Mincemeat

Classic recipe, with actual minced meat. I made this for THE SECRET LIFE OF… CHRISTMAS b-roll, just my happy hands with various holiday treats. Usually, I make this and put it in a two-gallon bucket to mellow around early November, for maximum mellowing by...

Thanksgiving 2021

Recipes from my files, that I plan to make this year. And one that I don’t quite have time to do, but may prove entertaining anyway. Cranberry Orange Sauce for Thanksgivukkah Well, the calendars do not quite line up with the first night of Hanukkah on...

DANISH RICE PUDDING

Christmas favorite. 犀利士 I made this for the SCA Twelfth Night celebration, where the theme was Scandinavian, for the brunch bar. A total stranger came up to me, told me this was exactly like her grandmother’s, gave me a carved bone ring off her fair white hand,...

Cranberry Orange Sauce for Thanksgivukkah

So, in 2013, the American and Jewish moveable holiday calendars lined up in such a way that Thanksgiving and Hanukkah were celebrated on the same day. This was one of many recipes that commemorated both. You could wait until 2070 or 2165, or just make this anyway, it...

CORN PUDDIN

I’m not even sure where I got this one. It became a family favorite for Thanksgiving. Folksy mispellings retained for flavor.  16 oz can whole kernal corn, drained  16 oz can creamed corn  1 cup milk  3 beaten eggs  1 tsp salt  2...

COAL COOKIES

By Lori Alden Holuta. Children in her Steampunk books don’t leave cookies and milk for Santa. Turns out, in the steam powered world of Industralia, coal in your stocking is a good thing! The book in which this appears may be purchased...