Mindy Carlson

The Swiss: Neutral but Prepared

I’ve said before that the Swiss may be neutral, but they are most definitely prepared. For example, all buildings built after 1945 (including our apartment) have nuclear fallout bomb shelters. It really all comes out of their World War II experience. This idea all came together for me during a tour of a glass-blowing factory…

Mindy Carlson

June 9, 2015

The Swiss Family Carlson

Proof that my Mother is Always Right

We don’t have a television here. That is something that boggles the mind of several family members and is something my children have put on a list to give to CPS when we’re finally investigated. However, we have a computer and internet and access to YouTube. Via YouTube I have been introduced to a number…

Mindy Carlson

June 2, 2015

Food

GBBO, Jane Brocket, Mary Berry, My mother is always right, The Great British Bake Off, Victoria Sandwich Cake, Victoria Sandwich Cupcakes, Vintage Cakes, whipped cream and jam, Yarn Storm

Sweet Bretzels: The cookie that almost beat me

By now all of you know how much I love to bake. It’s calming and therapeutic for me to cream together butter and sugar with eggs and then mix in flour to form any number of cookies or cakes. I get it from my mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. My DNA isn’t pairs of ATGC like…

Mindy Carlson

May 24, 2015

Food, Homemaking

Alsace, Alsatian, baking, Bretzel, cinnamon and sugar cookies, English Biscuits, Sweet Bretzel, sweet bretzel recipe, tea biscuits, The Great British Bake Off, The Swiss Family Carlson