Have yourself a Merry little Christmas

Well we definitely had ourselves a merry lil Christmas. We made a few visits to family and friends in the morning but by the afternoon we could park the car and hit the champers. We had an absolutely wonderful Christmas dinner at B & E's place. It was a very traditional dinner due to the fact that we had four Irish guests, four Scottish guests, one English guest and a token Aussie thrown in for good measure.


B & E, with the help of P, whipped up the most delicious dinner and all without the use of a pan that the ham would fit into. The turkey was one big bird and tasted so wonderful when it was smothered in gravy with a high red wine content. These guys worked so hard to prepare a meal for ten of us but it was great to see that they were enjoying themselves in the kitchen.

We were all very impressed with B’s apron. It’s important to look smart when you're slaving away in the kitchen.

Because there were so many Irish and Scottish people we had an abundance of potatoes all done to perfection. Of course we had to have the brussel sprouts but, as you can see, they were very under-represented at the table (you’ll hear no complaints from me on that one).

The ham was divine and was so tender and sweet. There was talk of it having been cooked in coke and cloves but I will have to report back on that one at a later date after consulting the cook. I will definitely be getting the recipe for the ham from B because it was so good and, god forbid, I should ever have to cook Christmas diner myself this is the recipe I would use.

Young Teddy had a ball at his first Christmas party. Decked out in his Christmas best he tucked into his own little festive bone.

Happy Christmas Everyone !!!