… licked your fingertip and picked the crumbs off your plate because 1 – you’re an adult now and you just can and 2 – you know that the crumbs of what you just ate contain the distilled essence of all that is good and fine in the world?
Nah, me neither.
Shortbread – shorts, or breads, or cookies?
Ginger Snaps … before and after
Mrs Widds cuts the mincemeat with apple – means you can have more than one, even if you’re not doing quality control
AllysNotebook Ginger Ale fruitcake recipe – still warm from the oven
Widdershins Worlds 
Oh bloody hell – this cooking is making me hungry 😂looks great
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The last fruitcake is in the oven as we speak. 😀 … I think we’re both kinda sugared-out now. 😀 … time enough to recover before the family feastings begin. 🙂
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Your home must smell amazing – I love fruitcake
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Alas, the baking is done 😦 … le sigh … the fruit in this recipe is marinated in ginger ale/beer … it’ really adds a subtle tang to the whole thing. 🙂
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Oh God! Brilliant idea – I love ginger
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Wow! Whole lotta baking going on!
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Bake it, baby, bake! 😀
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🍪 🥧 😃
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Want a lodger? 😉
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Heh, heh, heh. 😀 Anytime. 😀
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😀 😀
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Ah! So that’s the secret – you have to lick your fingers. I’ll get more up next time. Impressive baking.
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Exactly! 😀
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A timely reminder that it could be time I start cooking!
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Heh, 😀 just think of all those crumbs you’re missing out on. 😀
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Salivating and thinking of crumbs . . . sigh . . .
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There’s just something so, satisfying, about finishing off the crumbs. 😀
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I’m actually not very crumby.
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Heh, heh, heh 😀 … I see what you did there! 😀 … however, I’m sure you are ‘the distilled essence of all that is good and fine in the world’. 😀
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Yummy!
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Absolutely no doubt about that! 😀
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Droooooooool. Gingerale fruit cake. I’m looking that one up.
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Here’s the URL for Ally’s Notebook post where she has the recipe 😀 … bon gusto! 🙂
https://allysnotebook.blog/2019/11/14/it-kinda-smells-like-christmas-at-allys-castle/
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Baking is like drinking (drinking in moderation, of course!)….. the universal balm.
Just looking at the finished product makes me feel warm inside.
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Anticip … … … pation, is half the fun! 😀
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Dang, wish I lived closer! 😉
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As Bilbo Baggins said as he bade farewell to the dwarves of Erebor, “If ever you are passing my way, don’t wait to knock! Tea is at four; but (any of) you are welcome at any time!” 😀
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🙂
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