I think either day sounds great. I want to give a shout out to the cookie exchange that I am hosting at the end of the month on November 29th.
Here is the link for those interested. I am only having 8 people at max at the event as it is a lot of cookies. Also I kept it out of December as it is such a busy month for everyone and Hannukah is early this year.
http://www.lthforum.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=42570

mollyanne wrote:Hi! This is Kristen (Ava's friend-- Molly Anne is my dog!) doing my first-ever post on ANY forum. Thanks for including me at yesterday's tea. It was lovely to meet you all and the food was DIVINE. I am open to hosting a January exchange if no one else wants to claim it. I was thinking either Sunday the 17th or the 24th. I live in Hyde Park. Thoughts?

Edit. Ava may be traveling both the 17th and 24th and as she is my conduit to the group, it would be nice if she could make it. How about the 31st?

The 31st is fine. Now start a new thread Jackie O!

pairs4life wrote:

mollyanne wrote:Hi! This is Kristen (Ava's friend-- Molly Anne is my dog!) doing my first-ever post on ANY forum. Thanks for including me at yesterday's tea. It was lovely to meet you all and the food was DIVINE. I am open to hosting a January exchange if no one else wants to claim it. I was thinking either Sunday the 17th or the 24th. I live in Hyde Park. Thoughts?

Edit. Ava may be traveling both the 17th and 24th and as she is my conduit to the group, it would be nice if she could make it. How about the 31st?

The 31st is fine. Now start a new thread Jackie O!

Nice call, Ava!




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I was so busy running around at the exchange that I didn't get as many pictures as I would have liked to. I missed the squash soup entirely. And I got to the sandwiches only after we had decimated them. But here is what I got.

Some more pictures

Last of the pictures

The rolled cookies were Norwegian Krumkake, made on my mother in-law's iron over the stove:

Krumkake (Norwegian: [ˈkrʉmˌkɑːkə], meaning bent cake, is a Norwegian waffle cookie made of flour, butter, eggs, sugar, and cream. A special decorative two-sided iron griddle, similar to a waffle iron, is traditionally used to bake the thin round cakes. Older irons are used over the stove, but modern electric irons offer the convenience of nonstick surfaces, automatic timing, and multiple cakes per batch. While VERY hot, the 13–20 cm krumkake are rolled into small cones around a cone form. Krumkake can be eaten plain or filled with whipped cream (often multekrem) or other fillings.

These cookies are popular not only in Norway but also among Norwegian immigrant descendants in the American Midwest. Krumkaker are traditionally made in preparation for Christmas.

Mine had a pinch of lemon extract to give it a light flavor.

wow, i was already so disappointed to miss this event, but seeing the pics really brought it home. everything looks delicious.

The cookies are molasses walnut, if my memory, is correct from izzy. She also made the chocolate chip and orange scones shown on the tier.

I made British-style currant scones shown in the basket.

Great time Sue & Joel thanks for hosting a lovely afternoon.

The unidentified cookies are orange, walnut and coconut rounds. The tea was lovely. It was relaxed and fun.
I had a good time.
Thank you, Joel and Sue, for hosting.