• Home
  • About
  • Birds
  • Bread
  • Cakes and Cookies
  • Chocolate Making
  • Chocolate Making II
  • Chooks
  • Christmas
  • Fabulous Food
  • Family & Friends
  • Frugal Living
  • Homemade
  • In My Kitchen
  • In Our Garden
  • Jams, Preserves & Sauces
  • Musings
  • My Cool Things
  • Savoury
  • Suppliers
  • Sydney
  • Waste Reduction Plan
  • Pandemic Posts 2020

Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

Living well in the urban village

Feeds:
Posts
Comments
« Audible.com
Making Chocolate Christmas Trees »

Ten More Sleeps

December 14, 2016 by Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

There are only ten more sleeps until Christmas!

I’ve been crawling out of bed at 5am to temper chocolate before the Sydney temps climb too high (max of 38ºC today)…

tmsd

I’ve had my hair cut short and my new Christmas sunnies have arrived from Zenni. Pete just rolls his eyes – I tend to lose my mind with excitement at this time of year! Four months of daily walks have given me a respectable summer tan…

tmsa

I baked the first batch of Christmas cookies on the weekend, but Pete and the boys have already scoffed half of them, so I’m going to have to bake some more…

tmsm

Gift boxes of fruit cake and chestnut flour brownies are ready to go…

tmsc

I’ve been knitting dishcloths while waiting for the oven timer to go off…

tmsl

My friends Olivia and Juan made me new Christmas earrings…

tmsn

I think the backs are nearly as beautiful as the fronts…

tmso

Yesterday we visited Ian and Diana to pick up our annual garlic supply…

tmsk

While we were there, Ian proudly showed us his new Flow Hive – this brilliant new Australian invention makes beekeeping accessible to the ordinary home gardener and allows the honey to be extracted without disturbing the bees…

tmsj

tmsh

Our lovely friends sent us home with a taster jar of honey…

tmsi

…and the headsup on a sublime local gin (distilled right here in Sydney)…

archierose

tmsg

It only seemed right to combine the two into a cocktail. Here’s my early Christmas gift to you – the Bee’s Knees cocktail comes from the 1920s and this recipe from The Telegraph is simply grand…

  • 50ml gin
  • 15ml lemon juice
  • 10ml good, runny honey (use the best you can find)
  • 5ml water

Stir the honey and water together to dissolve, then add it to a cocktail shaker with the gin, lemon juice and a few ice cubes. Shake, strain into a glass, and drink. Repeat.

tmsf

I hope you’re all enjoying the silly season as much as I am! Let me end with a Muppets clip for you! ♥

Share this:

  • Email
  • Tweet

Like this:

Like Loading...

Posted in Food & Friends | 23 Comments

23 Responses

  1. on December 14, 2016 at 11:52 am thesnowwoman

    Wow lots going on at your place! Beautiful chocolate trees and delicious baking. I absolutely love the beekeeper’s hive.


  2. on December 14, 2016 at 12:13 pm Francesca

    I am indeed. I am up at 6.30 am also, making little treats to give away. you look lovely in your new sunnies and short hair Celia and is that a Fabindia dress I spy?


  3. on December 14, 2016 at 12:39 pm creativeshare

    Great post Celia. For those wanting to know a little more about the HoneyFlow unit, you can find a post I uploaded on my other blog back in Feb 2015.

    https://permanicheblog.wordpress.com/2015/02/19/permatech-its-the-beekeepers-dream-turn-a-tap

    or go directly to their website

    http://honeyflow.com/

    Seasons greetings to all.
    Nick


  4. on December 14, 2016 at 12:51 pm Amanda (@lambsearsandhoney)

    You seem to have missed a step in the cocktail recipe. After “Repeat.” add “Often.” ;-)
    Have a wonderful Christmas, my friend. xxx


  5. on December 14, 2016 at 1:03 pm anne54

    Thank you for the Muppets!! Who can resist a skating penguin?


  6. on December 14, 2016 at 3:56 pm My Kitchen Stories

    Ha you are cute and unstoppable. Tbe service industry is no place to breed the enjoyment of Christmas. But the Archie is one of my favourites and I would be very happy to drink repeat there


  7. on December 14, 2016 at 4:06 pm katechiconi

    If you’re a gin fan, allow me to recommend Mt Uncle Botanic Australis Gin, distilled in Far North Queensland. The flavour profile is juniper, peppermint gum, anise myrtle, wattle seed, pepperberry, cinnamon myrtle, lilly pilly, lemon myrtle, lemon scented gum, eucalyptus olida, finger lime, native ginger, river mint and bunya nut. It’s the most wonderful stuff…


  8. on December 14, 2016 at 4:24 pm Manuela

    The Flow Hive looks amazing. I will be forwarding it to some beekeepers I know! Wonder if it would work in a colder climate as well. Your chocolate looks delicious.
    I’ve been busy baking cookies as well. Sounds like you are getting excited! Have fun with your holiday preparations.


