tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post9054851875344793428..comments2024-03-27T16:19:53.023+00:00Comments on Friko's World: Advent Diary, day 17 - Seasonal SymbolsFrikohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-67585080578093283882014-01-13T17:49:36.869+00:002014-01-13T17:49:36.869+00:00….the kissing should come to an end (LOL). I was ...….the kissing should come to an end (LOL). I was so busy before and after Christmas I am finally getting around to reading all you shared on your blog. It's wonderful!Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00007201357693227614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-22333786775267741782014-01-05T03:03:00.069+00:002014-01-05T03:03:00.069+00:00The crabapple tree is just beautiful. I loved rea...The crabapple tree is just beautiful. I loved reading about mince pie and mistletoe. <br /><br />Sorry for all these comments coming all at once. I guess if I read posts this late, I should be polite and not comment. Sally Wesselyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06470453773515491625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-59423610459580539712013-12-22T12:29:45.776+00:002013-12-22T12:29:45.776+00:00I'm not a fan of mince meat either, but I do l...I'm not a fan of mince meat either, but I do like the story behind it.<br /><br />Around here, mistletoe is harvested with a shotgun.Secret Agent Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07564690116156754219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-91656280284403324102013-12-21T10:29:14.682+00:002013-12-21T10:29:14.682+00:00Another interesting post, and I've made a note...Another interesting post, and I've made a note of the crab apple name. As for mince pies, I think they MIGHT in some way be malevolent - haha - they are so sugary and fatty and I don't even like the taste but it is often only polite to eat them.....But yours (if they are yours) look so much nicer than the shop version that I wouldn't mind having one ... <br />Have a wonderful Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-22370647924497610422013-12-20T14:31:11.682+00:002013-12-20T14:31:11.682+00:00Your crab apple is incredibly beautiful and your m...Your crab apple is incredibly beautiful and your mince pies made my mouth water. <br /><br />Yoko<br />stardusthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10684501661629146087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-22322911594882463072013-12-20T07:35:31.149+00:002013-12-20T07:35:31.149+00:00Mistletoe! What a custom!I love mince pies as well...Mistletoe! What a custom!I love mince pies as well, Friko.<br />Merry Christmas!Nadezdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08159291982383302922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-21826339267142757362013-12-20T02:22:18.386+00:002013-12-20T02:22:18.386+00:00I am woefully behind on your advent posts. I love...I am woefully behind on your advent posts. I love fertility customs from back before the planet was groaning under the weight of all these people. ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-15724569440635733602013-12-19T17:58:11.799+00:002013-12-19T17:58:11.799+00:00Those mince pies look too good to eat. I'm lik...Those mince pies look too good to eat. I'm like you though I tend to dislike them because of their effect on me. Christmas Blessings from Dalamory. www.freda.org.ukFredahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12112672598946758847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-3370903763539337132013-12-19T16:41:16.057+00:002013-12-19T16:41:16.057+00:00Very festive and pagan! Lovely.Very festive and pagan! Lovely.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-23996022286954348312013-12-19T14:27:02.403+00:002013-12-19T14:27:02.403+00:00That tree is beautiful. The mince pie doesn't ...That tree is beautiful. The mince pie doesn't look bad either :) What time is dinner :)<br />RRick Watsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01005727239466916086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-22316749806990262062013-12-19T12:50:49.921+00:002013-12-19T12:50:49.921+00:00Such a beautiful crabapple! I've never seen on...Such a beautiful crabapple! I've never seen one with so much fruit. Do you make crabapple jelly?<br />I have a sweet tooth, so I love mince pies, but only the ones I make myself, they're the best. I love them even more because having them only once a year makes them more of a treat. Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-5074444433998043712013-12-19T12:16:07.421+00:002013-12-19T12:16:07.421+00:00I love that picture of your crabapple, like a whol...I love that picture of your crabapple, like a whole rollup of all the seasons in one :)<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-88781515840399447742013-12-19T10:33:19.870+00:002013-12-19T10:33:19.870+00:00Your crabapple tree is really gorgeous, but I f be...Your crabapple tree is really gorgeous, but I f beg to differ from you on the subject of mince-pies. I make my own mincemeat with plenty of chopped apple, citrus juice and brandy and it's definitely not too sweet. :-) At this time of year i always wish we could make a quick dash across the channel to our Normandy apple trees, which always have lots of mistletoe. If we could bring it back, we&Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-60035985213799536562013-12-19T09:03:41.979+00:002013-12-19T09:03:41.979+00:00Wow! Those Christmas traditions are a minefield!!...Wow! Those Christmas traditions are a minefield!! But if whatever you're doing is wrong today, just wait a few years for a backflip!!Red Nomad OZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03020668094026661054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-36298409277578866402013-12-19T08:45:21.528+00:002013-12-19T08:45:21.528+00:00Hallo Friko,
schön, dass Du uns die Traditionen in...Hallo Friko,<br />schön, dass Du uns die Traditionen in England zeigst. Von einem "Mince Pie" habe ich nie gehört. Sieht lecker aus und schmeckt bestimmt auch sehr lecker.<br /><br />Gruß Dieterrheinland-bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11531150233517521024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-31328654291617539032013-12-19T04:44:21.138+00:002013-12-19T04:44:21.138+00:00I'm enjoying your Advent series.
