Any chance of healthy eating before Christmas has been blown. I've just seen Lidl's TV advert promoting their Christmas range. I spent 3 years of my childhood growing up in Berlin and have fond memories of the Christmases there. A great deal of my memories relate to the food that is traditionally eaten in Germany over the festive period. The Glühwein, stollen, pfeffernüsse, lebkuchen herzen and chocolate coated marzipan. I can vividly remember staring through a bakery window watching them construct a huge gingerbread house.
I could happily swap traditional British Christmas fayre with the German traditions. I have made my own stollen and pfeffernüsse before, but they still are not quite as good as the originals. Lidl's mini stollen and dark lebkuchen herzen are addictive.
...oooohhh I'm hungry now and craving lebkuchen!
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
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Stollen is one of the best things about Christmas for me!
ReplyDeleteI love German Xmas. I make sure I go to at least one German Xmas market each year to stock up on lebkuchen, marzipan and cinnamon stars :-)
ReplyDeleteDo you ever visit the German market in December in Nottingham?
ReplyDeleteWhen I worked in the city I loved sneaking out on my lunch hour for a cheeky mug of warming Gluhwein!
I used to work in Nott 2 days a week a few years back and often used to sneak into the Christmas market. I love the smell! I must go back this year. We're also going to visit the Birmingham one that is meant to be fab.
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