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191 The Creative British Nan and Her Cake That Came Full Circle
Oct 100:46:46Tap to summarizeImagine yourself standing in an English garden, peeking through a small kitchen window into a cozy kitchen. Once you’re close enough, you may even catch the faint strains of Bing Crosby on the radio. A small blonde boy and his sister sit at the table — a blue table, on a blue floor — a surprising color choice, but one that will later make sense when you learn you’re looking into the kitchen of an artist. The little boy and his sister are engrossed in their projects while their Nan takes a loaf out of the oven — and puts another in. Only then do you notice three loaves already cooling on the counter. The old woman says something to the little boy, and his face lights up as he proudly holds out his modeling clay project to his Nan. This little boy was Sam Harris, who grew up to mirror his Nan in some of the best ways, perhaps more than he even realizes. She owned a business; he’s a serial entrepreneur (and working now on one of my favorite podcasts — more on that later). She was an artist; he is a musician. And she had a gift for making Sam and his cousins feel seen, special, and supported. Speaking personally, I’m in a community where I get to see (and benefit from!) that same gift in Sam today — a thoughtful, humble way of encouraging others. In today’s episode, we explore all of this through a simple Pineapple Cake — “Sam’s Cake,” as his family called it. The cake was his Nan’s attempt to heal his troubles with food and to instill her old-fashioned values through nurture rather than control.  Most of all, this episode offers a new take — an inversion, if you will — on the old adage “It’s better to give than to receive.”  Sam’s Pineapple Cake tells the story of a family, their matriarch, the values she passed on, and the ways she received the gift of those values in return. Listen to Sam Now Follow The Storied Recipe in Your Favorite Player Sam's Storied Recipe: Coconut Pineapple Cake https://thestoriedrecipe.com/simple-pineapple-coconut-cake/ Listen to Sam's Latest Podcast: How to Change the World Apple Podcasts Spotify The Storied Recipe Newsletter The Storied Recipe is a community that believes food is a universal love language. Join for episode & recipe updates every Friday mornings. (And occasional free gifts!) The Storied Recipe Needs Your Help! Please leave a 5-star review for the podcast right here! This link will give all review options available on your device. Simply choose any option, click, and leave a review. Thank you! The Storied Recipe Print Shop Where every print tells a story. High end prints for your kitchen walls: Download and print immediately. Recent Episodes More Cake Recipes From Around the World
Transcribe →198 Holiday Classic The Christmas Pudding Episode with Robert & Lisa Stewart
Dec 1, 202400:47:59Tap to summarizeThe Handwritten Heritage Cookbook If you don't see the form below, click this link to get the Handwritten Heritage Cookbook. window.fd('form', { formId: '60b925aee8b3a8171cd6388d', containerEl: '#fd-form-60b925aee8b3a8171cd6388d' }); In this episode, Robert and Lisa share fond memories and hilarious stories of the annual making of the Boiled Christmas Pudding hosted by Robert's mother and his Aunt Carol. If the holidays are a time for catching up with old friends, laughter, and taking a respite from the drudgery of every day life, this is the ultimate holiday episode. Between high school and college, I spent a gap year in Japan. There I met Robert, truly one of the funniest and fun-loving people I know. After that year, we stayed in touch as he met and married Lisa. They raise their family in Japan. Our families only see each other every 4 or 5 years. However, as you will hear, those times are as joyful and familiar as if we saw one another every day. Highlights A lot of laughter What is a Christmas Pudding anyway?? Memories of stirring the pudding for good luck Interpreting multiple versions of the same recipe More laughter 4 generations born in 4 different nations A non-food Christmas tradition from Robert's family that deeply affected me Listen Now to Robert & Lisa Follow The Storied Recipe in Your Favorite Player Related Episodes 186 (Holiday Classic) Family First: Building the Kelly Bronze Turkey Empire 179 What Happens After Happily Ever After? Alison Kay Returns 160 Christmas in Bruderhof with Diana Rutherford <img width="360" height="480" src="https://i0.wp.com/thestoriedrecipe.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Shauna-Lawless-Author.jpeg?resize=360%2C480&ssl=1" class="feast_3x4_thumbnail fsri-image wp-post-image" alt="" data-pin-nopin="true" aria-hidden="true" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/thestoriedrecipe.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Shauna-Lawless-Author.jpeg?w=768&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/thestoriedrecipe.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Shauna-Lawless-Author.jpeg?resize=225%2C300&ssl=1 225w, https://i0.wp.com/thestoriedrecipe.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Shauna-Lawless-Author.jpeg?resize=113%2C150&ssl=1 113w, https://i0.wp.com/thestoriedrecipe.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Shauna-Lawless-Author.jpeg?resize=750%2C1000&ssl=1 750w, https://i0.wp.com/thestoriedrecipe.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Shauna-Lawless-Author.jpeg?resize=640%2C853&ssl=1 640w, https://i0.wp.com/thestoriedrecipe.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Shauna-Lawless-A...
