel here.)

12. Can you ice skate?
Yeah right. Learned how on the livestock tank. :rolleyes:

13. Do you remember your favorite gift?
I must be getting old.

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you?
Christ. Family. Oh, yeah, well OK -- getting that week off from work is kinda nice...

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?
Chocolate calf-slobber pie.

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
Just getting together with family. Take bets on whose head will explode.

17. What tops your tree?
Angel, when we do a tree.

18. Which do you prefer giving or Receiving?
Giving.

19. What is your favorite Christmas Song?
O Holy Night... I guess -- that's what comes to mind right now.

20. Candy Canes! Yuck or Yum ?
Good for decoration.

21Happy Holidays!! or Merry Christmas!!!!
Merry Christmas!!!!

[Kam]

So, she used to invite me over and I would help her and her husband decorate their tree.

sweet, and did you do my favorite holiday tradition with your neighbor's husband as well?
:D
hehehe
(i keeeed i keeeeed)

[GMichael]

sweet, and did you do my favorite holiday tradition with your neighbor's husband as well?
:D
hehehe
(i keeeed i keeeeed)

You sir, are a very sick man. But I like it. :ciappa:

[GMichael]

I am glad to see that the party is still growing. Has anyone seen Warf yet?

Can't wait to try out Bernd's French tart this weekend. :ihih:

[ForeverAutumn]

Can't wait to try out Bernd's French tart this weekend. :ihih:

:nono: You would do that to your wife? You're not the man that I thought you were. :nonod:

[GMichael]

You would do that to your wife? You're not the man that I thought you were. :nonod: :nono:

Are you kidding me? She's as excited about this as I am! She already picked up the lemons, sugar and anything else we were missing.
You should be more open minded. Hey wait. Aren't you planning on trying his tart also?

[ForeverAutumn]

Are you kidding me? She's as excited about this as I am! She already picked up the lemons, sugar and anything else we were missing.
You should be more open minded. Hey wait. Aren't you planning on trying his tart also?

Guilty as charged. Actually, I'm leaving for the grocery store in about ten minutes. :cornut:

[GMichael]

Guilty as charged. Actually, I'm leaving for the grocery store in about ten minutes. :cornut:

Don't forget to post pics.

[GMichael]

Merry Christmas everyone!
Happy holidays for those who celebrate something else.
Have a great weekend for those who don't celebrate anything, other than another weekend.
I hope that everyone has a safe and happy time. Enjoy your families, friends and music.

Thanks again to Bernd. Can't wait to try your tarts.
Thanks to everyone else here who makes me feel welcome. This place is my extended family.

:16: :5:

[Bernd]

You're welcome, good luck with the baking.

A happy christmas greeting from me aswell before the mass celebrations in honour of Palestinian Citizen X begin.

Have a great time and hang loose.

Peace

Bernd:16: :16: :16: :16: :16:

[Kam]

happy holidays and merry christmas from me as well GM!!! This is your first xmas in the new house right??
exciting stuff!
eat, drink, listen to music, and be merry!!
peace
k2

[ForeverAutumn]

Happy Holidays to everyone here at AR. I hope that everyone has a safe and peaceful holiday.

[GMichael]

happy holidays and merry christmas from me as well GM!!! This is your first xmas in the new house right??
exciting stuff!
eat, drink, listen to music, and be merry!!
peace
k2

Thanks Kam,

Yes, this is Christmas number one for us here. Right now I'm home wrapping Honey's gifts. Don't tell her on me. I even set my work number up to transfer her here when she calls there. SHHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhh........

Have a great Christmas.

[Bernd]

Don't forget to post pics.

GMichael, John Michael, FA and all tart lovers - does yours look like this??????
It's now Christmas Eve and celebrations begin with venison sausages, home made potato salad and the wonderful Tarte Au Citron!

Peace

Bernd:16:

[ForeverAutumn]

Your's looks way better than mine. Mine's still cooling, so I can't cut into it yet. But I ran into a couple of problems.

1. Even after refrigerating, the dough was way too soft to roll and then move into the pan. So I ended up just pressing it into the pan. The crust looked pretty good after baking it, so I think that it'll end up being fine.

2. When I tried to carmelize the sugar on top, the edge of the crust started to burn before the sugar carmelized. So I had to pull it from the oven before carmelizing. The sugar just continued to melt on the top from the heat of the tart, but it didn't brown.

How do you carmelize the sugar without burning the crust? I had the rack in the middle of the oven. Should I lower the rack, maybe?

I made mine in a pie pan. But it looks like yours was made in a springform. Good idea. Assuming that my test run this morning tastes good, I'm going to make another one to take to my mother-in-law's tomorrow. Maybe I'll try it in the spingform for her place.

[basite]

Looks delicious Bernd,
have you ever tried Tarte de tatin? also a great tart.


cheers,
Bert.

