You ever have those dominosteine? OMG. And, of course, Lebkuchen...my mother was an exchange student when she was 18, spent a year with a wonderful family in Germany. Every year after that, until fairly recently, the family she stayed with sent her a tin of Schmidt lebkuchen...which, in my opinion, is the kobe beef of gingerbread. They always came in time for Christmas in the mail, we waited for it every year. They stopped coming when the woman passed away - she was in her 90's, and had been sending them for over 40 years. I went to look at the price to order online, wishing to have it again to share with my son, but ... hehe ... well, the preventative nature of the cost made me fully appreciate the generosity of this family.
Of course, my Oma made the world's best almond crescents at Christmas as well... Good grief, but I miss her cooking and baking!
