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This year I'm doing another baked ham. Each year I like to try a different glaze, and this year I'm doing a Baked Marmalade and Maple Ham. You can use brought Breadfast Marmalade, but I like to make my own 3 fruits Marmalade when citrus is in season and use that, as I think it has much better flavour. Here's my Christmas Ham for this year, 2012. Prep Time, about 25 minutes.   Cooking Time: about 2hrs, depending on the size of the ham. I'll give you the qty's etc for a 9kg ham, you can work it out from there. Ingredients: 1 x 9kg whole leg ham 1 cup Breakfast Marmalade (or homemade 3 Fruits Marmalade) 1/3 cup Maple Syrup. (I use the real stuff not the maple flavoured) 1 bottle of whole cloves. (You will probably use about 1/2 the bottle) 1.  Place oven shelf in lowest position, turn oven (gas fan forced) 160C. Line the base of your oven with foil, helps with the mess. Get out your largest baking pan to put the ham in. 2.  Remove the rind from the ham. T...

Well,I must admit I'm proud of myself. I'm not much of a sewer without someone to instruct me. My first sewing lesson, was also my first quilting class a few years back. I don't make cloths or anything clever like that, but I enjoy cutting up perfectly good bits of fabric into different sizes and sewing them back together again. It's called "Quilting". Having just recently purchased myself a gorgeous little black female miniature poodle (Lily), I went out to buy her a nice soft, comfy doggy bed. "Holy smoke", I had no idea they were so expensive!!! Went home empty handed and thinking...how to solve this problem. I naturally spoke to Lily about this and asked her advise. She didn't comment on the subject, so I was left to ponder the answer myself. That afternoon I decided to take a "little nap" to let my sub conscious do the work, that sometimes helps me. Lily happily trotted into the bedroom with me and I lifted her up onto my quilted...