[ForeverAutumn]

I just cut into mine. It tastes great...very tart, mmmmm...but the texture is kinda lumpy. I was worried about over-beating the eggs. I think that I probably under-beat them and now I have chunks of cooked egg whites in it. I mixed the eggs by hand. I'll use a mixer on the next one.

[bobsticks]

Merry Christmas to one and all (or Happy Applicable Seasonal Celebration...)!

...I think I'm going to Bernd's for dessert.


Cheers

[GMichael]

GMichael, John Michael, FA and all tart lovers - does yours look like this??????
It's now Christmas Eve and celebrations begin with venison sausages, home made potato salad and the wonderful Tarte Au Citron!

Peace

Bernd:16:

Hey, what happened to square? I had a round pan all ready when wifey keps telling me that it says to use a square tin.
It came out great Bernd. It doesn't look like yours but it's not bad for a first try. I can't thank you enough for sharing it with us. But that, it's a little tricky, comment was a huge understatement. After I rolled it out I couldn't pick it up to put in the pan. It was like trying to lift air. I had to start over and roll it on wax paper. Then I was able to get it in the pan.
FA, I had trouble with the crust burning during the caramelizing also.
Here is what mine looks like. Most is gone though.

[Bernd]

Hey, what happened to square? I had a round pan all ready when wifey keps telling me that it says to use a square tin.
It came out great Bernd. It doesn't look like yours but it's not bad for a first try. I can't thank you enough for sharing it with us. But that, it's a little tricky, comment was a huge understatement. After I rolled it out I couldn't pick it up to put in the pan. It was like trying to lift air. I had to start over and roll it on wax paper. Then I was able to get it in the pan.
FA, I had trouble with the crust burning during the caramelizing also.
Here is what mine looks like. Most is gone though.

Hey guys a valiant effort. Well done.

1) Do the caramelising under the grill, not in the oven. It might sound funny, but the best results are obtained by using a small blow torch.

2) A square tin is easier to work wirk GM. A round tart looks nicer.

3) I am using a 22cm round tin with a re-movable base. A spring tin will be fine too.

4) FA, make sure that the eggs and sugar are beaten well together, and let the paste rest well in the fridge. Also a good tip is to freeze the tin before you put the pastry in.

I think it's great that you joined in. A real brotherhood spirit.

So wishing you all a great day today.

And bobsticks a piece of tarte au citron is waiting for you.

Merry Christmas

Peace

Bernd:16:

P.S. Basite- Tarte Tatin will be in the next lesson.

[GMichael]

Hey guys a valiant effort. Well done.

Thanks Bernd. I'll do better on the next try.


1) Do the caramelising under the grill, not in the oven. It might sound funny, but the best results are obtained by using a small blow torch.

This is what my mom said. I thought she was nuts.


2) A square tin is easier to work wirk GM. A round tart looks nicer.

Round next time. Cool it first huh? OK, will do.


3) I am using a 22cm round tin with a re-movable base. A spring tin will be fine too.

I don't know these yet. I'll look in the stores next week.


I think it's great that you joined in. A real brotherhood spirit.

How could we pass up a chance to try a real European treat?


So wishing you all a great day today.

Merry Christmas

Peace

Ditto. Merry Christmas[/QUOTE]



P.S. Basite- Tarte Tatin will be in the next lesson.

OOO More next season? OOO OOO! Count me in.

[ForeverAutumn]

Hey guys a valiant effort. Well done.

1) Do the caramelising under the grill, not in the oven. It might sound funny, but the best results are obtained by using a small blow torch.

I was trying to do it in the oven, under the broiler. Had it not been Xmas Eve and the stores closed, I would have run out to a nearby kitchen store for a creme brulee torch before my second attempt.


A square tin is easier to work wirk GM. A round tart looks nicer.

I found the round tin pretty easy to work with, but then I pressed the dough into the tin instead of rolling it. The crust still came out lovely.


I am using a 22cm round tin with a re-movable base. A spring tin will be fine too.

Attempt number two was done in a flan pan with a removable base. It wasn't as deep as the pie pan and came out very nice.


4) FA, make sure that the eggs and sugar are beaten well together, and let the paste rest well in the fridge. Also a good tip is to freeze the tin before you put the pastry in.

I made the pastry the night before, so it was well chilled but still softened up too much as I was rolling it. The second tart looks like it turned out much better than the first one. Although I can't cut into it until after dinner tonight to know for sure. But it doesn't look lumpy like the first one did.


I think it's great that you joined in. A real brotherhood spirit.

I love to bake. I'm actually very good at it and am usually asked to supply dessert when we go anywhere for dinner. I even tried to start a cookie business several years ago, but it was too time consuming for very little profit. This is my first try at a custardy type of filling. It was a great experience that I learned some good technique from. We're hosting some friends for NYE this year and I'm already planning to make this dessert for them. I'll buy a small torch before then. :)

Thanks for the recipe Bernd!! I'll let you know how the in-laws enjoy it this evening.

Happy Christmas!

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