DECK THE HOLIDAY'S

Valentines Day  is a day to express your love, and to celebrate the spirit of love. You will love this absolutely for valentine's day site, where you can celebrate the spirit of this day of lovers. History of Cupid ~ The God Of Love !    Cupid is the most famous of Valentine symbols and  everybody  knows that boy armed with  bow and arrows , and  piercing   hearts  . He is known as a mischievous, winged  child  armed with bow and arrows. The arrows signify desires and emotions of love, and Cupid aims those arrows at  Gods and  Humans, causing them to fall deeply in love.      Cupid has always played a role in the celebrations of love and lovers. In  ancient Greece  he was known as Eros, the young son of Aphrodite, the goddess of love and  beauty . To the Roman's he was Cupid, and his mother was Venus.      There is a very interesting story about Cupid and His mortal Bride Psyche in Roman mythology. Venus was jealous of the beauty of Psyche, and ordered

    Carnival in Cologne  is almost as old as the history of the city itself. But the organized carnival celebrated today only dates back 178 years.     The Greeks and Romans celebrated cheerful spring festivals in honor of  Dionysos  and  Saturn  with wine, women and song. The ancient Germans celebrated the winter solstice as a homage to the Gods and expulsion of the evil winter demons. Later the Christians adopted the heathen customs. The period of fasting (Lent) prior to Easter was heralded in by " Fastnacht"  or  "Karnival"...carne vale = Farewell to meat!     In the Middle Ages, the celebration of Carnival, the masquerade, often took on drastic forms, very much to the displeasure of the city council and the church. Bans and ordinances did little to help, the celebration was wild and spirited.     The boisterous street carnival was extended in the 18th century to include the so called  "Redouten",  elegant masked and fancy dres

   This recipe was found at  www.passionateaboutbaking.com  .  I dessert that could be the centerpiece for your next party or gathering. The base was intended to be a sponge until I added melted chocolate to it. I panicked since it wasn’t light as air and soft … so it got a good sugar syrup soaking. Was the right medicine for the cake. It giddily drank up the juices on offer and was just right a base for the balsamic cherries and mousse filling! The mousse filling was adapted from a simple chocolate mousse recipe in my Thermomix cookbook. By the time I had the machine on, I was in panic mode again.  Something told me that it was too hot for it to set as a cake topping.  Goblets are different; chocolate mousse will always be delicious in any form, barely set in goblets too.I had to do better and couldn’t take a  cake chance and  eventually added a spoon of gelatin. It worked a charm and I was thrilled to see it had set beautifully when I demolded