Transcribe →197 Holiday Classic The Christmas Story (From Memory)
Dec 1, 202400:21:46Tap to summarizeThe Handwritten Heritage Cookbook If you don't see the form below, click this link to get the Handwritten Heritage Cookbook. window.fd('form', { formId: '60b925aee8b3a8171cd6388d', containerEl: '#fd-form-60b925aee8b3a8171cd6388d' }); Welcome, listeners, to a very special episode that is coming from a vulnerable and treasured place in my heart! There's nothing typical about this episode - First, I’m releasing this episode as both audio and video. Second, this is a solo episode, and while I have a couple more solo episodes planned for 2022, there won’t be too many. The heart of this podcast is - and will remain - my guests and *their* stories. Third, this episode is not about food! In fact, there’s one little mention of food in here - see if you can find it. However, I do believe this episode is in keeping with the idea of the podcast because it is *all* about story - my favorite story in the world. I've read and recited this story dozens and dozens of times, and each time, I am surprised by it. Each time, I'm filled with wonder, joy, and awe. And today I wanted to share my favorite story with you. Listen Now Follow The Storied Recipe in Your Favorite Player Or Watch the Video https://youtu.be/r-5rO8OuV8g?si=c7Vy8thUOZNXi7e6 More Holiday Episodes 161 Christmas in Indonesia with M. Aimee Tan 159 Christmas in Ecuador with Sofia Alarcon 146 Christmas in Norway with Alexandra Taylor 144 Christmas in the Valley of the Kings, France 143 Christmas in Alicante with Mar Lozano 142 Christmas in Palestine with Mai Kakish 110 My Private & Personal Christmas Tradition <...
Transcribe →196 Holiday Classic Christmas in Palestine with Mai Kakish
Dec 1, 202401:16:30Tap to summarizeThe Handwritten Heritage Cookbook If you don't see the form below, click this link to get the Handwritten Heritage Cookbook. window.fd('form', { formId: '60b925aee8b3a8171cd6388d', containerEl: '#fd-form-60b925aee8b3a8171cd6388d' }); Welcome back to the Christmas Around the World Series on The Storied Recipe Podcast! This series began as a crowd-sourced post titled Christmas Desserts Around the World. As the Storied Recipe community shared their cherished Christmas recipes and the memories surrounding them, I really wanted to hear MORE. So I decided to expand on a few of these with a little mini series about Christmas traditions all around the world. You can find the entire series here. Welcome Mai! There wasn’t much question about which episode I would release first – of course, we had to begin in the Holy Land of Palestine, the very land where the birth of Jesus took place. Today I’m grateful to welcome Mai to the podcast (again!) to share her memories celebrating the Christmas tree lighting at the sacred Church of the Nativity in Manger Square in Bethlehem. She also talks Chrstmas celebrations in the rest of Palestine, including in Ramallah, where the Muslim-majority government hosts annual Christmas parade, full of drums and music, as a way to include Christians and promote Palestinian unity. Of course, we’ll hear more about Mai’s Teta (grandmother) and the other women and recipes that created the amazing Arabic feasts for their Christmas tables. Finally, Mai shares how Palestine is choosing to celebrate the peace and joy of Christmas in the midst of decades of checkpoints, arrests, death, and struggle amid the Israeli military occupation. I am just delighted to share the delightful Mai and her Christmas memories with you today – welcome to the podcast, Mai, and thank you all for being here! Highlights The Christmas tree lighting in Bethlehem The unity between Christians and Muslims in Ramallah Weather at Christmastime in Palestine Mai’s memories visiting The Church of the Nativity for the Christmas Tree lighting Christmas music in Palestine Christmas markets in Palestine How Christmas in Palestine brings hope and resistance in the face of occupation Special treats available at Christmastime in Palestine Her Aunt Ida’s goodie bag Christmas presents in Palestine (and Father Christmas) Wreath decorating parties at the church “Christmas presents weren’t a thing” ALL the Palestinian Christmas foods! The importance of visiting in Palestinian Culture Two Christmases: December 25th and January 6th Celebrating epiphany at the Jordan River Cooking with "Nafas" Listen to Mai Now Follow The Storied Recipe in Your Favorite Player Mai's Storied Recipe: Ghraybeh Cookies https://thestoriedrecipe.com/ghraybeh-middle-eastern-cookie-recipe/ Related Episodes Related Recipes Related: Listen to Mai's Original Episode, Honoring the Women of Palestine Listen now Partial Transcript - 15 of 60 Minutes Becky Hey Mai, how are you? Mai Hey hey hey how are you? Becky I'm good. I'm so happy to be talking with you again. Mai Hey listen, we could do this whenever you want. It's always a pleasure. Yeah, I'm really excited about it. It's my favorite time in Palestine and actually thinking about it when you sent me the questions yesterday made me want to go. I haven't been home during Christmas time for years and years and it really made me long even further to kind of like be there during the holiday season. Becky I mean 'cause yeah, yeah you go. During the summer? Mai You know what? Because I don't have enough vacation days with my children