Christmas Edition Of Getting To Know Your Friends!

[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.

[JoeE SP9]

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

[Florian]

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

Nope, German Maid costume

[basite]

Nope, German Maid costume

how about this nice lady?

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


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


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

[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

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

[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

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 ). 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.

[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.

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?

hehehe
(i keeeed i keeeeed)

[GMichael]

sweet, and did you do my favorite holiday tradition with your neighbor's husband as well?

hehehe
(i keeeed i keeeeed)

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

[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.