h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Wasn't me! I mean, I did eat cabbages last night but that doesn't sound so.. spooky.

cabbage sounds great

think i'll have goulash soup tonight

so what vegetables go with Christmas dinner?

well, chicory/endive are called xmas salad in danish. so there

and i guess brussel sprouts go well with turkey

but i have my heart set on red cabbage, cooked with cumin. goes very well with duck roast

Fried sauerkraut and cowberries.

we ended up with duck roast, pork roast, potatoes, sugarcoated potatoes and red cabbage cooked in blackcurrant juice (alas, no cumin). and of course duck sauce and pork sauce. everything very traditional. the duck had of course been stuffed with apples and prunes.

for dessert we had the traditional risalamande (sweetened cold rice porridge mixed with whipped cream and chopped almonds and spiced with vanilla). as usual there was one whole almond in it and i was lucky enough to get it and win the almond prize

we had with the main course and a very fine australian tokay, that i stumbled upon by accident not long ago, with the dessert.

i assisted son #2 cooking everything but the red cabbage, which was the w*rk of my ex. our teamw*rk was excellent and everything turned out perfectly

needless to say i am very proud of him

attending the party was my ex, our three kids and my mother and we had an excellent time. the ex had not gotten around to buy an so son #1, daughter and i drove around for a couple of hours trying to find a "last minute ". i felt like arnold schwarzenegger . in the end we found one of the finest trees we have ever had. it was one of the cheapest ever as well. and since we had to fell it ourselves it should last for a week at least

Oh dear! That was quite a report.
I was at my mothers. We had the usual stuff, including spotted dog and risalamande. I am still sleepy.

i guess i just had to w*rk out for myself what happened and how well it all turned out to be

Sounds like you had great time indeed.

yes, i cannot complain and i can only hope me kids feel the same way.

i believe they do

Nice

Not that we had bad time here, even 18 joined the xmas dinner.

oooh, impressive

Now there will be more complicated task - the tradition says that on New Year's Eve one must have 12 different courses on meal on the table. Not that I always follow the concept but still I want it to be.. plenty.

the trick is to serve different coloured gum bears, M&M's and smarties

So I should skip stuff like pork and pies and and salmon and whatelse?

no, the first few courses should be regular food

like mashed potatoes and risalamande. those dishes will usually quickly stop any guests craving for more

Those are there as well. I am feeling peckish already.

so am i

we will have crab salat on toast with for starters

beuf bourgignon with mashed potatoes and as main course

tiramisu and port for dessert

and kransekage (traditional huge danish petit four) with

do'nt think i will be able to eat more after that, so the next 8 courses but i will have a lot of the rest of the night

Even I have some . I just brought it up from the cellar (and found out that the temperature there is only +2C, so I had to cover the window and take other precautions as we expect -15...-17C in few days).
As for the rest of the dinner, I'll go shopping now.

i should prolly get going myself

if we don't meet any more this side of midnight i hope you have a lovely night and a very new year