Tis the Season for Les Galettes

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I made a galette des rois yesterday.  And all the filling leaked out.  Ugh.  Since I had invited G over to eat it with us, I had to make another, pronto.  This one turned out much better and very tasty. 




Not my prettiest, but probably my puffiest. :D

With my leftover puff pastry (homemade, thank you very much), I made a much smaller version for J to take to work on Friday to share with his colleague.


And because I am on snack duty at church this Saturday, I think I will make a giant one, capable of serving many people.  In France whenever you attend a "fête des voeux" with a larger gathering, the galette is rectangular instead of the traditional round form, so that is what I will do...  There is a lot of butter in my future.

A little anecdote:  The link above goes to an entry about the second galettes I made, back when we lived in Egypt.  That means the first time I made a galette des rois was almost 10 years ago.  That is just crazy.  I have no sense--despite having kids that are a growing and constant witness to the passage of time--that that much has passed.  I have a better picture of the above pictured cake, but this one was taken out on our terrace, reminding me of photographing this one out on our teeny tiny balcony in our first Egyptian flat.  :P 

The frangipani icon is for  you, asakiyume , in reference to our long-long ago convo on the other post. :P

Comments

[asakiyume]

Thank you for all the beauty, both edible and floral! Time, man!

I learned at the end of 2022 about a old guy in Manaus, a city on the Amazon in Brazil, who had a bookstore featuring writings by Amazonians. I started following the store's instagram--it had photos of the old guy with the various customers who would stop by from all over, so nice. Then they stopped showing up, and I put it down to social media algorithms--but then yesterday I saw that it was because the old guy had died :( Time. It passes. You learn about someone, and then they're gone. Do you know any Spanish? Portuguese is like Spanish in having two verbs "to be," ser, which is for permanent conditions, and "estar," which is for temporary ones. They had a quote from the guy in his death notice: "Nunca somos, sempre estamos"--we never "are" [permanent]; we're aways "are" [in the becoming, temporary sense. So very wise.

... sorry, that was a bit of a downer!

Whenever I think of the word frangipani, I think of the song "Datura" by Tori Amos, in which she repeats numerous plant names, lingering on frangipani.

"Nunca somos, sempre estamos"

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I have that "fear" of people wondering "Where did she go?" and they think I just don't want them in my life any more. And they never realize it is because I am dead. :P <--silly face because I know it is both silly and yet oh-so-possible in the online world.

Re: "Nunca somos, sempre estamos"

[asakiyume]

(((hugs))))

not a silly fear.

I will always come looking for you.

Re: "Nunca somos, sempre estamos"

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(((hugs back)))

[mallorys_camera]

Well, I, for one, am very impressed by the galette des rois in your photograph.

And I know what you mean about the passage of time. It's like time is a movie, but we're always stuck in one of the individual frames. 😀

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It's like time is a movie, but we're always stuck in one of the individual frames. 😀

Excellent way of putting it.

[rimturse]

Not one, but TWO highly time-consuming pastry cakes. You are indeed nutters! :p

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I am myself, pea! :P Ya just gotta love me, no? ;)

[queenoftheskies]

That looks delicious. You are soooo industrious.

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It was indeed tasty. :D