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Chef Daughter called. Guess we are going to throw caution to the wind and have Christmas together. We've all been well so far so let's hope for the best.
She is bringing "The Silver Fox" to introduce him to us. Sounds serious. Has predicted that we will like him.
Her gift to us will be buying the groceries and preparing the meal, she says. Swedish meatballs and mashed potatoes, shellfish gratinee, tossed green salad with bleu cheese, sourdough buns and homemade fresh mint and chocolate shard ice cream.
The ice cream is an Indian recipe she added to her farm stand this summer with success. I can't wait to taste it. Kulfi. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kulfi
She's asked me to make the traditional vegetables - her favorite, peas and onions, and in honor of our immigrant predecessors, mashed rutabaga with butter. I have teensy baby pickled beets and watermelon pickles I did this summer to add to the table.
We've been in Mexico for a couple of weeks and this came up suddenly so there won't be time for the usual spread of Norwegian cookies but I plan to make some spritz to serve with the ice cream.
I hosted Thanksgiving, but someone else is hosting Christmas.
The main protein will be duck. The host is making most of the sides, but she is asking me to replicate the baked mac 'n' cheese I made for Thanksgiving, which I will do.
Just picked up my ham and opted for a quarter instead of a half. Their CC machines are down so cash or check only. Not a good day for this to happen. It was getting packed when I left!!
Christmas candy and spiked eggnog. I'll be alone, so what's to stop me? (Amid a sea of couples, families, and gatherings of friends, I thought the solitary City-Data contingent should also be represented here.)
6 of us Christmas eve at my moms I am making a bringing the food:
Swedish meatballs
Rice pilaf
Stuffed mushrooms with spinach feta and sausage
2 lb. Shrimp platter with cocktail sauce that I ordered and have to pick up
Assorted sliced cheese and crackers.
My mom is making spinach dip and she bought a cheesecake from cheesecake factory
Christmas day at my MIL:9 of us
Lasagna
Meatballs
Sausage
Garlic bread
I am sure there will be appetizers but I don't know what.
I'm alone and social distancing so no big meal. Going food shopping later. Will look for scallops to sear and some arugula for a salad. Will do a larger feast on January 7th
OMG I just picked up the Tenderloin logs and they are HUGE. I'll have leftovers for weeks, LOL
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