I made an Xmas pudding, and cooked, marzipanned and iced a *very* overdue cake today. Nobody really likes either… but it’s Xmas and some things have to be done regardless 😀 The ham is cooked… maybe a little overcooked… turkey is done too. Prawns are seasoned and cooked… and we have ‘plain’ cooked for those who aren’t fussed on the seasonsing. Salads that can be prepared are… cole slaw and potato anyway… and a load of pickles laid in to make eating a pleasure… so we’re ready… a day early!
I don’t care. I’m having a few days off. Tomorrow (if it isn;t raining) I’ll be sitting quietly by the pool with a glass of cold beer. Monday, we’ll be knee deep in wrapping paper. Tuesday I **might** be attempting to make a dry turkey curry as my motehr made in years gone by. I’ve *never* managed to do it properly before… and I expect to mess it up again… but I’ll try nonetheless 🙂
There is a table already groaning under the weight of the ‘snacks’ we bought. All the usual suspects are there… shortbread biscuits, chocolates, Ritz and cheese crackers… you name it we have it… cashews, dates, almonds, mixed nuts… etc etc etc. We also have a raw chicken ‘just in case’ and a whole smoked chicken… also for emergencies… well you never know what might happen!!
The cake was ‘interesting’ to speed things up I used a ‘boil first’ recipe which actually seems to have turned out ok… tho I’ve not tasted it yet and it apparantly goes stale very quickly… a week or so… which means it has to be eaten.
Diet?? Errr…. well ok I *might* just suspend it a bit… I’ve been ‘picking’ like a fool all day… so tomorrow… on my first ‘rest day’… I’ll be giving it the food a rest too so I can enjoy Xmas Day a bit more.
So… Happy Xmas to those who won’t be visiting before Monday… and I’ll cya as soon as… ok?? 😀
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