Gluhwein is a traditional German version of our mulled wine and is a fantastic winter warmer. It also makes the house smell wonderfully festive as you make it!
You will need:
4.5 litres of a preferably dry red wine (merlot, cabernet sauvignon etc) 570 ml brandy 200g sugar [...]
So the perfect drink for Christmas guests to warm up as they arrive…a little calorific perhaps but they can always burn it off in the New Year! This is a traditional recipe that’s bound to go down a treat.
12 (separated) eggs 1.5 litres milk 500ml thick cream [...]
So we’ve had the worst things about Christmas, some would argue that depending on how you look at it some of those things are the best things about Christmas…………and I guess on some of those things I’d have to agree. So here’s me taking off my Scrooge hat and having a half-full glass of Christmas [...]
Halloween falls on October 31st . It originated from the Celts who lived in Britain, Ireland and parts of France over 2,000 years ago. October 31st was celebrated to mark the end of their year. It was on this day that the Celts believed ghosts of loved ones returned to earth.
Many people all around the [...]
What exactly is Halloween? For many, it is merely a reason to dress up and be someone else for a night. For kids, it’s a chance to collect loads of free candies and chocolates. For business people, it’s an annual money-making machine. In truth, Halloween is basically a holiday so mixed up with historical facts [...]
‘From ghosties and ghoulies and long-leggit beasties and things that go bump in the night, may the good lord protect us.’ (An old Scottish prayer)
A ghoul is a being that lives off human flesh or defiles corpses. The name ghoul can refer to a wide variety of definitions. If you look at fictional [...]
There are a lot of myths surrounding Halloween, but don’t let these spoil the fun of Halloween. If you have fallen for some of the stories surrounding Halloween then you are not on your own. Many of us have been the victim of urban legends spread around playgrounds, school yards, and now the Internet. Many [...]
Halloween is celebrated the world over and is one of the oldest holidays. Halloween is celebrated differently all over the world. In some Countries it is not as popular as it is in other’s, but today it probably has one of the biggest followings that it ever had. Every year at Halloween people dress up [...]
Many of the games played at Halloween feature apples and were created around the belief of fortune telling. In old Greek and Celtic mythology, apples are often linked with sex and Pagan religions. The Romans brought the apple tree to Britain after they had conquered them. Pomona was a Roman Goddess who was keeper [...]