Time To Relax
By Anna
@LadyDuck (460403)
Switzerland
December 20, 2015 9:37am CST
After a frantic Saturday and a busy Sunday morning, I can finally sit at my computer and relax.
All the Christmas gifts are wrapped. I have finished cleaning the house and all the ingredients for the Christmas lunch are stored in the refrigerator.
Yesterday I have made the tortellini, they are part of the traditional Italian Christmas lunch, I make them from scratch every year.
They are not too difficult to make, once you know what to do, but it takes forever to shape them, one by one.
You can see the result of my work in my photo.
Two hours to make a total of 250 tortellini that will be finished in ten minutes.
Are you ready for the holidays or you still have something to do?
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@LadyDuck (460403)
• Switzerland
22 Dec 15
@enlightenedpsych2 No the pasta is not hard to make, the stuffing must be prepared in advance, it's just a mix of meats, Parmesan and Prosciutto, the annoying part is to shame the tortellini, one at a time.
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@kaka135 (14916)
• Malaysia
22 Dec 15
The tortellini look great! I just can't imagine all of them can be finished in 10 minutes, and you took two hours to make them, and not including the cooking time.
Good that you have got everything prepared, and now you can be relaxed and wait until the Christmas eve! 
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@Shellyann36 (11385)
• United States
22 Dec 15
The hard work will be so worth it in the end. All of our gifts have arrived. We do still need to wrap them and stuff the stockings but that will not be done until Christmas Eve because the kids will get into them if we put them out earlier.
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@LadyDuck (460403)
• Switzerland
23 Jun 19
@Shellyann36 I am sorry to notice that in the past I forgot to reply to several comments, Believe me that it was not intentional, I was a newbie on the site and I surely did not know exactly how notifications worked.
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
20 Dec 15
Nothing for us do do here Anna.
Not much going on this year like many years.
Do you make the pasta for the tortellini by hand or pasta maker or what?
I would like to know how.
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@LadyDuck (460403)
• Switzerland
20 Dec 15
I make the pasta by hand, this is the easy part, you mix eggs and flour and knead until smooth, I flatten the pasta with a small pasta machine and then cut the square that I fill with the meat and I shape the tortellini.
How is your son? I hope you can spend a quiet and Merry Christmas.
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
20 Dec 15
@LadyDuck Only eggs and flour..sounds very easy..no liquid right? I will try it sometime Anna, thank you.
He is doing okay in pain of course until the surgery supposed to be Jan 6th...I am scared about it Anna.
Thank you for asking ...I too wish you and your family the very best of Christmas and much peace and blessings on you friend.
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@LadyDuck (460403)
• Switzerland
20 Dec 15
@TiarasOceanView To make the dough only eggs and flour, metric quantity is 100 gr. of all purpose flour for 1 big egg.
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@allen0187 (58444)
• Philippines
14 Jan 17
I love going back to old discussions such as this and completely surprising the poster! Love family traditions as well. I must admit that i have to read up on tortellini as I'm unaware of this until I read this post Anna.
How was the 2015 holidays different from 2016?
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
20 Dec 15
I remember my mother making gnocchi (sp. ?) and I had to shape them and I was so bored doing that but had no problem eating them. 
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
20 Dec 15
@LadyDuck I love gnocchi! Oh, to have my mother with me to cook one of hear meals? I think it is true that nobody can cook like a mother. It is for me!
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@LadyDuck (460403)
• Switzerland
20 Dec 15
@1hopefulman I am definitely a better cook than my mother. All the family agree.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
21 Dec 15
You really amaze me with a lot of things you can do and cook . And also by taking care of the household chores by yourself yet you can still find time to prepare those .
We will be buying the Christmas foods . But we already have the bought ham . I will just be making the chicken macaroni salad on the 24th , since that is a holiday already .
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
23 Dec 15
@LadyDuck is it an italian tradition to eat only fish on the 24th?
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@LadyDuck (460403)
• Switzerland
23 Dec 15
@hereandthere It is an ancient tradition, because many years ago the Roman Catholic Church imposed not eat meat the day before Christmas. Now the rules have changed, but the tradition stayed.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
20 Dec 15
That sounds like a lot of work. I am not into Italian food that's my husband's heritage.
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@LadyDuck (460403)
• Switzerland
20 Dec 15
@AbbyGreenhill It took two hours and a half, I had enough at the end.
@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
20 Dec 15
@LadyDuck I wouldn't have the patience.
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
30 Dec 15
wow, and I thought gram slaved over the homemade noodles!
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@LadyDuck (460403)
• Switzerland
31 Dec 15
@Jessicalynnt You should try, it's easy and the noodles are so much better that those you buy.
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
30 Dec 15
@LadyDuck me too, just never tried to make them myself,
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@TheHorse (207500)
• Walnut Creek, California
21 Dec 15
I will turn in my grades tonight. Then I can relax a bit. Actually, I relaxed with football and loudspeakers for most of today. My last two posts chronicale my progress. Was it fun making the tortellinis, even though they'll be gobbled up in ten minutes?
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@LadyDuck (460403)
• Switzerland
22 Dec 15
@Butchcass4 No, it is not true that I do not like doing tortellini. I prepare them several time a year for my husband, it's the fact to have to make many that is a lot of work.
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@Butchcass4 (5895)
• United States
22 Dec 15
@LadyDuck It's a shame you have to do something you really don't like doing. I think I'd cut it from the menu if it were me for sure
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@whiteream (8567)
• United States
20 Dec 15
I am almost done myself, just a little baking left and I have to put one gift together for my son. I will be doing that on Monday.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
21 Dec 15
well then you will be finished also @whiteream
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@whiteream (8567)
• United States
20 Dec 15
@LadyDuck Yes, the is time to get a little rest before the big day.
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@GreatMartin (23675)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
23 Dec 15
When should I expect mine?? I have a rule--people talk/boast about food they have to let us taste it!!
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@shshiju (10342)
• Cochin, India
21 Dec 15
I have never heard of it tortellini. It's image is really wonderful. As the first comment indicates you are really a brave woman. I don't understand how do you handle all of these
I think you are doing a lot of travels
you are one of top pest res ponders to any discussion to any people. that means that you will spent a lot of time in computer
And combine your cooking and family matters
I have doubt that Did your hubby help you in the matter of tortellini?
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@LadyDuck (460403)
• Switzerland
21 Dec 15
Thank you George, you are so kind. NO, hubby did not help, but he wanted to have some for the dinner, I am glad that I made some more, just in case. I have spend several hours a day at the computer, may bee more than I should, but I like this site.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
21 Dec 15
Happy Holidays to you. I hope you will enjoy taking bites with those 'finger foods(?). or are those part of an Italian dis/ pardon me, I have not heard of that.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
22 Dec 15
@LadyDuck oh, now i know.thanks for sharing that my friend
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