[Nfb-krafters-korner] Thanks for a Great Party

Wed Dec 23 02:01:49 UTC 2015

Thanks for this explanation.

Greg

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Greg

Cookies are the softer ones and biscuits are harder. I think the difference
also differs in English and Afrikaans speakers. We call it cookies and the
English speaking people call it biscuits.
The other typical South African bake is called "Beskuit" which is made with
flour, heast milk or water.
The ingredients are mixed and then kneed until the right texture. Then you
place it in a large container and allow it to rise to double the original
size, like home-made bread.
After a few hours it is kneed down again. Some people allow it to rise to
double the size again.
Before it is rolled in balls it is kneed down last time.
The balls are them packed in baking pans and left to again rise before
placed in a moderate hot oven.
When it comes out of the pans you leave it to cool before braking them into
sizes determined by the original balls.
I cut them into the size I like best as it is easier to have your beskuit
all the same size. This is the stage you need to keep it out of reach of
kids and adults as we love it warm with or without butter.
If you succeed in having wet beskuit to dry, it is placed on the oven racks
to dry in a cool oven.
I place a wooden spoon to keep the oven door slightly open to allow the
steam to escape during the drying process.
The other beskuit is where you us self-rising flour and butter milk, eggs
and raisons, and whatever healthy seeds you want to use.
Hope this gives you an idea of our "boere beskuit" farmer beskuit as it was
baked by the farmer's wives when there wasn't ingredients in the house to
bake anything else. It also keeps for a longer time when people went gaming.
Beskuit is still very popular as the first snack with your first cup of
early morning coffee.

Hettie

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Thank you for this description of your Christmas. What is the difference
between a cookie and a biscuit in the way your country cooks?

Greg

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Hi Terry
Because we have summer now and you have winter there are certain things we
do different. Let me start with the preparations for Christmas.
Gone are the days when most people started baking in October and November to
fill tins with home-made cookies and biscuits. Now people buy their cookies
and biscuits instead of standing at the hot stove baking.
People still go visit their families over Christmas and new year.
How Christmas eve is spent depends on different people doing things
differently. When our and our friends' children were small we had a
decorated tree where all the gifts were placed. We listened to popular
Christmas music in different languages. I am Afrikaans, my husband German,
some of our friends Dutch so we had lots of different songs and music to
enjoy. Not forgetting the love English carols we all love so much.
We always handed our gifts out on Christmas eve and other people do that
early on Christmas morning.
Some of the churches have their Christmas service on Christmas eve and other
groups early on Christmas day. Churches are mostly packed as all the family
visiting as well as friends will go together. After the service people
gather outside wishing one another a blessed Christmas.
As South Africa is such a warm country in December many people have cold
salads and cold meat for lunch. We decide beforehand who will make which
dish and then we pool everything. This means popular potato, noodle, carrot
and many other salads. The meat will also be somewhat more special such as
leg of lamb, if you can afford it even for such a special meal. Some have
roast pork, smoked pork, chicken, and whatever else is brought to the table.
The table will be specially laid with Christmas hats- crackers with all
kinds of goodies inside. That fun will happen before people start eat.
There may be some sparkling wine or any other popular South African wine,
beer at the table too.
Then the dessert will be fresh fruit salad with icecream, or other desserts
special in certain families.
After lunch most people have a nap as there's not much one can do after such
an extravagant meal.
Later in the afternoon or evening people go visiting and have all kinds of
cake and other traditional cakes with coffee, home made ginger beer.
People also stream to holiday resorts near, or further away to enjoy the day
in the open. We don't like going as these places are so crowded that it
isn't fun anymore. The swimming pools are so over-crowded that it is no fun
to go swimming.
Well that's what I can think of off the top of my head.
I hope all list members and their families will have a real blessed
Christmas this year. While enjoying all the fun of the season let's never
forget whose birthday it is. Yes, nobody knows exactly when Jesus was born
but that doesn't matter. That He was born to die on the cross 33 years later
is the crux of it all.

Hettie

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Hettie,
Sorry we lost our connection out of the country Sunday. Everyone was looking
forward to you or Lindy sharing how you celebrate Chrismas where you are, in
the heat and different things you do. When you listen to the recording you
will hear a time where I was searching for Lindy as I know she was there for
a time. Someone asked if you or Lindy might write for the group the
different things you do in your country for the holidays. If you have the
time to write and post this before Christmas this will be a great encore of
the party. Thanks and Merry Christmas.
Terry K

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Could I have it too?

Hettie

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Debbie,
Thank you, I will send you the poem in a email shortly.
Terry K

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Hi Terry,
Thank you for a fun party. The format of the attach file is not able to open
& read with a screen reader. I would like a copy of the poem. What I could
hear; it  was beautiful.
Debbie

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Thanks to each and evberyone who made this such a Great Christmas Party. It
went so very well and I so enjoyed it. Everyone did their part and it was
really Great. Merry Christmas to Everyone and Happy New Year. Thanks for a
Christmas Blessing.

Terry Knox

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