Don’t forget the sweets, including a few that are disgusting any other time of the year. Quality Street (screw you, Roses), mince pies, trifle, some kind of box of hideous jellies, ChocMallows, Caffrey’s Snowballs…
We celebrate Christmas on Christmas Eve, Christmas day is usually nibbles and leftovers. So the dinner needs to be festive without being overly rich: a few canapés (ready made), some Irish smoked salmon on Guinness bread. Main course is salmon with crandberry couscous. Dessert is forest fruits crumble with vanilla ice cream.
Traditionnally, we would have brioche, dried fruits, nuts and clementines, all left on plates for people to nibble on. Also some fruits jellies, but I am not sure you can find them here (they are kind of sweets, made with fruit juice cooked with loads of sugar).
Wednesday 21 December, 2011 at 1:19 pm
Don’t forget the sweets, including a few that are disgusting any other time of the year. Quality Street (screw you, Roses), mince pies, trifle, some kind of box of hideous jellies, ChocMallows, Caffrey’s Snowballs…
Wednesday 21 December, 2011 at 3:14 pm
Chocolates, biscuits and sweets are very important, yes, but those are all TERRIBLE suggestions. Boo. Bad Peter. For shame. Etc.
Wednesday 21 December, 2011 at 3:17 pm
Of course they’re TERRIBLE suggestions: it’s Christmas.
Wednesday 21 December, 2011 at 3:45 pm
We celebrate Christmas on Christmas Eve, Christmas day is usually nibbles and leftovers. So the dinner needs to be festive without being overly rich: a few canapés (ready made), some Irish smoked salmon on Guinness bread. Main course is salmon with crandberry couscous. Dessert is forest fruits crumble with vanilla ice cream.
Traditionnally, we would have brioche, dried fruits, nuts and clementines, all left on plates for people to nibble on. Also some fruits jellies, but I am not sure you can find them here (they are kind of sweets, made with fruit juice cooked with loads of sugar).
Thursday 22 December, 2011 at 10:57 am
A few litres of cidona and tanora! (but not the manky new tanora, some vintage bottles that were squirrelled away)
Tuesday 3 January, 2012 at 9:29 pm
To Nanazolie. I saw those fruit jellies coated in sugar on sale in Iceland. They may still have some left.
Wednesday 4 January, 2012 at 10:37 am
Thanks Catherine. My parents brought some over, but I’ll have a look in Iceland to stock up