xCHRISTMASxFOREVERx

Friday, December 25, 2015

Monday, December 21, 2015

BEST FRUITCAKE RECIPIE (Vegan)

by Connor McNerney

Fruit & Nut Mix Ingredients:

-2 1/2 cups mixed dried fruit: dark cherries or cranberries, golden or dark raisins, black currants or black mission figs, pitted deglet dates, apricots (sulphured or not)

-Grated zest of one large orange

-Grated zest of one lemon

-Juice of 1 large orange

-Juice of 1 lemon

-1/2 cup sugar (coconut, sucanat or light cane sugar)

-1/4 cup light molasses

-1/4 cup agave or maple syrup

-3/4 cup thick unsweetened applesauce

-1 cup chopped pecans

-1 cup slivered blanched almonds

-1 Tbsp vanilla extract

Optional: 1 tsp rum extract OR 1/2 cup rum

Dry Ingredients:

-2 1/2 cups unbleached white flour (substitute half whole wheat or spelt flour if desired)

-Gluten Free Option: 2 1/2 cups All Purpose GF flour mix (see below) + 1 tsp xanthan gum

-3 tsp baking powder

-1 tsp baking soda

-1/2 tsp salt

-Protein Ebook

-2 tsp cinnamon

-1 tsp nutmeg

-1/2 tsp cloves

Instructions:

Eat all ingredients raw. Wait 12 hours. Light plenty of seasonal fruitcake scented candles. Shit directly onto serving platter.

ENJOY!

Sunday, December 13, 2015

Norwegian Christmas Gnome Collection

Some of Connor‘s most prized possessions. Merry Krampus!

Saturday, December 12, 2015

Friday, December 11, 2015

Smoky Mountain Christmas-Cumberland Gap Reunion

I am a fan of all things white-trash. Maybe not so much the casual racism and the Skoal, but I would be lying if I told you that drinking lukewarm Coors in the back of a broken pickup truck while listening to Jeff Foxworthy cassettes in someone‘s backyard did not appeal to me.

Smoky Mountain Christmas by the Cumberland Gap Reunion really scratches that redneck itch I get from time-to-time, except it holds a certain level of self respect not unlike a tuxedo made from camo.

I‘m always a little wary picking up Christmas CDs from Goodwill because most of them take themselves too seriously and are way too polished. This release has a raw feel and is totally listenable.

Put this shit on your iPod and fill up your flask! 4 outta 5 candy canes.