Monday, 14 December 2009

Liebes Morgensternchen: Weihnachtsdeko aus Zimt und Nelken

Liebes Morgensternchen,
Malkreis?

london eye


Also, Du fraegtest mich einst, es scheint schon ewig her, dass Du hier warst und wir auf diese Wahnsinns-Safari gezogen sind, nun ja, Du fraegtest mich nach diesen kleinen Stinkern, die das Haus so wunderbar nach Zimt und Nelke erduften lasset!

Das unterige, ist vom letzten Jahr, schimmelt nicht und riecht immer noch ganz propper!

Also, um Himmelswillen nicht essen, also Du brauchst:

Apfelmus, Du liest richtig, so'n Poetchen, kleines
gemahlenen Zimt, nicht gemalten (prmmpf), schoenes Paketchen, vom Inder
gemahlenen Nelke
Wachholderbeeren zum verzieren
bisken Kleber
... und wenn 'de hast Ausstechformen. Ich kann meine nie finden. Geht auch ohne.

Aus den ganzen Zutaten formst Du einen Teig, der wird ein bischen fluessiger und klebriger als Muerbeteig, aber so die Richtung.

Dann lassen wir der Kreativitaet einmal ganz freien Lauf und formen wie die Wilden.
Nicht das Loeksken fuer's Schleifken vergessen!
Ab zum trocknen, auf der Heizung auf einem Tablet am Besten, der Trockner eignet sich jetzt nicht so ganz dazu!

Die Beeren habe ich dann festgeklebt, beim Trocknen schrumpft dit janze und die fingen an rumzukullern. Man kann alles Moeglich wenn 'se trocken sind zum decorieren gebrauchen.

so sehen meine aus:





Liebste Gruesse aus dem
"es koennte schneien" London

Dein
Das eine M

Sunday, 15 November 2009

Liebes Morgensternchen: Poststreik!

Liebes Morgensternchen,

Malkreist ihr?
Kann jetzt gut sein, dass Du gleich ein paar Briefe auf einmal kriegst! Bei uns streiket die Post!




But first things first: Wir mussen dem Herrn E noch zum Geburtstag gratulieren! Natuerlich standesgemaes mit einem Venezianer! Prost!

Mit JR muessen wir auch noch anstossen, ist zwar nicht ihr Geburtstag, aber was zum feiern wird sich schon finden lassen, oder!?

Irgendwie kehrt mit dem Herbst auch die Ruhe ein, die Lust auf Kaminfeuer und deftiges Essen, Behaglichkeit und schwerer Portwein! Weihnachten wird dann wieder schon so hektisch, auch wenn ich mir jedes Jahr fest vornehme diesmal nicht! However, jetzt ist die Jahreszeit, komisch ich hab das immer im Herbst, nicht an Silvester, mal so kurz zu resumieren!



War schon ein ziehmlich aufregendes Jahr.

So und jetzt zurueck zu den nackten Tatsachen: das Rezept fuer's gefuellte Huehnerchen!
Ich seh ein, das die Versorgungslage bei Euch, mit Huehnchen kritisch ist! Ich sehe nicht ein, warum das ganze nicht auch mit Alfon's Kaninchen gehen sollte koennen, da wir ja das letzte Mal aus selbigen Poulet d'Alsace gemacht haben.
Nein, ich werde den Kindern nicht sagen, dass das suesse Kanin, dass sie gestern noch Lola getauft haben, heute auf ihrem Teller liegt!

In Mengen mach ich ja nicht, also soviel von Alfonsos Kanickeln, wie Du denkst. Brot zum fuellen, dieser, wird mit Ei, Leber, weiss nicht ob so ne Kanickelleber was her gibt, sonst musst Du Huehnerleber nehmen, eine Scheibe einer Knoblauchzehe, also minimalst... ab in den Mixer und ganz fein puerriren. Darf nicht zu matschig werden, so die Konsistenz von Muerbeteig! Gehackte Peter's Ilie dazu und fertig ist die Fuellung. Ich mach kein Salz dran, wir essen aber auch wenig und Pfeffer schon gar nicht. Kannste aber gerne machen. Ich bin da nicht engstirnig!

Kanickel fuellen und zumachen mim Faedchen!




So, jetzt zum jungen Gemuese! Einen grossen Topf mit Kartoffel, Karotten, Lauch, ich hatte neulich Fenchel, Boehnchen aller Art z.B. nur nicht Brokoli oder Blumenkohl, die stinkern und zerkochen zu leicht! Allet in 'nen Pott, wenn Du frische Bruehe hast, mit der auffuellen, sonst Knorr und Wasser!
Ich muss dann immer daran denken, dass im Blue Elephant Kochbuch, Maggi als Geheimgewuerz genannt wird!

Zurueck zur heimischen Kueche, alles schoen bedeckt halten und kochen bis es gar ist. So'n Huhn braucht schon 1 1/2 Stunden. Musste mit den Hueppern halt ausprobieren. Kannst ja die Nummer vom Krankenhaus an den Kuehlschrank heften!

So jetzt kommet La piece de la resistance: The Sauce!
Pro Person ein gekochtes Ei, puerriert, dann mit Philladelphia Frischkaese, ein bisken Mayo, gehackter Persilie, ich kann nicht wiederstehen, dieses Wort laedt einfach zum verunglimpfen ein, und gehackter Kapern zu eine dicken Sosse vermischen.

Beim Servieren kriegt jeder ein Stueck Fleisch, reichlich Gemuese, alles so ein bischen in dem Sud schwimmend mit einem dicken Klecks von unser Mayo!

Was meinst Du, sollen wir Steven einladen! Dem koennte das gefallen!

Ich hab jetzt richtig Hunger. Wollten heute eigentlich im BE essen gehen, ham aber alle 'nen Bug!

