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September 23, 2007. White table cloth, roses and orchids in the centerpiece, candles and low murmur for conversation. The September wine tasting dinner at the Corinthia Grand Hotel Royal was the usual lavish affair that the hotel had become famous for accompanied by the fine wines of Hungary's wine producing regions.
Calendula Infused Soy Oil
Ingredients
1/2 cup dried calendula flowers
3/4 to 1 cup organic soybean oil
Vitamin E oil
Orange essence oil
Instructions:
Place flowers in an 8-ounce Mason jar; pour in soybean oil until jar is nearly full. Drizzle with Vitamin E oil and mix with a wooden stirrer. Seal jar tightly.
Place in a paper bag or cool, dark cupboard for at least two weeks to let herbs infuse the oil. With a wire mesh strainer, strain oil into a sterilized jar. Strain again through a cheesecloth or coffee filter.
Drizzle finished oil with 2 to 3 drops orange essence oil, if desired.
The term kurisumasu keiki (literally meaning leftover Christmas cake), is a Japanese expression to describe single women over 25 years-old.
The following list of on-line cookie recipes was making the circuits a few years back in Christmas mailers. I was fascinated by it then and still am so I thought I would share it with those of you who love cookies.