to go in the wintertime. I mean I'm paying all this money I'm not going to go for 10 days or week, it's it's barely enough. To get over the jet lag and drive my mother nuts. It's almost like now I'm starting to answer your questions. Here we go. The story. The Christmas scene had changed through times and I you know when I lived in Palestine when I was born and raised there those first you know, 18 years of my life, or actually maybe 21 years of my life, it's changed over the years and it kind of brings me in a way a little more joy and and that makes me want to go back and be there. Becky OK, so if you if you did, like let's just say in two months it's October 24th when we're doing this, so let's say you landed on Christmas Eve in Palestine in two months. Mai Let's go. Becky What would you... let's imagine it. Walk me through it. Mai It yes, OK if I would go to Palestine in two months and land.... Actually the preparations for Christmas start long before the weekend, the weekend before Christmas. For Christmas Eve, so there would be lots of preparation, starting with the tree lighting in Manger Square in Bethlehem. So that's a huge event that actually marks all the holidays and it's assigned to light up all the trees across the big cities in Palestine. Honestly, that brings me pure pure joy to see this gigantic tree in the middle of the square - we call it [phrase in Arabic] Church of the Nativity, right into Manger Square. They light the wall at the tree and people from all over - whoever can obviously, based on permissions and based who lives where and checkpoints and curfews and all that stuff. But it's a filled town at that moment and there's choirs of Palestinian people usually from all over Palestine. There are choirs, international choirs that come and perform at Manger Square, so it's a really quite an event. Uhm, yes, that that marks the beginning of Christmas season, which actually is the Advent. So it's the beginning of Advent season in Palestine. Becky So does that happen? Does that happen 4 weeks before? Like when does? When does Advent begin? Mai I don't. I don't know exactly when the church lights up because that's the Catholic Church that lights up the candle. Becky Ah yeah. Mai There's two Christmases in Palestine, maybe, maybe 3 even between all the denominations, but I grew up in the Anglican church so the Protestant, uh, the Protestant, the way I grew up is t...
Transcribe →194 Holiday Classic Christmas in the Valley of the Kings, France
Dec 1, 202400:41:41Tap to summarizeThe Handwritten Heritage Cookbook If you don't see the form below, click this link to get the Handwritten Heritage Cookbook. window.fd('form', { formId: '60b925aee8b3a8171cd6388d', containerEl: '#fd-form-60b925aee8b3a8171cd6388d' }); Welcome back to the Christmas Around the World Series on The Storied Recipe Podcast! This series began as a crowd-sourced post titled Christmas Desserts Around the World. As the Storied Recipe community shared their cherished Christmas recipes and the memories surrounding them, I really wanted to hear MORE. So I decided to expand on a few of these with a little mini series about Christmas traditions all around the world. You can find the entire series here. Welcome Claire Marie! Today, I’m welcoming former guest Claire Marie back to the podcast. Claire Marie is raising 3 boys with her Irish husband in Ireland. However, Claire Marie is French and today she’s sharing her very special memories of celebrating Christmases in the French Countryside as a very large, very Catholic, and not very wealthy family of 10. In addition to their private Christmas traditions, Claire Marie shares about the massive Christmas dinners in her grandmother’s home, where she would visit with over 100 cousins – and where she watched her grandmother make a very special chocolate chestnut cake. This is an utterly delightful and charming episode full of smiles and great memories and some wisdom as well. Thanks for tuning in and Merry Christmas - Joyeux Noël! Highlights Long dark days and the magic of Christmas WHY? No Santa (Le Père Noël, in French) and very few presents Christmas in a large Catholic family Midnight mass Feasts! Christmas Eve Dinner, the traditional Christmas meal, and different desserts Shoes under the Christmas tree Celebrating with over 100 first cousins! Peeling chestnuts at her grandmother's beautiful wooden dining table for Chocolate Chestnut Cake Christmas in French households vs. Irish households (where Claire is raising her family) Provence – the Christmas town scene with Santons characters Claire’s approach to the Advent calendar Christmas Day: “It’s the contrary of running everywhere and doing all the things” Listen to Claire Now Follow The Storied Recipe in Your Favorite Player Listen to Claire Marie's Original Episode: 26 Tales in the French Countryside Claire Marie's Storied Recipe https://thestoriedrecipe.com/russeroles-bugnes-lyonnaises Related Episodes Related Recipes Partial Transcript Becky So if people have listened to your original episode, which I’m going to link to in the show notes, in case they haven’t because it’s delightful, it’s delightful. Claire Marie Thanks in a while. Becky Uhm, remind everyone what region of France you grew up in?. Claire Marie So I moved a lot, but I always say I from the Loire Valley, so it’s not necessarily