Our Busy Christmas Kitchen

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Our kitchen has been so busy, we haven't stopped for a second and it is hard to take photos with all the activity. Baking is a necessity this year, as we are using some homebaked  Nummies for gifts instead of supporting this crappy tariffed economy. 

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Yesterday, Hubby and I made Danish Klejner or Kliner..depending on who is speaking. We have two huge roasters full and it took about 2 hours to roll and cut, and then  2 1/2 hours just to fry them. 

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I finally found and used my grandmother's Klejner recipe. The only difference is we fry in corn oil instead of Lard, thank goodness! 

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The buffet in the kitchen has a little bit of everything, nummy and favorites.

The hanging hearts are Jule Haerten or Christmas hearts done by my great aunt. Little wooden people, elves, and red mushroom, baking accessories finish this tree I use every year in the kitchen. The tablecloth is almost 50 years old and probably printed in Sweden, label is long gone.

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This little cart holds a gingerbread couple and a Northwoods handmade Santa. The pig is newer and from a local Gourd Artist.

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Hiding behind the sign are three pumpkins that were still green when picked and they are slowly ripening in the window. Love the train cake mold...picked up at a thrift store.

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Our corner cabinet is filled with inherited treasures, antiques, and fun holiday decor. 

I pick up almost everything in thrift stores.

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Inherited linens stitched by my great-aunts in Frederikshavn, Denmark

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The antique wooden press was used for sausages or inserting cremes in bakery. It's from the 1920's.

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The Grandma Baker is a music box and moves, the little Santa couple are old candy containers. My Gingerbread baker teapot was from a local artist. The tree cake mold was thrifted. The plates are from my everyday collection.

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Another Baker Nutcracker and a few antiques. The tin Holly platter I found last week for $.99 at a thrift store. It's one of the good ones from the UK.

The Peppermint Trees I have had for over 20 years and use them on and off.

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My family Christmas plates are above my windows all year long. They are Royal Copenhagen and Bing and Grondahl, some date back to the early 1900's. 

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Strings of Jule Heartens are on both windows. Peppermint ribbons are on the corner cabinet.

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The table isn't empty, but I took photos anyway and cropped.

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My counter...all those recipes, some from back as far as the 1910's. 

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Cookie trays cleaned and ready to use for the next batch!

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Baking seems to never end in December! 

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But it is my favorite time of year...the Fish poacher has more vintage and crafted goodies. 

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Can't wait to try the new cookie trimmings.

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Aprons waiting for Cookie Day, when the family comes to make Cut-outs from my husband's family German/Bohemian recipe at least 4 generations old.

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My Elves bell ringer a gift from Denmark in the early 70's.

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Merry Christmas from my Busy Christmas Kitchen!

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   Hand stitched apron from Denmark, 

and a Glaedelige Jul for my Danish ancestors. 

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We did peppernuts, Cranberry Walnut Bread, Poundcake, Pumpkin Bread, and Klejner so far...

I have a batch of cutout dough in the freezer and marzipan ready to make into a pig and fruits. 

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What are you baking for the Holidays!

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A Bit of Spring in my Farmhouse Kitchen!

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Hi, the calendar says it's SPRING, but here in Chicagoland and in our home, she is totally dragging her feet.

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Spring isn't just for bunnies.

Christmas Pig (that's her name) is much like the infamous sow in the "Outlander" books by Diana Galbadon. So many piglets have been born this Spring. (The piglets are corn cob holders, fronts and back ends, LOL) ..they seem to move around in their little nest in my antique coffee grinder. 

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I was sick of Winter RED along with Winter, so I have switched almost everything to blue. 

Normally I force some forsythia, but I think our bushes got badly nipped with 

the early FREEZE we had last Fall, so I am using faux pansies on the table instead.

Momma Pig is pretty attentive...after years of being washed with a wet, kitchen cloth, she needs a new coat of paint, but her piglets are fresh and pink!

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Locked in the house, I have slowly been doing some Spring cleaning---and I oiled the island counter. We do this on the butcher block island maybe four times in a year, because this surface gets more use than any of the others.

 I found the vintage blue vase at a thrift store, and it is filled with faux Forsythia and some small Iris. Perfect for Spring. The potholder was stitched by my friend Dorothy and is perfect background for wooden spoons.

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Normally I have a runner here, but with the fresh oil, I'm waiting a week or two for the oil to totally sink in.  The Danish enameled sauce server holds some very vintage beaded flowers. The crock is very old, and holds our napkins. 

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The sweet teapot and two stoneware mugs, were from my mom-in-law. The trivet is very old, pansies and probably German porcelain. 

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I calmed down the colors in our corner cabinet and brought in some birds. This cabinet is awaiting some Spring touches, when I can find them. (Next Post)

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The platter in the middle is titled "Tulip Time", I added my last two tulip plates from Crate and Barrel, years ago, and my Grandmother's antique Dutch salt and pepper and a sweet Dutch Maid bell.  

