The Kitchen Towpath, Home Kitchen Cooking and Gardening By Miss K L Slomczynski: December 2021

Thursday, 23 December 2021

Monday, 20 December 2021

Making your own gifts and decorations this year.

Making your own gifts and decorations this year.

Re-Run December 20^th 2021

This year now that both of my children are older I am looking at celebrating this year with them for the fist time and to try and teach them the true meaning of the festive season.

For me it is “The Gift of Giving” so we are in the process of doing this and celebrating Yule.

So this year their dad is already underway with making the boys their Yule gift and I am looking at decorating the house and what food and events that we are going to take place.

So it is the 20^th November 2017 and a month before I will be looking at decorating the house and the tree.

So where do I start.?

One of the things that I am looking at is what I have in the house and how I can use what I have instead of buying things new and also about what I can forage from the !!br0ken!!

One thing that I have been looking at is the following links for inspiration and Facebook pages and group that I am in.

Cloves

one of the things that I am looking at for The festive season is buying Cloves.

What are Cloves?

Cloves are the aromatic flower buds of a tree in the family Myrtaceae, Syzygium aromaticum. They are native to the Maluku Islands in Indonesia, and are commonly used as a spice. Cloves are commercially harvested primarily in Bangladesh, Indonesia, India, Madagascar, Zanzibar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Tanzania. Cloves are available throughout the year.

Buying them “Fair Trade”

http://www.fairtrade.org.uk/en/what-is-fairtrade

Because they they are from over seas I am looking at buying them fair trade and to also look at selling them whole sale when I set up my own business. I am looking at selling dried products for making things with in the future. Cloves can be brought al year and can be purchased form any supermarket so why use them them for the Winter Holidays what makes them so important?

Health benefit can be found by following the links below.

Cloves are a good source of manganese, selenium, magnesium, omega-3 fatty acids, vitamin K, dietary fibre and vitamin C.

http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=69#healthbenefits

http://www.antioxidants-for-health-and-longevity.com/benefits-of-cloves.html

http://www.nutrition-and-you.com/cloves.html

What do they have to do with the Winter Holidays?

With cloves coming to the UK from places like Indonesia but the region with the largest production is Zanzibar in eastern Africa; most people know of Cloves being Used in Mulled Wine and Christmas Cake.

Now that the UK is so divested with culture, and traditions it would be nice to see Cloves used more and why not start by using them at this time of the year to decorate the home and in cooking.

Make Cloved Orange: A Regency Pomander

This is the art of using Cloves and Oranges to decorate the home and to give as gifts of family and friends at this time of year. For the history y of Clove Orange: A Regency Pomander please follow this link below.

https://www.janeausten.co.uk/cloved-orange-a-regency-pomander/

One thing that Make Clove Orange: A Regency Pomander look like are Christingles.

What is Christingle?

Christingle's is a lighted candle symbolizing Christ as the light of the world, held by children at a special Advent service originating in the Moravian Church.

It is sally on the First Sunday of advent which is a Christian way of celebrating this time of year. You can attend a Christingle celebration at your local church and get a Christingle as part of the services whilst collecting money for charity.

Useful Yule recipes./links

http://recipesforapagansoul.weebly.com/yule-dec-21-23.html

https://Wiccan/celtic/akasha/yule.htm

Use full link about Spices

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/grow-to-eat/where-do-christmas-spices-come-from/

Sunday, 19 December 2021

Ave Maria sang By Celine Dion with Images of Ave Maria and words from po...

Saturday, 18 December 2021

Andy and the Odd Socks - Merry Christmas Everyone (Official Video)

LadBaby | Sausage Rolls for Everyone (Official Music Video) - featuring ...

https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/54840/ladbaby/

Thursday, 16 December 2021

Online Privacy for Kids - Internet Safety and Security for Kids

Internet safety for children

PBS Kids have a great range of websites for kids, each of them engaging, entertaining and educational. These two websites – Cyberchase and Design Squad – are examples of breaking the traditional structure of a website and providing kids with lots of focal points.

Website Information Link(s)

https://www.canva.com/learn/kids-websites/

https://en.99designs.ch/inspiration/websites/children

https://en.99designs.ch/inspiration/websites/children

https://www.siteinspire.com/websites?categories=125

Social Network Made for Children

https://www.siteinspire.com/websites?categories=125

App(s)

https://www.uplarn.com/best-social-media-apps-for-kids/

https://www.commonsensemedia.org/blog/16-apps-and-websites-kids-are-heading-to-after-facebook

Parental controls Information

Are features which may be included in digital television services, computers and video games, mobile devices and software that allow parents to restrict the access of content to their children. These controls were created to assist parents in their ability to restrict certain content viewable by their children. This may be content they deem inappropriate for their age, maturity level or feel is aimed more at an adult audience. Parental controls fall into roughly four categories: content filters, which limit access to age inappropriate content; usage controls, which constrain the usage of these devices such as placing time-limits on usage or forbidding certain types of usage; computer usage management tools, which enforces the use of certain software; and monitoring, which can track location and activity when using the devices.

https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/online-safety/parental-controls/

https://www.internetmatters.org/parental-controls/

Useful support link(s)

Parents Protect - Internet Safety

Important Safety Rules To Teach Your Children - SafeHome.org

Useful Phone Numbers and Websites for Pupils and Parents - Penketh High School

https://fairplayforkids.org/wp-content/uploads/archive/devel-generate/gaw/FBMessengerKids.pdf

https://learning.nspcc.org.uk/safeguarding-child-protection/social-media-and-online-safety

https://ojs.library.dal.ca/djim/article/viewFile/7855/7244

15 Top Social Media Sites & Platforms (A Handy 2021 Guide) (smartblogger.com)

https://www.antivirusguide.com/best-internet-security/?lp=default&utm_source=microsoft&utm_medium=cpc&sgv_medium=search&utm_campaign=414125076&utm_content=1266638108049446&utm_term=79165277944881&cid=79164991262219&pl=&feeditemid=&targetid=kwd-79165277944881:loc-188&mt=p&network=o&device=c&adpos=&p1=&p2=&geoid=131865&msclkid=0a2d14c8af87123aa90675738bdfd184

I hope that the link(s) I have found on line are useful.