Friday, January 1, 2010

Food log: Friday, December 25

I skipped breakfast to sleep in. Dad picked my brother at the station, then me at mom's, then granny at the rest home. We had Christmas lunch at his place with granny and stepmom. Fun! I forgot my camera at mom's, so Philippe took pictures for me with his iPhone.

Nuts
Nuts at dad's
Pickles, olives, highly decorative ketchup
Olives, pickles, fancy ketchup ;)
Pineau des Charentes
Pineau des Charentes
Beer
Beer
Tourtière, turkey, veggies, mashed sweet potatoes, 
Tourtière, turkey, veggies, "mashed" sweet potatoes
There was a blender mishap and the sweet potatoes turned to mush. They were still tasty! :)

Bûche de Noël
Bûche de Noël
I just had one bite, I was stuffed! But I did get to keep the traditional plastic ax.

Bûche de Noël
Sweet.


After opening the gifts, I had some caffeine.
Diet Coke
Diet Coke

A few hours later, we went back to mom's for Christmas dinner.

Beer
Beer
Olives, mom's lemon and Parmesan biscuits, cheddar biscuit, and roasted nuts.
Olives, mom cheddar biscuits, Parmesan and lemon biscuits, roasted nuts
Prosecco
Prosecco
Refreshing salad with clementines, homemade roll
Salad
homemade roll
Wine (something Italian I don't remember the name of)
Wine
Glorious Ragoût de pattes de cochon
Ragoût de pattes de cochon with roasted beets and cornichon
So, so, good. Worth spending the day cooking! We had this with my mom's roasted beets and cornichons.
Domaine de l'île Margaux
More wine: Domaine de l'île Margaux
Calvados sabayon with fruits
Calvados sabayon on fruits
Sauternes with hazelnuts
Sauternes with hazelnuts


Money spent on food: 0

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