the place most people know, like the South of France, but it’s definitely a place people should know about. It’s also the Valley of the Kings and every time I go back there’s more to see that I haven’t had time to see. It so very very French. Like in really, the sense of France is there. And so that’s just the Loire Valley. It’s kind of in the middle... France is is big but not as big as the US, but big enough for a European country. And so yeah, people don’t necessarily know where. Becky It is, and it’s one of the most picturesque, picturesque parts of France? Claire Marie Oh yes. Yeah, and it has the perfect climate or weather. And yeah, like it’s cold in the winter, but it’s warm in the summer and you always have like a nice fresh air. It’s really really nice and I do love going back every summer. Becky So, paint us a picture. You said the weather was cold - it would be maybe snow? Paint us a picture of what it was like in December or at Christmas time in the Loire Valley or the Valley of the Kings? Claire Marie Huh, uhm, so it can go down like it’s very cold. It is, I guess, all a matter of in relation to other countries, but like you definitely definitely have your gloves on and hats on and you would be hoping for the snow because we’re quite far, we are very far from the mountains, so snow is never given and it would be like a rare treat if it snows right around Christmas. Like you, you know, you’d have probably couple of days of snow, but it could be anytime during the winter so I don’t actually remember a white Christmas. Becky Never a white Christmas. Claire Marie I don’t think we ever actually had a timely snow for Christmas, but it’s definitely very, very cold. I especially remember going to school freezing in the morning because we’d go in very early when it’s still dark and you’re just freezing. And so yeah, the holiday season. It’s nice because French children don’t have to go to school; we just stay home. And you can just stay warm. Becky Yes, and you know you’re right I, I guess I didn’t think about that, but that is, I think at least here also in the Northeastern United States, a hallmark of the Christmas season is the very very very short days. The shortest one of the year is just four days before Christmas. Claire Marie Yeah, it’s like, definitely for me I feel it’s darkness like you barely see and like I know we’re speaking about France, but it’s even more obvious where I live now in Ireland because we’re a lot furthe...
Transcribe →193 Holiday Classic Christmas in South Africa with Kate Jack
Dec 1, 202400:48:46Tap to summarizeThe Handwritten Heritage Cookbook If you don't see the form below, click this link to get the Handwritten Heritage Cookbook. window.fd('form', { formId: '60b925aee8b3a8171cd6388d', containerEl: '#fd-form-60b925aee8b3a8171cd6388d' }); Welcome back to the Christmas Around the World Series on The Storied Recipe Podcast! This series began as a crowd-sourced post titled Christmas Desserts Around the World. As the Storied Recipe community shared their cherished Christmas recipes and the memories surrounding them, I really wanted to hear MORE. So I decided to expand on a few of these with a little mini series about Christmas traditions all around the world. You can find the entire series here. Welcome Kate! Welcome to Kate Jack from South Africa for a delightful conversation about Christmas in the summertime! From the most stunning wreaths of succulents to relaxing around a floating pool bar, this conversation just may have you booking tickets to the Southern Hemisphere for this Christmas!!! Best of all, Kate shares her aunt’s recipe for Peppermint Crisp Pudding and we discuss at length a very new to me method of making caramel for this dessert as well as other traditional South African Christmas dishes. It’s a fun one today, so welcome to Kate and to you as well!! Highlights Rainy Christmas days vs. Sunny Christmas days Spray on snow to bizarrely emulate decorations of the Northern Hemisphere The trend to Africanize Christmas decorations Succulent wreaths How Father Christmas can survive in the heat 😉 Low key Christmas dinner foods for hot days How to make caramel from sweetened condensed milk Listen to Kate Now Follow The Storied Recipe in Your Favorite Player Kate's Storied Recipe: Peppermint Crisp https://thestoriedrecipe.com/peppermint-crisp-tart Related Episodes Related Recipes Transcript Becky Hadeed Hello hey, how are you? Kate Jack I'm doing well. Thank you and. Becky Hadeed You, oh I'm great. Thank you so much for getting on with me. Kate Jack It's such a pleasure. I'm looking forward to this. Becky Hadeed Me too. So first I have to ask you. Is your last name Jack? Kate Jack That's correct, yes. Becky Hadeed So your name is Kate. Jack, yes, that's. Such a great name. Kate Jack I'm married into the name, but I'm grateful for it. Becky Hadeed Yeah, it's like you're like the female protagonist to a Tom Clancy novel. Kate Jack When someone heard my husband's name, she said, "It's like that's a brand name." [Laughter} Becky Hadeed That's so well said that's. True, yeah, and you're feeling better. Kate Jack Much better I might cough a little. But lingering a bit, but so much better, thanks. Becky Hadeed Oh, I'm so glad I'm so glad. OK, well then let's jump in and talk about Christmas and South Africa. So, so first of all, we know