Advent Calendars

Culture, Media, General
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I bought the bonne maman jam calendar and still have a few to go. I can honestly say I am not impressed. Most of them seemed to taste the same. Money better spent would be to go to a european deli and buy a few jars with fruit that is not easily available here. Example gooseberry jam, honey made from different flowers, im happy to have those little jars though. Oh i liked the blueberry jam with honey and found a recipe on line.

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Thank you! I ate all the stonefruit ones, but also the fig, which I also enjoyed. So far I have eaten them all stirred in to yogurt each morning.

I still have about 10 I havenā€™t tried yet.

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Bingo. World Market, Home Goods and even Ocean State Job Lot have European brands available at way better prices than the $45.99 I think I spent at World Market for the Advent Calendar.

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That was an option for me, but I always have English muffins on hand, whereas I donā€™t have Greek yogurt on hand as often. I just wanted the continuity, so Emuffs it was.

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Regarding day 7 were your labels in french or english. Mine were in french
and it read blueberry with honey. I rather liked that jam

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:astonished: Mine were all in English, purchased at World Market. Interesting that yours were in French!

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Iā€™m in Canada

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128

And there you goā€¦ :grin:

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Thank you for your service! I remember liking several of the jams you enjoyed.

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Re. the Bonne Maman calendar - for the last few years Iā€™ve given DH the 24-jam version. He has gotten burned out on jam/EMs every day and slowed down halfway through, leaving little jam jars lingering until March. This year, I found a 12-jam version at Costco (back in the fall) and that seemed to work better. He didnā€™t like the coffee one but was happy with the remainder! So, maybe thatā€™s the trick for Bonne Maman - look for the smaller version?

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I went on their website before the holidays to see what they had in gift kits. What I saw at Costco was a better deal for the Advent calendars and the Twelve Days selelections. Iā€™ve been trying to find their quince, just quince, but no luck anywhere. If I had access to quinces, Iā€™d make my own!

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132

American Spoon has quince conserve. Their stuff is usually very good.

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lately iā€™ve considered ordering them shipped to me. i love them so.

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