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  • djundjilaMA
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    10 months ago

    Early Christmas

    • Brush: Мужской Материк Orange Stabilised Burl with 28mm Oumo boar knot at 57mm loft
    • Razor: Thiers Issard Le Dandy
    • Lather: Stirling Soap Co Christmas Eve
    • Aftershave: Southern Witchcrafts Pomona
    • Fragrance: Spearhead Shaving Company Seaforth! Spiced

    Christmas Eve was a PIF from u/MadDingersYo, who I haven’t seen in a year, and this is the third Christmas season I’m enjoying it already.

    I’m leaning into the gourmand aspects of the soap by pairing it with Pomona’s mulled cider and Spiced’s ginger bread scent.

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      10 months ago

      Spiced’s ginger bread scent

      I hadn’t thought of it that way. Clearly it is time to revisit Spice.

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        10 months ago

        On December 6th, kids here get a Samichlaussäckli: a jute sack with mandarins, gingerbread, and peanuts. Spiced is essentially every Swiss kid’s memory of the Christmas season minus peanuts🎅

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          10 months ago

          Huh. I wondered if I would pick up gingerbread from the scent, but did not. Then again, I don’t have any tradition of gingerbread in my past.

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            10 months ago

            I’m wondering whether gingerbread spices are different in anglosaxon recipes. The similarity between Spiced and gingerbread here is not subtle 🤔

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              10 months ago

              Yes, there could be a recipe difference. And, we Americans aren’t necessarily known for fine cuisine. I may not have had a true gingerbread.

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                10 months ago

                And, we Americans aren’t necessarily known for fine cuisine.

                They should, though, IMO. There are few European cities which can compete with American cities when it comes to the variety of different cuisines (and fusions thereof). Maybe London, which incidentally is also massively underrated as a culinary destination. Melting Pot++;

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                  There are few European cities which can compete with American cities when it comes to the variety of different cuisines (and fusions thereof)

                  That’s because authentic American food is pretty much what’s on the McDonald’s menu :)

                  Completely agree about London. Some of the best Indian food I’ve ever had was there.