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Do you bake during the holiday season?

#Poll #EvanPoll

  • Strong yes (31%, 138 votes)
  • Qualified yes (30%, 130 votes)
  • Qualified no (14%, 62 votes)
  • Strong no (23%, 102 votes)
432 voters. Poll end: 1 year ago

Evan Prodromou reshared this.

I don't want people to suffer my baking.
only when someone makes me. today someone is making me make a gingerbread house
As a matter of fact, I have never baked a think for any holiday. I have far more enthusiastic family members to thank for that.
@ParanoidFactoid is that some sort of stoner towel character I don't recognise
South Park reference. Yes, a dumb joke.
@ParanoidFactoid I'm 100% supportive! I hope that little towel gets high af
Wife can bake, I can cook. Bad things happen if we go out of our lane.

Also, she is not on Mastodon so I'm safe in sharing this truth... I think ๐Ÿ˜ฌ
Technically, I bake before the holidays. It has become a tradition, I make a variety of European tea/butter cookies for family and friends and send them off in cookie tins. Usually 4-6 different types each year, the more popular ones are a repeat every year.
Usually but not so far this year! (So thank you very much for the delicious cookies.)
Delicious, I'm trying not to drink it all at once!
@fifilamoura yeah you'd have to go to the emergency room
๐Ÿ˜‚โ€‹True!
Others are so much better at it and I prefer to support their efforts.

Content warning: dumb cannabis humour

Content warning: dumb cannabis humour

but I bake year round so .... I don't think I bake any **more** around the holidays - just different stuff.
There are a lot more people baking during the holidays than I thought. Good for you!

I am a strong yes. I make dozens of cookies for our friends and neighbours. I make fruitcakes and age them in bourbon for months.

I'm intrigued by the Christmas pudding. I might try making one in January and letting it age all year.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_pudding
Christmas puddings are fantastic and lots of fun because, traditionally, you light them on fire. In my family they were never aged though because they were steamed puddings.
hereโ€™s my latest contribution. https://adrianco.medium.com/adrians-recipe-for-gluten-and-dairy-free-boozy-fruit-cake-6e5c5ef5053f

Evan Prodromou reshared this.

Iโ€™m the cook in the family anyway, get plenty of practice all year ๐Ÿ˜€
the last couple years I made my great grandmaโ€™s sugar cookies. Donโ€™t really have enough counter space for it this year tho ๐Ÿ˜” but Iโ€™m making some rosemary and thyme bread for Yule/winter solstice! (a couple days late but hey at least Iโ€™m doing it)
Riffing off @evan 's poll, just what did you all #bake for the #holidays? Preferably with some background info, because I guess a lot of holiday baking has regional roots.
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