Mince tarts -...I'm enjoying your Advent series.<br />Mince tarts - bring them on! I'm the only one in the family that likes mincemeat, so I make tarts, just for myself. Do you make Butter Tarts? Now there's a sweet tart!Pondsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02407539138546412482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-67193495151800094232013-12-19T02:15:33.694+00:002013-12-19T02:15:33.694+00:00Too much kissing, if mistletoe is brought in too e...Too much kissing, if mistletoe is brought in too early. Zhoenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03515663141425057088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-75818212969585282252013-12-18T15:15:05.932+00:002013-12-18T15:15:05.932+00:00Too sweet??? There's no such thing! LOL :)Too sweet??? There's no such thing! LOL :)Optimistic Existentialisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11507986337866049924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-89610481635050594472013-12-18T14:14:13.474+00:002013-12-18T14:14:13.474+00:00I love your tree. I've never tried a mince pie...I love your tree. I've never tried a mince pie; don't think I'd like it. I have tried mistletoe ... and I do like that!Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08611148987085476580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-5682523856255037842013-12-18T12:59:30.001+00:002013-12-18T12:59:30.001+00:00Christmas season just wasn't the same if my Mo...Christmas season just wasn't the same if my Mother did not have mince meat pies - and she made a few every Christmas. Everyone liked them except me, but back in those days you ate what was on the table - not so now, eh.with most of the world's eating habits. I will still avoid Mince Pie - I agree with you. Happy feast for the crows with your beautiful crabapple. Have a wonderful day :)LilliStJohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06771499579700164919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-58811186182383937042013-12-18T09:26:55.598+00:002013-12-18T09:26:55.598+00:00een heerlijk verhaal bij deze mooie foto,s.een heerlijk verhaal bij deze mooie foto,s.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-91853504319245319142013-12-18T09:16:55.879+00:002013-12-18T09:16:55.879+00:00Hi Friko .. I love all the wonderful folk poems, h...Hi Friko .. I love all the wonderful folk poems, history tales you give us - I really do feel as though I'm in Medieval times, with an acknowledgement to the 20th and 21st centurues, when I read your posts ... I just love the insights you give us.<br /><br />The crab apples are magnificent this year .. but against your red brick wall - such a vibrant colouring .. the photo is wonderful. I Hilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-54935083986634895812013-12-18T07:37:23.124+00:002013-12-18T07:37:23.124+00:00"Idolatry in Crust!" Bearing in mind all..."Idolatry in Crust!" Bearing in mind all the hooha about the Great British Bake-Off and similar TV programmes, this could be a useful phrase to bandy about....<br /><br />Where do you find these texts ? (For my EngLit A-level, our special subject area was the 17th century, which gave me a love for the glorious vigour of the language of the time, even when it was serving hateful Autolycushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17642868944400656922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-12644410243080314862013-12-18T06:50:36.035+00:002013-12-18T06:50:36.035+00:00The crab apple is so brilliant. I've never gon...The crab apple is so brilliant. I've never gone for mince pies; I think the name put me off as a child as I thought they had cold meat inside them. Juliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01542985048406828693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-51803981219279011592013-12-18T06:32:55.817+00:002013-12-18T06:32:55.817+00:00Can you believe I have never once tasted a mince p...Can you believe I have never once tasted a mince pie? And while I did of course know of the kissing-under-the-mistletoe tradition, I didn't know that it originated from the Welsh border, and about throwing the berry etc.<br />The crabapple looks fantastic, it almost looks as if it could light up a whole grey day. What does crabapple taste like? Any similarity with "normal" apples?Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.com