So big hug from bugged
One M

Wednesday, 28 October 2009

Dear Morgensternchen: Postcard

Dear Morgensternchen,

I worry about Jim! Have you heard anything?

Wanted: JSM, friendly fellow from ORD!
What's up man?

Hope he gets in touch soon!

The one M

Friday, 16 October 2009

Dear Morgensternchen: Piccadilly 's Calling

Dear Morgensternchen,

Malkreis?

It was a glorious day today... super sunshiny Thursday!
Yes, I met up with Anna for coffee in her hunting ground so to speak. We went to cheerful little place near Oxford Street! Yes, I couldn't believe it myself, those places do still exist.
Risking to sound like Miss Marple, the cup cakes were divine!

time warp

However, I took the opportunity to go a little photo shooting after.
Piccadilly is such a great area to do that. So I happily toddle along, when stopped by two foreign students. Gosh, I can't believe how English I have become! They wanted to know if and where there is a supermarket . Although, I knew what was coming, I waited patiently, English, until this young man had finished his question, before I started with my answer, that there is no supermarket as such at Piccadilly, funny enough there is a Boots though! Thinking of it now! Probably makes sense... with all the bars around we need painkillers not food!



Along comes another human being, from somewhere out of the Commonwealth, waits patiently, you see that's why he must have been from somewhere in the Commonwealth, waits until those two foreign students have finished, to ask me where Fortnum and Maison was.
I told him and just out of curiosity I asked him: " Why me? I don't look like an official London tour guide. I could, with my camera, even be a tourist!" He looks up and down and goes:"Naa, not a tourist!" "Why not?" He grins: " You are on your own and someone like you, wouldn't travel alone!" he says and disappears.

piccadilly


And while I'm still thinking about that statement, I spot a middle-aged, tourist, couple and before they can even think of a question, offer my services as a walking info! They look slightly puzzled and reassure me that they are absolutely fine and totally aware of where they are! "Fine! Good! But don't say afterwards I hadn't offered!"

Must have to do with my aura: the aura of competence!

Yours
The one M

Friday, 9 October 2009

Dear Morgensternchen: War of the Roses!

Dear Morgensternchen,

I know there is no Malkreis.




You remember in my last letter I had taken beloved and best husband of all's sports car to get the little ones to their rugby training.

I thought it was highly overreacting to shout at me because I hadn't realised, since my beautiful ship of a car is an automatic, that his's wasn't. I admitt, it was really quite noisy in second gear on the motorway, but somehow I thought, this is how it has to be. After all, why would you want to drive a sports car in the first place:
you can't get into them, nor gracefully out of them. One sits on the floor, well basically and looks into other peoples exhaust pipes! Very exciting it's not!

Now he got really upset and again it wasn't my fault solely, but more because my beautiful ship of a car has these sensors. Whenever I try to park my beautiful ship of a car, it kindly starts to beep when I get to close to what ever object is actually in the way. As soon as it seems to sound as if it had a heart attack I know I have to choose one of the pedals, choice of two, so 50/50, to break.


Somehow the fact that sports cars, another reason not to drive one, don't have these simple necessities wasn't made known to me. So now his bumpers both have, what I think is a tiny dent in both front and rear! After all this is London, which car hasn't got a dent or scratch.

Obviously beloved and best husbands of all car didn't have one.
My personal view is: now I declare this sports car officially a Londoner.

Beloved and best husband of all went without a word to the legal department!

talk to me ... please...


An our later he was back, with the  news, to repair them bumpers is much cheaper then a divorce.

However...the war is on!

He waters my artificial plants, dribbles glue in my shoes, puts a red sock in my white washing, leaves the loo seats up, swoppsmy lipstick with shoe paste, doesn't close any doors or drawers and worst of all serves my coffee in bed in the morning, my first latte in bed in the morning, I should really say, without foamy milk and chocolate. Disaster!

I shall have to think of something!

Yours

The one M

Monday, 5 October 2009

Dear Morgensternchen: Rugby Duties!

Dear Morgensternchen,


I know you flickr right now! Saw you!

Far too late for the Malkreisladies!

However, yesterday I have been on rugby duty! Normally you see, I don't do rugby, because it is far to early on a Sunday morning. I usually don't reach my Betriebstemperatur before 11.00am. This Sunday though, the family was split up due to a festival. So I was left with  the little ones to attend the training at base camp.

Luckily I realised very early on, that is was indeed rugby and not football. It's very easy to distinguish between the two:

If the ball looks like an egg and the players behave like hooligans, it's rugby.
If the ball is round and the SPECTATORS behave like hooligans, it's football.

With that established I happily assisted putting tags on, setting cones up... and was instantly promoted assistant coach. There was little shortage of coaches due to that festival.

Now: a sweet "darling keep the line" didn't work at all. How could I possibly shout at other peoples children. An awe full dilemma.

holubolu model 1


... and then the whistle went... gosh was I shouting: "hold the ... line!"... "...touch down with both hands you..." " ...ram them into the ground you..." "...finish them of you little..."

Needless to say, we won!

It was a bit funny, as much as my team of six yearolds seem to appreciate me throwing myself completely into it, we are talking rugby here! The parents kept strangely a safe distance to me in the club house after.

On the way back I found out, had taken best hubbie's there is car, because he needed the big one with so many to transport, that that stick in the middle is a gear box. Second gear on the motorway, was a bit noisy... but then it's a sports car. You would want to make some noise.

I don't think he'll divorce me, but it was a close one.

Lot's of testosterone for one day... I'm still exhausted! ... and it's only Monday!

Yours
The one M

Here! Yuhu... Monsieur G!

cilla kind of bw

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Now Montreal has a little dot too!
The one M

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