Drink/Food Of The Day

While we're sharing recipes I must pass this one along. The crowd went wild for it at Thanksgiving. I was a bit skeptical of the cheese at first, but it turned out to be delicious and the leeks and roasted garlic are a nice substitute for the typical onions and celery.

37cooks.blogspot.com/2013/10/roasted-garlic-le ek-dressing.html

That sounds SO good right now! And leeks, they are so under-used in this country. Maybe I will do a trial run of this recipe before the upcoming holidays, and along with the world's best brussel sprouts, I will blow my cousins out of the water! (It's not like it's a competition or anything.) ---insert whistling emoticon here---

Saw speculatis cookies were mentioned.. they are for sale year-round here, except they change form around St Nicholas.
BTW, the Lidl now also sells Spekulatis (speculaas) ice cream at the end of year. Too bad I'm trying to stay away from wheat/gluten due to an intolerance.
Speaking of fragrance association.. like 5 o'clock au gingembre quite a bit. But there's another SL scent that I shied away from that some adore and others dislike a lot: Jeux de peau

Speaking of food.. generally I'm not too keen on food notes that are very prominent. As a major licorice (Lakritz) addict it was almost a surprise I didn't like Lolita Lempicka (same for Brin de Réglisse or petite robe noire or B*men) with some exceptions, like in Méchant Loup where it is mixed with hazelnut or Magnifico (mixed with Myrrh and fig). Speaking of fig.. that's a note that works very well in fragrance!
This list is not from memory, just going through my own spreadsheet .

Related to food: fig nut jam is a fave, mine comes (still?) from Syria and has figs, sesame seeds , some walnuts and some almonds in it.
Speaking of brussel sprouts, sprinkle them with shredded coconut and add sambal (ground pepper paste). Yum!

yumi