'twas the day before Christmas and . . .

[kindkit]

Things to do this morning/early afternoon: do a load of laundry, cook and eat lunch, wrap a present for a friend, hopefully do one last edit of my Yuletide story, go to the grocery store for cheese and brussels sprouts.

Things to do from 4-9 pm: work. *sigh* At least it's a short shift.

Things to do after work: bake the bread that is currently on its slow rise, cut up the duck for tomorrow.

It's not really that much, I'm just tired thanks to Christmas retail.

Tomorrow's plan is much better: cook a nice meal (menu: sauteed duck breast with cherry pan sauce, tiny potatoes roasted in duck fat, brussels sprouts with chestnuts and cream, fruitcake, too much chocolate), watch the Doctor Who special, and of course Yuletide.

Since I always like talking about food, I'd love to know what your Christmas menu is if you'll be celebrating tomorrow.

Comments

[kindkit]

Burnt bacon is a tragedy. All that lovely bacon wasted. *sadface*

The beet dish sounds excellent, and I'm interested in finding out new things to do with beets. What kind of dressing do you use for it, a vinaigrette or something more elaborate?

[st_aurafina]

I think the problem with bacon is I don't cook it often enough, and so I misjudge it every time. (The solution obviously being to cook it more often!)

I don't really like dressings ever, so I didn't make one for the beets, though the recipe had a mustard type thing described. In the end we saved the goats cheese for the bread and used sheep feta for the beets, and that came marinated in olive oil and peppercorns, the traces of which made enough of a dressing for us. It was a good salad - we kept eating it for lunches a couple of days afterwards.

I wish we could get golden beets here - they look so pretty.