[Sca-cooks] Christmas Dinner?

[chirhart_1]

MERRY CHRISTMAS               From Chirhart
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From: <lilinah at earthlink.net>
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Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2002 6:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Christmas Dinner?


> Gunthar wrote:
> >So, is anyone doing anything special for
> >Christmas dinner?
> >
> >I'm spending Christmas alone but decided to
> >at least splurge a bit and come up with
> >a nice meal.
>
> No tree, no decorations, no nuttin'. I'll spend Xmas just working on
> my Twelfth Night garb and watching rented videos (mostly dramas - i
> don't like comedies - and certainly not seasonal pap).
>
> Last night, my ex-consort and i went and saw "Lord of the Rings - the
> Two Towers". Whew! Really impressive! Wow!
>
> I, too, am eating alone and decided to splurge. A local fancy "deli"
> - the wrong word but i don't know what to call it - they sell all
> sorts of gourmet items, fine cheeses, olive oil as expensive as wine,
> fresh pastas, and all sorts of "home made" food - had Christmas
> dinner specials (special in that they made stuff for the season, not
> specially priced, except, well, expensive)...
>
> So i got salmon rolled around a filling of rice, chard, leeks, and
> mascarpone, with Green Sauce; and some apple/pear/dried cherry sauce
> (not sauce for the fish, just a la apple sauce); and 1/2 pint each of
> three spreads - (1) cheddar cheese with apricot chutney and a hint of
> mustard, (2) stilton cheese with port and pecans, and (3) fig-olive
> tapenade; and a fresh 'sweet' baguette to spread the three of them
> on... (well, i had the bread and spreads for lunch); and a slice of
> lemon mousse for dessert.
>
> And from another place i bought a mixed greens (mezclun) salad with
> blue cheese and roasted pecans and a nice vinaigrette dressing.
>
> Well, it's about time to pull the salmon out of the fridge, warm up
> the VCR, and pop an angsty tape in...
>
> Hope you all have a healthy holiday - and anyone who's feeling sick,
> get better soon :-)
>
> Anahita
>



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