For the holiday season very year we have a special cake hour featuring some homemade Glühwein or hot mulled wine in English. They are no exactly the same but hey, the translation helps. Today was the day for 2021 and we refined the process and stepped it up a bit.
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| All set for our annual Christmas treat! |
This year included a hot plate and a pot to warm the Glühwein in as opposed to putting individual cups in the microwave one by one. It was much easier to ladle it out of the pot warm rather than the microwave. Usually we pour everything into coffee mugs with at Christmas theme that we have around. This year we used snowman cups that were brought in. These were very appropriate for the season though we weren't out in the cold.
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| Used a hot plate and pot instead of the microwave!! |
Having come across a box marked Christmas lights, we took a string that still worked after about 15 years and created impromptu decoration with a lab theme!
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| Throw some lights into lab vessels and call it Christmas! |
One of our colleagues that has moved on generously arranges to send a cake to go with the wine and this year he arrange for a delicious chocolate mousse cake from Pastiche, an excellent Providence bakery. It was light, delicious and very chocolatey which goes well with the red wine based Glühwein. Our very special thanks to him for his Christmas spirit and his kindness ion sending us such a treat. Happy Holidays and Merry Chirstmas everyone!!
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| Another masterpiece - creative and culinary - from Pastiche! |
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| Thick layer of mousse and whipped cream on the top! |
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| Christmas cheer! |
And more photos to follow......