that Christmas in South Africa during the summer season feels a lot different than we experience it in the northern hemisphere, but to back up a little bit, I am curious how Big South Africa is and how many time zones does it cover - and does it cover a lot of different climate zones? Does it depend on what region you're in, what weather you experiencing at Christmas time? Or is it pretty much the same for South Africans across the country? Kate Jack OK, so we have one time zone but we kind of almost could be two time zones, but officially we only one. So that gives an idea of the size. We are all in the southern hemisphere and so while our climate varies a little bit - like the West of the country where I live has winter rainfall and the east of the country is summer rainfall and it can get a little bit more tropical. Towards the northern parts, especially the northeastern parts, and some areas are a bit dry and some like you know semi arid. But we all. We all experience the summer, the celebration of Christmas in the middle of summer. Becky Hadeed And how hot is it? Kate Jack So degrees in Celsius, so that varies around the country, so it could be. Around mid 20s to 30s. Yeah, uh. Becky Hadeed Hot enough to be in the pool under the summer sun? Kate Jack Yes, yes, so some Christmases we do. Becky Hadeed Amazing, amazing and I guess of course yeah, so I'm looking, yes that's very warm weather.... According to Google, 25 is 77 degrees Fahrenheit, and if it goes up to 35 Celsius, that's 95 degrees Fahrenheit. So it's definitely squarely in the summer time weather for sure. Kate Jack Thank you having time, yes. Becky Hadeed And it's and it's mostly dry. You can pretty much guarantee that it's not going to be a rainy Christmas Day, because that happens in the winter time. Kate Jack So for us, it definitely is more common. We have a a dry summer, but it's quite bizarre because obviously Christmas days I remember and we occasionally do get rain. In summer, and it always seems to fall on. Christmas, but quite a few rainy Christmases we're sitting inside. But then I I do also remember Christmas days where we enjoy outdoor activities or outdoor Christmas feasts - we're outside kind of having a picnic or we are swimming. So that's also more common. Yeah, and generally the days around Christmas you're gonna have some hot sunny days around. Becky Hadeed Right, OK, so I guess when I think about how warm it is in South Africa... So much of Christmas preparations and creating the festive spirit around here is just about the decorations, you know. It's the lights on the house, which of course when it's getting dark at 4:15 or 5:00 o'clock in the evening, you enjoy them for hours. It's like a very wintry wreath. Everything is so associated with cold weather and the hope of a White Christmas, so I'm just having trouble visualizing Christmas, and especially the Christmas decorations in a hot climate. What does that look like if you go out and shop and there's Christmas decorations up. What do they look like? Kate Jack So, bizarrely, we still hold on to quite a Northern Hemisphere Christmas in a lot of ways. So def...
Transcribe →192 Holiday Classic Christmas in Norway with Alexandra Taylor
Dec 1, 202400:53:19Tap to summarizeThe Handwritten Heritage Cookbook If you don't see the form below, click this link to get the Handwritten Heritage Cookbook. window.fd('form', { formId: '60b925aee8b3a8171cd6388d', containerEl: '#fd-form-60b925aee8b3a8171cd6388d' }); Welcome back to the Christmas Around the World Series on The Storied Recipe Podcast! This series began as a crowd-sourced post titled Christmas Desserts Around the World. As the Storied Recipe community shared their cherished Christmas recipes and the memories surrounding them, I really wanted to hear MORE. So I decided to expand on a few of these with a little mini series about Christmas traditions all around the world. You can find the entire series here. Welcome Alexandra! Today’s guest is Alexandra from Norway. She contributed a recipe for her mom’s Chocolate Peppermint balls – sort of a mint chocolate truffle – or an especially beautiful homemade Peppermint Patty. In today’s episode, Alexandra also shares a recipe for the special Rice Porridge left for Saint Nicholas on Christmas Eve. In our conversation today, Alexandra who grew up near the oldest town in Norway, established in 898, shares absolutely delightful memories of ancient Norwegian Christmas traditions that she experienced both as a child and as a mother. You may recognize these as the basis of so many American Christmas traditions and imagery – before the layers of consumerism were slapped on top. The stories Alexandra shares – and especially the beautiful way she shares them – evoke a sense of magic, calm, wonder, and peace. Welcome to Alexandra – and be sure to check out her Mint Chocolate Truffles and Risgrot recipes!! Highlights Bunad – the Warrior Norwegian Queen outfit Santa Claus as Nordic Walking in the “loud silence” of snow with the smells of coffee and baked goods “Feeding your children is just the best feeling in the world” Reminiscing on the “hygge” trend Alexandra’s grandmother, a professional baker Skoleboller, Rice Porridge, and other Norwegian Christmas Food Coconut in Norwegian baking/cuisine The Norwegian Church and the “church mother” The Norwegian, concept