Christmas is a-coming
Dec. 12th, 2015 05:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
nineveh_ukAnd the goose is nowhere to be seen, which is fine by me. However I am going to have a go at hare over the holidays. My mother, who suffered a traumatic hare cooking incident more than 40 years ago, the reason that neither of my parents has cooked one since, has stipulated that it will be ordered fully prepared and jointed. Apparently there is a reason that they are cheaper to buy with the skin still on. On a less meaty culinary subject I have made mince pies, as last year I didn't have enough.
The Christmas tree is up - actually, it has been up for a week, which is too early,* but if I only put it up this weekend I'd only have it for a week before going away. The tinsel on the stairs is less successful, and needs another attempt. I have five more days left at work before the break, which is both good and terrifying. I was off for two days with a cold this week, which was not great timing. I suppose it is better than having a cold over Christmas, and hopefully it will be mostly gone by then. I have done almost all of my Christmas shopping, so I can relax about that.
Anyway, here (on LJ...) is the Christmas tree by special request ofazdak so she feels less premature with hers!
*I have to say it is too early in case people think I don't realise this.
The Christmas tree is up - actually, it has been up for a week, which is too early,* but if I only put it up this weekend I'd only have it for a week before going away. The tinsel on the stairs is less successful, and needs another attempt. I have five more days left at work before the break, which is both good and terrifying. I was off for two days with a cold this week, which was not great timing. I suppose it is better than having a cold over Christmas, and hopefully it will be mostly gone by then. I have done almost all of my Christmas shopping, so I can relax about that.
Anyway, here (on LJ...) is the Christmas tree by special request of
azdak so she feels less premature with hers!*I have to say it is too early in case people think I don't realise this.
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Date: 2015-12-12 08:05 pm (UTC)I think I share your mother's hare trauma - not that I've ever tried to cook hare, but your dark hints about skinning and jointing were enough to arouse my deepest sympathy with her.
You seem well set for Christmas with the pies and the tree and the thoughts of dinner. I'm trying to recapture my enthusiasm in time for the impending second Christmas, but it's proving quite hard. All I really want is the time off work part of it!
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Date: 2015-12-13 07:48 am (UTC)In addition to the skinning and the jointing, hares are liable to contain a lot of blood... There's a very funny scene in Arthur Ransome's "The Picts and the Martyrs" in which two children are given a rabbit, which they have to gut and skin before they can cook it.
The pot came with the tree - I was rather impressed with Homebase for that.