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

[cathellisen.livejournal.com]

Ew sardine appetizer. I think I'll pass.

Milk tart is a fairly bland milk custard tart with a sweet pastry and a cinnamon sprinkle topping. I dunno, i like it.

here's a recipe: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/South-African-Melktert-Milk-Tart/Detail.aspx

[ellen-datlow.livejournal.com]

I like sardines on a sandwich when they're boneless, but picking out little bones while eating is not my idea of fun :-)

I enjoy egg custard tarts (I get them in Chinese restaurants)but am not familiar with "milk custard" --I don't think). It looks nice in the photo.

[cathellisen.livejournal.com]

Sardines are just too fishy for me.

Milktart still has eggs, just has more milk than other custard tarts, so it ends up with a very milky flavour. I guess it's Dutch or Malay in origin - I've never really thought about it.