of time and Christmas Eve vs. Christmas Day The 12 Days of Christmas and the beauty of 12th Night services Lutefisk, roast pork, homemade alcohol, and other common dishes of the traditional Norwegian Christmas dinner Linie Aquavit (Akvavit) - the traditional alcohol that travels around the world Singing and dancing traditional Norwegian folk tunes around the Christmas tree - and the traditional Norwegian Christmas tree decoration All about the recipe for Norwegian Peppermint Balls that Alexandra shared with us Listen to Alexandra Now Follow The Storied Recipe in Your Favorite Player Alexandra's Storied Recipe https://thestoriedrecipe.com/easy-chocolate-mint-truffles-from-norway Related Episodes Related Recipes Partial Transcript - First 10 Minutes Becky Hadeed Why, hello! Alexandra I'm so excited to be speaking with you. I've been listening to all your podcasts from last year and going back all the way to the beginning. Ohh I love the one with you and your boys. That was that's my favorite one so far. Becky Hadeed Ohh you know I hear that actually a lot and I was just thinking the other day, especially because my oldest is getting ready to graduate. I was thinking, I know we might need to do, you know one one last iteration of that? Alexandra Right? I think you should. That would be lovely. Becky Hadeed Well, thank you. Thank you so much for taking the time to come on and uh, for your kind words it means a lot. So can we just start by talking about this image of... What's the name of this this traditional wear? Alexandra It's called a Bunad. Becky Hadeed Say it one more time? Alexandra Bunad. B UN AD Boo nod. Becky Hadeed Bunad. OK. I mean, you looked gorgeous. You're like a Norwegian Warrior Queen Alexandra That's what the boys call me. Becky Hadeed Do you own? Do you own that? Alexandra Yes, that was a gift from my parents when I turned 21 and it comes with of course the the dress and it also has a skirt underneath it has that blouse and then it comes with a cake. A hat and a belt and everything has to be made or grown in Norway. So for it to be an official, it has to be done by someone who's certified and everything that cotton everything is from Norway. And then, as I had birthdays and special occasions and Christmas gifts and what not, my parents added to it. The silver is fairly expensive, so you you add that to the cost and as you go of course it comes with shoes that has a silver belt buckle on it and then. Speaker 2 The belt was a pretty. Alexandra Yeah, it's a big deal because it's all silver. And then when my son was baptized, my father gave me the knife that goes with it. And then of course the symbolic key to the cupboard, which is actually a pewter key, an old tradition. Becky Hadeed OK. Alexandra And of course, and then there's the purse that you have hanging off of your your belt as well, and it has all silver and then it's embroidered - part of it's embroidered so as the years went on, you know, they gave me bits and pieces of it. So now I have the complete, the complete thing, there's nothing more I don't have. Becky Hadeed It's just it's just gorgeous. And it's very, you know. I feel like I'm looking at a again, a queen from a Tolkien novel or something. And I look at you and that, and that gorgeous that gorgeous outfit and you're talking about actually fashioning things out of silver and all of a sudden it's easy to see how it was so real in his mind. Alexandra Right, yes, absolutely. And you see that in the Viking history as well. When you you know, go to museums and see the things that they've found in Norwegian towns in Northern Norway, Western Norway. They were very fashionable as far as jewelry and things like. That and so that that just really cements you into your roots and I I love that. Becky Hadeed Well, yes, and I I find it so interesting that a critical component is the knife. Can you speak to that? Alexandra You know, I can't directly I would assume that maybe it has to do with maybe you're you're slicing up some meats. Or like the they do a lot of prosciutto type hams and things like that in a tradtional meal. Potentially that or maybe its just symbolic. Becky Hadeed Hmm hmm. Amazing amazing. OK, well it really it really set the stage for I think our conversation about the traditional way Christmas has been celebrated in different parts of Norway? For me personally, Christmas is a very religious holiday. You know, even though I don't believe there's any indication that Jesus Christ was born in the winter time for whatever reason, it's gotten tied to this time of the year. So I guess, technically, I believe that modern day Palestine or Israel's was the birthplace of Christmas. 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Transcribe →191 Holiday Classic Christmas in Ecuador with Sofia Alarcon
