Food log: Thursday, December 24

Stepdad's saucisson and cheese croissant, grapefruit juice

Melon

Rillette with bread


Mom and I had a nice walk under the snow and then went to Metro to buy food for tonight's feast: dattes, cheese, proscuitto, chips, drinks, eggs. Total: $37.50 I prepared stuffed dattes and deviled eggs and we ate chips while watching Princess Sissi movies, a tradition in Québec. I could not resist having a few nibbles while cooking.




At night, the family gathered at aunt Francine's. She lives in what used to be my grandparent's cottage and it's been the location of choice for most of the family gatherings on my mother's side.

Punch

I also had beer and white wine.
Crudités

Tourtière

More stuff, including deviled eggs I made and chocolate balls

Stuffed dates

Potato salad

Sugar pie



It was a great night!

Money spent on food today: $37.50

Please stay tuned

I'm not dead. I just forgot my camera cable in Québec City and can't upload any pictures. But fear not, my Mom mailed it to me and I should blog about all the good Holiday stuff soon.

Meanwhile, please enjoy this video of Godzilla making pancakes.

Food log: Wednesday, December 23

Ham and cheese croissant, juice

After breakfast, we set out to start cooking the stew a.k.a. ragoût de pattes de cochon. It's a whole day thing that turns my mom's kitchen into some kind of Tudor-style cookery, where weird beasts are laid to rest.




The pork had to rest in a salt water bath for 3 hours. By the way, is there a more horrible redesign than what was done to the Windsor salt box? It used to be an icon of Canadian design. What a shame.

Booooo!


Tourtière, tomatoes, beer, clementine




Buttered bread, veggie juice


A quick snack in the PM

Then it was time to make the meatballs.



Stepdad popped open a few oysters while we had a beer. Yum.



With dinner, we had a Saint-Émilion, Château Tertre Daugay grand cru classé, brought back from France by stepdad


Dinner was delicious chicken liver sautéed with balsamic vinegar, served with potatoes and asparagus


Oka stuffed with mushrooms and Champfleury cheeses


Richard treated us to a few other parisian delights: Fauchon chocolates and Sauternes with hazelnuts







After dinner, we still had to continue onward with the neverending stew.





San Pellegrino



Money spent on food today: $0

Food log: Tuesday, December 22

English muffin with cream cheese, tomato juice

Chips and water on the bus ride to Québec - $3.25

Peanut butter sandwich with a glass of grapefruit juice at Mom's

Muscat wine I brought for the apéro

I almost destroyed the cork, but mom saved the day!


Mom's citrus turkey with port sauce, potatoes, roasted Brussel sprouts, carrots



Homemade ginger cookie


Beer



Clementine



Money spent on food today: $3.25

Food log: Monday, December 21

Scrambled eggs, toast, tomato juice

I spent the afternoon at the spa and came back home to have a chat with my friend Julie over a glass of wine.
Canapés, sauvignon blanc

Garlic and capers tilapia, mashed sweet potatoes with Parmesan, broccoli, mushrooms, Côte du Rhônes 


I also dropped by the SAQ to buy a few bottles of wine ($27.20). Then later tonight, I got an SAQ card as a gift from the team on the building's board, to thank me for last year! Thanks guys. :)

Money spent on food today: $27.60

Food log: Sunday, December 20

Toast with cream cheese, tomato juice

Tuna sandwich, pickles, Smiles, Diet Coke

Popcorn, Diet Coke



That's pretty much it.

Money spent on food today: $0