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Post by 3piggles on Oct 13, 2015 19:28:48 GMT
Jo, I could understand it if there weren't very many bags, but when there are plenty of bags, why only use a few, and load them to the max? The beginning of Fall in New Hampshire The North country, up by the Canadian border, has peak foliage now, and it's moving south rapidly
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Post by irina13 on Oct 15, 2015 16:55:36 GMT
O M G ,the picture is beyond beautiful the tree is like so beautiful,looooove looovee.Well we had a national holiday on the 11 (That is the day when the first gun was fired in Kumanovo and Prilep,it was a sign that they were prepared to fight against the naci. Every one prepares for the winter,buying vegetables and fruits frezzing them,making ajvar,lutenica.Well ajvar is the most exiting thing to tell you the truth,delicioso . Also coz we don't celebrated Christmas like most of the world on the 25 of Decemberi i got nothing to look foward to ,by the way here christmas is celebrated after the new year on the 7 of january so bummer
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Post by jolovespiggies on Oct 15, 2015 17:37:38 GMT
Quite agree Piggles love. Wow, what stunning autumn colours, that is so beautiful. Bean will be after you Irina love for using the C word so early LOL!! I get where you are coming from as you don't celebrate it, I just love it and for me it starts now. Whoops, better shut up LOL!!
Hugs Jo xx
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Post by irina13 on Oct 15, 2015 18:37:58 GMT
Autumn rules ^^ Haha you inspired me to take this photo,don't mind the quality of the pic. :(the camera on my phone is not that good.
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Post by irina13 on Oct 15, 2015 18:43:02 GMT
I have a thing we do with one of my closes friend and that is singing dashing through the snow starting August,I m sooooooooo stoked aldough here no one buys advent calendars I do,and I love it.
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Post by Bean on Oct 15, 2015 20:05:15 GMT
Gorgeous pictures from both of you - love the colours!
I didn't know you didn't celebrate 'you know what' in December. Is that true of many other countries around there? I expect your advent calendars are different too, with a different countdown?
It must be a bit strange seeing so many others around the world celebrating but having to be patient. But when everyone here is bloated, penniless and worn out, you're all living it up!
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Post by irina13 on Oct 15, 2015 20:54:51 GMT
I thing only we Rusia and Serbia celebrate it after new year,its not that christmasy no gifts,we make bean chowder,bake fish, bred with a coin,every one gets a piece and whom ever gets the coin will have a lucky year.(in my family piggies get a piece each) :)Kids go door to door singing that Jesus was born and people give them apples, coins oranges sweets. There from reading and watching people who are youtubers from UK and USA,give presents make different meals,here on new year you get presents not on Christmas. As for the calendars no just buy the same as yours and countdown to 25 Its soooo cool I love different cultures,holidays and love to celebrate them,no matter Thanksgiving or 4of July. That is why I decided to study at the uni of fililogy in Skopje, I choose to study the countrys where the english language and the german language is spoken.
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Post by shades on Oct 16, 2015 0:45:16 GMT
I think the different dates is a calendar thing.
Some churches celebrate on the December 25 of the older Julian calendar, which, in the Gregorian calendar, currently corresponds to January 7, the day after the Western Christian Church celebrates the Epiphany.
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Post by irina13 on Oct 16, 2015 10:04:00 GMT
Yes,I was to lazy to give the full explanation .
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Post by 3piggles on Oct 16, 2015 15:20:20 GMT
I love the pictures, and love that you welcome winter with Dashing Through The Snow Unlike summer, with so much sunlight, winter needs all the help it can get I know some European countries celebrate the actual gift giving part at the beginning of December, and the 25th is just another day for them. In Spanish countries, gifts are given on January 6, or Three Kings Day. We celebrate that December holiday mainly because December needs some uplifting help. I keep the lights going year round in some rooms, but we bring out all the extra decorations and lights from Thanksgiving (4th Thursday in November) through New Years Day. It's a nice, decorative, bright break to the really short days. We do a special meal for that day, simply because every restaurant is closed, and we all have the day off from work or school. Might as well make the most of it. I do a lot of baking for that day, as I give home cooked foods as gifts. Otherwise, it's mostly about our 5 year old granddaughter. We're getting her a big girl bunk bed this year
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Post by irina13 on Oct 16, 2015 17:11:51 GMT
Homemade gifts are the best,just the other day I made Vegan Shepards pie,it was delish
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Post by jolovespiggies on Oct 17, 2015 15:59:12 GMT
What beautiful photos Irina, thank you so much for sharing. Thank you too ladies for the interesting info in your posts. There are so many interpretations on so many beliefs but as long as it is all for good, that is all that matters. I just love this time of year and what it leads to.
Hugs JO xx
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Post by 3piggles on Oct 17, 2015 21:48:05 GMT
What did you use as a substitute for the ground meat in the shepards pie? I've heard lots of product names, but they are so expensive!
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Post by irina13 on Oct 18, 2015 14:54:35 GMT
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Post by 3piggles on Oct 18, 2015 20:22:26 GMT
Sounds great! Generally, I find Shepards Pie rather bland, and have always added my own herbs and spices to flavor it. I have the lentils. I might just give this a try Hubby is a meat eater, so he's not very interested in vegan recipes. I'm pretty much open to anything, as long as it tastes good
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Post by Bean on Oct 19, 2015 10:04:20 GMT
Lentils work so much better than any mince substitute in this kind of thing. I love shepherd's pie, must make one soon!
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Post by 3piggles on Oct 19, 2015 18:37:45 GMT
Americas Test Kitchen has a foolproof, gluten-free pizza dough recipe, but no matter where I looked, I couldn't find the actual recipe. It just kept saying "See recipe in..." and after checking every possible place, I gave up. They were saying that a mix of the different gluten-free flours, plus 2 Tbs of almond flour, and prebaking the crust before adding the toppings and rebaking, was the key to have a light, airy pizza crust. I'll keep looking, as I have many of their cookbooks, and see if I can find the actual mix for this failure-proof pizza dough. I know you like pizza and gluten-free, Bean.
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Post by Bean on Oct 20, 2015 16:57:49 GMT
Oooh yes please, if you do find it. I made one once that was pretty much just ground cashews and egg mixed together - you baked it before adding toppings. It was nice but using that many nuts was quite expensive (and eating massive quantities of nuts doesn't agree with me), so one that blends nuts and flour would be good. My mum said she made involving with boiled and mashed cauliflower that was good!
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Post by jolovespiggies on Oct 20, 2015 18:37:54 GMT
It is cottage pie I really like which is the traditional minced beef. Shepherds pie strictly speaking is made with minced lamb which I am not so keen on. Both are great winter dishes though.
Hugs JO xx
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Post by 3piggles on Oct 20, 2015 21:22:13 GMT
The ground beef version is called Shepherds Pie in the US, and we don't have anything called Cottage Pie over here. Lamb isn't popular in the US, which probably explains it. I will keep looking for it, Bean. I'm judging from all the discussion that it's a blend of gluten free flours, and that 2 Tbs of almond flour gave the crust airy If nothing else, I'll copy and paste what I could find, and maybe you'll find it with your good eyes
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