Dec 1, 202401:02:51Tap to summarizeThe Handwritten Heritage Cookbook If you don't see the form below, click this link to get the Handwritten Heritage Cookbook. window.fd('form', { formId: '60b925aee8b3a8171cd6388d', containerEl: '#fd-form-60b925aee8b3a8171cd6388d' }); Welcome back to the Christmas Around the World Series on The Storied Recipe Podcast! This series began as a crowd-sourced post titled Christmas Desserts Around the World. As the Storied Recipe community shared their cherished Christmas recipes and the memories surrounding them, I really wanted to hear MORE. So I decided to expand on a few of these with a little mini series about Christmas traditions all around the world. You can find the entire series here. Welcome Sophie! We begin the 2023 Christmas Around the World series with Sofie Alarcon, sharing all about Christmas in Ecuador. This is actually an interview I tried to get last year, after Sophie shared her recipe for Pristiños, the famous Ecuadorian Christmas pastry we’ll discuss today. Sofie recalls very cold December nights high in the Andes mountains making the warmest memories with her large extended family who gathered to sing and pray, sharing blankets and hot citrus drinks to guard against the chill in their unheated homes. As for Sofie’s recipe, these crispy Ecuadorian fried pastries shaped like a crown, this is the only recipe in the history of The Storied Recipe that I really, truly failed to properly produce!! Fortunately, Sophie’s recipe is very easy - and of course, very delicious. As a citrus lover, Sofie’s Pristinos dough gets a zest lift. The real genius is in her Piloncillo syrup, made from Panela - a dark brown evaporated cane sugar - lots of citrus zest and all the warming Christmas spices, like cinnamon, anise, and cloves. Highlights Growing up in Quito, 9000 feet above sea level in the Andes Mountains, and no heat Why Sofie loves the change in seasons now 8 hours from beach to mountains to Amazon Praying the Novena 9 nights in a row, with each night representing a month of Mary’s pregnancy The best Christmas snacks Sofie and her family included each night The most popular Ecuadorian Christmas drink Canelazo The HUGE meal they ate on Noche Buena for Christmas Why Sofie loves to make personalized gifts and table settings All about Piloncillo/Pinela syrup Making Pristiños all together with her 12 cousins Listen to Sofia Now Follow The Storied Recipe in Your Favorite Player Sophie's Storied Recipe https://thestoriedrecipe.com/pristinos Related Episodes 012 Pristinos in Ecuador with Melissa Sampedro Melissa and I laughed a lot as she shared many stories of her life in Ecuador, from chewing on sugar cane to making pristinos to going to Nationals as a triathlete! She also educates us on the processing of sugar. I was grateful for some of her best frying tips. We also learn from Melissa how her grandmother raised 9 children on very little money and Melissa's mother taught her how to do with less. Finally, Melissa discusses the experience of living in America as a second culture and the very simple thing we can do to welcome others to our home culture. More Christmas Around the World Recipes More Christmas Desserts Around the World Thanks to Parmigiano Reggiano for sponsoring the Christmas Around the World episode! Thanks to Parmigiano Reggiano, THE cheese of the holiday season, for sponsoring this Christmas Around the World series. Parmigiano Reggiano is not just another parmesan, it is in a class all its own - beginning with its own Storied Recipe. You see, almost 900 years ago in 1254, Benedictine monks, living in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, created this cheese to extend the shelf-life of the large quantity of milk their healthy cattle were producing. <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="1796" src="https://thestoriedrec...
Transcribe →190 Holiday Classic Christmas in Bruderhof with Diana Rutherford
Dec 1, 202401:15:49Tap to summarizeThe Handwritten Heritage Cookbook If you don't see the form below, click this link to get the Handwritten Heritage Cookbook. window.fd('form', { formId: '60b925aee8b3a8171cd6388d', containerEl: '#fd-form-60b925aee8b3a8171cd6388d' }); Welcome back to the Christmas Around the World Series on The Storied Recipe Podcast! This series began as a crowd-sourced post titled Christmas Desserts Around the World. As the Storied Recipe community shared their cherished Christmas recipes and the memories surrounding them, I really wanted to hear MORE. So I decided to expand on a few of these with a little mini series about Christmas traditions all around the world. You can find the entire series here. Welcome Diana! This one is a little outside the mold for the Christmas Around the World series. You see, Diana’s childhood, the culture she was raised in, and the Christmases she enjoyed weren’t really defined by the places she lived, geographically. In fact, her family moved 22 times in 17 years. Rather, her experiences were mainly defined by the agricultural communities she and her family traveled between. Diana was raised in the Bruderhof, a global collection of self-sustaining farms where all members surrender their personal goods (yep, including Christmas presents) and accept roles for the greater good of the community. Although Diana ultimately chose to leave the Bruderhof community when she was 19, moving to NYC to work as a chef, she retains warm memories of some aspects of her rather unique childhood. Some of the best of these memories include Christmastime, which were full of German Christmas traditions like decorating simply with apples and candles, singing spiritual songs, and making classic bakes like these traditional British Mincemeat Pies she's shared with us. From the time Diana was in high school she spent increasingly more hours in the kitchen (which she truly loved, although it was very