Get Together

Laura made a trifle yesterday. It was as good as it looks. Trifles are an old English dessert. They are in English recipes books  from the 1600’s and was supposedly even loved by Charles Dickens. Trifles evolved from a similar dessert known as a “fool”. A “fool” is an English dessert generally made by mixing pureed fruit, whipped cream, sugar, and possibly a flavoring like rose water. “Fool” was first mentioned as a dessert in 1598 (together with trifle), although the origins of the famous gooseberry fool may date back even earlier. These became a popular dessert to serve at Christmas celebrations along with the plum pudding. Why the word “fool” is used as the name of this fruit dessert is not clear. From the word fool comes trifle. I’m not trifling when I say it was delicious!

We had our Christmas get together at Astrid’s and Logan’s. We had finger foods. Games were enjoyed. Eric makes kaboom games (May not be the right name). Everyone signs into the site on their phones. Then it played like jeopardy. Eric’s games were about Christmas movies and trivia. He does similar things with his kids at school. One question he had was what’s on top of the Christmas tree. Answers were angel or angle. Lots of children miss the answer. He teaches 7th grade language arts. He’s a fabulous teacher.

I took Astrid a food cover that I made.

This was one of Siggie’s gifts. I like it.