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I cleaned the corner cabinet and did find the Spring banner. With shutdown, no one will be coming for Easter....sigh.

The plants are growing great. Transplanted most of the tomatoes. 

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The broccoli is going to the greenhouse today. We are maintaining 50 degrees out there, so it will be happier than the dry warm kitchen.

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Like many Grandparents we miss our Grandgirl, our kids...and the family gatherings. 

Thank goodness for the phone, photos, videos and the love 

that pours from that normally annoying device!

I decorated the fridge from Spring items from last year, and an old SPRING photo! 

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Summer Farmhouse Kitchen July 2018

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My Summer Kitchen...gets a work out. I seldom take photos, because it is usually in 

some sort of CHAOS. We use our kitchen EVERYDAY. 

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After a beastly July---we had a nice day in the 70's---

I opened all the windows and blinds...and let the light pour in. 

Our island is where all the action is. 

I always keep a vignette at this end---this month chickens are staged with red, blue and white.

 The chickens are NEW, the egg scale is OLD, the OLD crock is REDO-purposing as a napkin holder. The 1930's baby dish catches all the odds and ends that need a place to land. The kids' rolling pins are ready to roll child-size pie dough. 

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The first place we visit every morning is the coffee station. Everything we need is here and functional. The Bunn coffee pot is ugly but wonderful for instant hot water and coffee. 

I like the large red cups, my hubby likes smaller cups.

The coffee grinder is NEW---and has a well...for extra ground coffee. 

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Across the aisle are my towels, OLD and NEW. A dear friend finished the embroidery on my Mom's 1940's dish towel. The one on the left is a vintage from Grandmother and has hand worked blue motifs over the faded plaid. The magnet board above is for wishful thinking restaurant menus. 

We seldom order out, unless it is simply too hot to cook.

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After a cup of coffee, time to pick the first tomatoes. These are Early Girls and are very late this year.

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Our kitchen remodel was started two years ago this month. We love it and it's very functional...and I didn't remove all the stuff that collects on the fridge. Menus, receipts, to do list, timer, our lake association newsletter, and some this and that.

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Our entertaining cabinet is ready for company or when the family drops in. 

We really are a non-drinking family, though.

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But, occasionally friends drop in too. I have a fish theme going on here along with the blue and red. The steins were my grandfathers purchased in 1956 on a trip to Europe. The OLD wood fish platter is hand hewed. Probably 40's or 50's. We use it for smoke fish or appetizers.

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The counter is crowded at the moment. Soon the OLD crock will be filled with pickles and be in the fridge. I keep all my staples in OLD antique canning jars, a Green thing in the sense I'm not using plastic to store food. I have another dozen pints or so in the pantry with seasonings and odds and ends. I have labels on the back, so when a jar is empty, the item gets added to my shopping list.

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I know double ovens are sort of passe...but you really need two ovens for family holidays. But, when  cooking for only two---the smaller top oven suffices for most baking and is very efficient, another GREEN thing to do.

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On the eating end of the kitchen. I have a gardener nutcracker. and some odds and ends on the buffet.

The blue pitcher is very OLD and Danish. Blue glaze on a rusty gray clay.

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At the other end of the buffet an Antique coffee grinder still works. The milkmaid bell was on my grandmother's kitchen sill, my Mom said she remembered it in her BesteMor's kitchen, my Great Grandmother. The lacy NEW IKEA tin pot cover, hides an ugly oil diffuser. One thing about hot weather is stale air....Today the windows are open, YAY!

The handwoven runner is ---over 6 feet long. 

Perfect for my kitchen buffet and was only $3.00 at a thrift store.

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My REDO (post is here) corner cabinet is filled with OLD antiques found and also from family. I'm really partial to blue and white dishes.

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An OLD pitcher holds vintage and antique spoons and tools. 

The colander was in my post Here.

The red and white Granny---says---

"If everyone would sweep their own stoop, the whole world would be clean." (Danish proverb)

LOL, a GREEN thing to do. 

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My huge kitchen table is layered with a light blue cloth, a vintage linen one, and a NEW IKEA 'Herring' runner from a few seasons back. I don't iron, and luckily vintage linens are just fine, used from the line or dryer.

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The Fish S&P's are OLD vintage. Too cute.

My garden flowers are limited outside from the horrible cold spring and hot weather now. So, I pinched some leggy coleus and put them in water to get roots. 

A butterfly from my Mom's Day plant flutters on a stick. 

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The porcelain 'sea' bowls have crabs, lobsters, fish in them. I purchased them from a Chinese vendor in a suburban Asian Food mall. I have 10 and they are all with different designs/colorings. They are perfect for everything served with less than a cup of something.

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The HORSE currying comb---is really the best FISH SCALER ever made. This one looks new, but was found in my parent's stash of things where everything was OLD.

The center vase is Vintage Royal Copenhagen/Bing & Grondahl Danish porcelain. 

Now, it's time for a fish fry.

Hope you enjoyed my light and bright SUMMER  kitchen.

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