Week 1 2020

Hello!


I hope that you all had a lovely Christmas time and and are heading into 2020 rested and refreshed!

Many thanks to all the people who have contributed to Notjustfortheholidays and for the kind messages that you send.  I can't do this without you, so please continue to send your contributions, in the shape of photos, flyers, emails, and messages. If you can get the events to me, I'll include them in the newsletter.

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Wherever you are in the Gironde and Dordogne regions, wishing you health and happiness for 2020.

Best wishes,
Helen
notjustfortheholidays@orange.fr

Week 1 

La Breche Cinema, Ste Foy

 Saturday 4 January

This is me in Sauveterre - come and make a monster!

Sunday 5 January

Coming up...

And finally…

Monday 6 January is the last day of the Christmas season and traditionally the day Christmas decorations get taken down and packed away for next year.  The 12^th night is the day that the 3 wise men arrived in Bethlehem, taking gifts to the baby Jesus.

The French celebrate this day with a special cake called the ‘Galette des Rois’ (the King’s cake).   

This frangipane filled cake is served up according to tradition on 6^th January.  A lucky charm – known as a fève (originally a bean, but now more often a little porcelain figure) is baked into the cake.  As story goes, the cake is divided into enough slices as people present, and one extra, for the first poor person that passes by.  The youngest person in the group decides who has which slice, and the person who finds the fève is crowned king or queen for the day.  When you buy a Galette des Rois it usually comes complete with a paper crown.

So if you were wondering what to eat with your afternoon cup of tea, on 6^th January, it has to be a Galette des Rois!  Bon appétit!

 

Find a recipe here - but it doesn't mention adding the fève, so just push it into the frangipane before you cover with the pastry top.