heard labor) preparing daily suppers for her communities of 400 people. Thrilled to welcome Diana to the Christmas Around the World series today - and thank YOU so much for being here. Highlights Vision of the Bruderhof: People who wanted to live together, share everything, wear flowers, and run through the fields. Why no members keep their jobs, titles, or possessions Why Diana lived in 5 countries but associates Christmas with Germany Bruderhof Christmas traditions: singing, simple gifts, communal nights, childlike, not gluttonous, simplicity Happy memories: Fairytale snowy Christmases outdoors in nature in Upstate New York Rations of 1 cup of sugar per person per month Making sugar snow candy!!! Christmas presents in a community that doesn’t believe in personal possessions School from 7am to 5pm, including working on the farm and in the kitchen Diana’s exposure to food from seed to table. How much Diana loved cooking for 400 people as a teenager Diana’s journey out of Bruderhof and how. Why there was no Christmas cooking/baking at home Which Christmas traditions Diana kept from the Bruderhof, and how her journey out of Bruderhof is reflected in her changing Christmas traditions German Lebkukken: Gingerbread cookies as ornaments > food. A special night 100 candles on the tree - Each person lights a candle and says someone you’re praying for. Angel chimes and the time Diana’s pigtail caught on fire. Mincemeat pies!!! Diana’s memories and lots of ways to make them. Rutherford Family Christmas Pictures 🙂 Listen to Diana Now Follow The Storied Recipe in Your Favorite Player <...
Transcribe →189 Holiday Classic Christmas in Indonesia with M. Aimee Tan
Dec 1, 202401:03:49Tap to summarizeThe Handwritten Heritage Cookbook If you don't see the form below, click this link to get the Handwritten Heritage Cookbook. window.fd('form', { formId: '60b925aee8b3a8171cd6388d', containerEl: '#fd-form-60b925aee8b3a8171cd6388d' }); Welcome back to the Christmas Around the World Series on The Storied Recipe Podcast! This series began as a crowd-sourced post titled Christmas Desserts Around the World. As the Storied Recipe community shared their cherished Christmas recipes and the memories surrounding them, I really wanted to hear MORE. So I decided to expand on a few of these with a little mini series about Christmas traditions all around the world. You can find the entire series here. Welcome M! Have you ever watched that show Chopped where contestants are given a basket of random ingredients that can’t possibly go together and are asked to make a delicious dish for their hosts? When I read through the ingredient list for these Indonesian cookies today’s guest shared, I felt like I was on that show! Coconut, gouda cheese, and pandan leaves… I wasn’t even sure what that last thing was!! It turns out, as you’ll hear M explain, these cookies are a very Indonesian adaptation of the Dutch Spritz cookies, with a little tweaking by M herself. Here’s what she says about these: My maternal grandfather was the avid cookie maker during Christmas time. I remember watching him making different types of cookies for Christmas since all of his grandchildren came to visit. It was normally very humid in the kitchen as it was rainy season in December. There were always too many people in the kitchen in my paternal grandparents house. Sometimes the helper helped us; one of the senior helpers had been with the family for years so she knew how to do it. We relied on our old gas oven. My job was to sit in front of the oven with a tiny stool and wait. I recalled our gas oven only operated automatically with actual fire from the bottom, so to make any cookies golden brown, we had to manually hold the ignition button for the top fire to turn on for however long you need it. It could quickly turn to disaster as it got really hot rapidly, so I had to watch carefully. Later on when we moved to our own house, the kitchen was more spacious and comfortable, with a window in front of the stove which helped, but my job was still the same. Watching the cookie with my tiny stool while making sure the fire did not devour it before we did. I’m so glad you’re here with me today to hear from M all about her memories of Christmas in Indonesia. Highlights M’s region of Indonesia, surrounded by mountains, lush and cooler than many other Indonesian islands - icy rain during winters Christmas as a double minority: Security risks for Christians celebrating in Indonesia The shift of Christmas to a commercialized event The party atmosphere praying and singing Christmas Carols on Themed Christmas celebrations Emphasis on “naughty” in the “naughty and nice” parts of the Santa legend Kue Semprit Keju Piped Cheese Cookies with Coconut and Pandan What is pandan? An aromatic, grassy plant in Southeast Asia - “like vanilla, but better” and why does it go well with coconut? Why we cook the tapioca starch and how the texture changes Listen Now Follow The Storied Recipe in Your Favorite Player M's Indonesian Christmas cookies https://thestoriedrecipe.com/indonesian-cheese-pandan-cookies/ M's Original Recipe & Episode Listen to M. Aimee's Episode "A Peanut Never Forgets Its Shell" Or try her amazing Mie Goreng!!! More Christmas Around the World Episodes More Christmas Desserts Around the World
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