Christmas is a season, not an event, a day or a party. Sometimes it is hard to remember that in the midst of all the excitement and preparations.
This year we tried to make it a bit more focused. We made cookies and shared some of them with others. Our Christmas dinner found 14 people, 4 different countries of origin, 19 languages and people from age 17 to 65 enjoying the conversation and food.
We didn't have roast turkey, but instead had turkey quaarters that were pressure cooked and then baked on top of the dressing. It came out really well. (The guys who slaughtered the turkey for me had begun to quarter it, as they do in the village, before I found them. Hence the creative cooking.
The rest of the dinner included matooke, giblet gravy, cranberry sauce, fruit salad, green salad, rolls and butter, sodas, wine, coffee, tea, pumpkin pie, chocolate pie, small mince pies (British style) and Christmas cookies of course.
It was wonderful, even though the rain delayed people coming and slowed the cooking of the matooke. All in all a great day. Wish you all could have been here.
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