I don't know Christmas is like for the rest of the population but in my home Christmas has always had a smell. Of fresh pine, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and citrus which is hard to create without the fresh pine tree in the house and the baking of my mothers black rum fruit cake.
This year we are doing without both, the pets behaviour last year means that there is to be no tree. Lack of time means no cake! So...
I tried, like the alchemists of old created a simple recipe.
Fill one small saucepan with water and put on the stove top.
Place two small nutmeg pods and 1tsp. of cloves in a mortar and pestle and bash.
Sprinkle the contents of the pestle into the saucepan.
Add a 1/4 of a stick of cinnamon to the saucepan.
Take two limes or lemons or oranges, slice one up and put into the saucepan, with the other cut in half and squeeze the juice into the saucepan.
Bring the entire measure to the boil.
At this point you have two options, allow to boil continuously adding more water as necessary.
or turn off the fire and relight periodically.
The mixture needs to be changed when it turns chocolate brown or after about 2 to 3 days.
And all cheaper an a Glade candle.
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