In between baking Christmas bread and wondering how can making something so easy take so long?
It's not tedious, just that it has an elaborate many steps, compounded by the fact that a lot many ingredients are not easily available in the market, I have to make them at home.
Like almond meal, candied citrus peel and so forth.
But I'm not complaining. My muscles did get a good workout though, punching almost a kilo of good cheer scented dough for almost ten minutes, and as I wait for it it to rise I've to prepare dinner after which I'll be doing another ten minutes of kneading after incorporating rum swollen raisins and currants and nuts.
For what am I, if not a multitasking acolyte.
Phew I tell you.
Turns out my Taiwanese neighbours are Christians, a good bit of luck then.
There's a goodly bit of Christmas cooking going around in this area. One needn't be as much Sherlock as a hound to make out the myriad cinnamon scented, vanilla spiked air.
In other news the cat has been asleep for almost 5 hours and doesn't look too optimistic about waking up anytime soon, except maybe when it's my time to sleep.
sighs..
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