[Sca-cooks] Happy Holidays....
Susan Fox-Davis
selene at earthlink.net
Wed Dec 29 08:44:39 PST 2004
Maire told of her holiday cookery and her loot...
What we cooked: a 20+ pound turkey in the oven [Alton Brown's brining
process with Morton Thompson's spice mixture], an equivalent mass of
marinated tri-tip beef on the BBQ [with some help from grillmaster Lord
Joan], turkey dressing from scratch [ripped-up dry sourdough rolls,
celery, shallots, spices and turkey stock frozen after Thanksgiving],
green bean casserole [pretty standard, made with Cream of Celery soup
though 'cuz we had one guest with severe mushroom allergy], Baroness
Morgaine's soon-to-be-famous[ if she can reproduce it] crockpot of yams
and sweet potatoes and apples with cranberries. Danish Rice Porridge and
I got the Almond, hooray! Taters and peas that other people brought.
Jared's pecan pies, v. good. None of the TV mincemeat was left after
Angels Yule, how ironic is that? A reasonably traditional Christmas
Cake with raisins and dried pears, all the dried fruit I had left after
burning the first one. <blush> OK, I have had attention span problems
lately.
Hot spiced cider, hot spiced wine, variety of soft drinks, eggnog.
Next week for the noon-to-midnight New Year's LotR EE marathon I have
declared that I Am Not Cooking. Other people can bring stuff. Lots of
leftovers exist, including half the turkey, spiced apples, the nachos
that never got made, etc. I may bake some shortbread and wrap it in
leaves but that doesn't count, does it?
Loot: a seal-a-meal gadget that seals up your food without air into
plastic bags suitable for freezing and later boiling. Just in time for
Estrella War! A couple-three cookbooks, none of them SCA period
oriented. Loot I gave out: pillows made of a fabric featuring a print
of many foxes, particularly since my maiden name is Fox this is
appropriate for my parents and brother. The colors co-incidentally
matched my parents' living room, a real stroke of luck since I didn't
pick out the fabric, it was a gift from another SCA person. I will do
this pillow thing again, everybody loved it!
Happy holidays, Selene
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