Xmas dinner

[ellen_datlow]

Ugh. Too much food and too much drink. Party of 12 in the east village:

Lots of champagne. Several appetizers: chicken liver and hazelnut terrine, Pork rillette, ham and Roquefort loaf; scallop, red pepper, and basil mousse like bread-shaped thingie; cheese (mixed with something) on toast put in the oven (very nice grilled cheese); chopped clam and mushrooms (I think) on toast.

More champagne.

Caesar Salad, Goose, Brussel sprouts, rutabaga, cranberry sauce, bulgar rice stuffing, wine wine wine. And the most amazing home made duck sausage.

Sweet potato (homemade) pie and Pecan pie (bought) home made whipped cream, Italian cookies, home made brownies, and after dinner liqueurs, coffee.

Home and tums and lots of water.

Edited slightly in the morning...

Comments

[mkhobson.livejournal.com]

You *must* have had a lot of champagne, if you guys were eating live chicken!

(I know, it was a typo. But a funny one.) ;-)

M

[inf-matrix.livejournal.com]

I performed this for John. He said, "It's poetry."

Merry Christmas! Eileen

[chalkhorse.livejournal.com]

Sounds delicious, and yes, poetic! My family traditions are slowly dissipating and my husband's family are not foodies (they even serve store-bought garlic bread). I plan to host Xmas eve next year. On the 23rd I visited Mom and went over old recipes (many on deposit slips, envelopes, scraps of paper) for a book I'm collecting of hers and Dad's recipes. Reminded me of the rich food traditions I come from, much of it bound up in the holidays.

I love your custom of an adult cocktail party for the holiday! (in the East Village no less). We're having an open house on January 3rd.

[pds-lit.livejournal.com]

Hope you have recovered and managed to pick all of those feathers out of your teeth. LOL!

[myothertwin.livejournal.com]

This is making me hungry for Christmas dinner all over again. Our food wasn't as diverse as this list (standard ham, rolls, etc.), but yum.

Sounds like it was a wonderful time! Hope your New Year is great too!

Happy 2009 :)