  9. on December 14, 2016 at 4:33 pm Elaine @ foodbod

    So much to love in one post!! I LOVE Christmas! Bring it on!!!


  10. on December 14, 2016 at 5:15 pm Dee

    Wonderfully festive but I’ll stick to tonic and lemon in my gin. A Muppet Christmas carol is one of my favourite movie. Thanks for the clip. If you are doing anymore chocolate tempering can I come and watch? Where is best place to get the right thermometer and starter chocolate block?


  11. on December 14, 2016 at 6:24 pm themateriallady

    Excitement is building here too, though sadly it is cold with little chance of snow. All of your productivity is amazing, and your new bunnies and earrings are fabulous.
    Enjoy everything, particularly those cocktails. Chin chin!


  12. on December 14, 2016 at 6:57 pm nanacathy2

    That flow hive is awesome. Clever clever inventor. Gin……….mmmmm!


  13. on December 14, 2016 at 8:59 pm Suelle

    I love your new earrings, and admire your determination to have a chocolate-y Christmas despite the temperature!


  14. on December 14, 2016 at 10:29 pm Cecilia Mary Gunther

    I adore those earrings! Just love them! Have a gorgeous last 10 days. It is only the 14th here so we have eleven days to go! But NINE sleeps until I (weather willing) get on the plane to go see my son for Christmas. Your baking looks marvellous! c


  15. on December 15, 2016 at 1:12 am Lisa

    Everything looks so marvellously festive! I so love this time of year


  16. on December 15, 2016 at 2:46 am Mary Frances

    I cant beleive christmas is almost here! Looks wonderful! love this post!


  17. on December 15, 2016 at 3:33 am marilynscottwaters

    The Bee’s Knees indeed! Happy Christmas!


  18. on December 15, 2016 at 6:54 am Chica Andaluza

    I am soooo making that cocktail! Big hug x


  19. on December 15, 2016 at 7:05 am Gretchen

    Obviously we don’t have to deal with the heat here, it’s actually nice for once to warm up,with the oven on and not feel like I’m going to faint in the heat. I baked cookies last night while all the guys were gone and froze them or they would never last!


  20. on December 15, 2016 at 7:12 am Becky Ellis

    Merry Christmas! Love your earring designs!


  21. on December 15, 2016 at 11:27 am Susan

    Love your new ‘do’ and your glasses………..we on the other hand are at -18C in the morning!! It is winter……..still walking with the doggers and will be making a Black Bun next week and rye raisin loves for dtr to take home with her. Those trees (chocolate) are AMAZING! so much going on at your house…enjoy!


  22. on December 15, 2016 at 4:24 pm Jane @ Shady Baker

    So much goodness Celia but those chocolate Christmas trees are just beautiful. I love them x


  23. on December 20, 2016 at 1:58 pm Eva Taylor

    Even though I’ve been ‘friends’ with my peeps from down under for years, I still have a difficult time getting summer at Christmas. I’m loving the way you approach it though, before the heat of the day!
    My dear Dad was good friends with Jim, he even asked my Dad to move to NYC and my Dad declined. Jim always asked my Dad to work with him every time he was in Toronto. He even gave my brother credit on Follow the Bird, filmed in Toronto, the year after my Dad passed! My brother was just an extra. Love those muppets!



Comments are closed.

  • Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

  • Follow @celiafigjam
  • Recent Posts

    • Making Zokin
    • Curry Puff Pastry
    • Hiatus
    • The Glass Lid
    • Denim Revisited
    • Vegan World Peace Cookies
    • Here Be Chickens!
    • A Tale of Two $2 Quilts
    • Daily Quaft Therapy
    • A Repaired Tea Bowl
  • Categories

  • Archives

  • © All text and photos are copyright 2009 - 2023 Fig Jam and Lime Cordial. All rights reserved. Please ask first.

    Protected by Copyscape

Blog at WordPress.com.

WPThemes.


  • Follow Following
    • Fig Jam and Lime Cordial
    • Join 14,063 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Fig Jam and Lime Cordial
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Copy shortlink
    • Report this content
    • View post in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...
 

  • Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
    To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy
  • %d bloggers like this: