Dec 27 2023
Christmas
It was a quiet Christmas at Chez Suzy this year. After everything that happened this year, I wasn’t feeling particularly festive, despite the sparkling tree and a four day weekend (almost long enough!). I did manage to make a wonderful Christmas dinner, though.
I tried a new recipe for ham. You roast some clementines with the ham for about half an hour, then puree them whole and mix with brown sugar, mustard powder, mustard, and olive oil. You apply this to the ham, which you have studded with cloves, and bake for a couple of hours until the glaze is sticky and fabulous.
I made my annual cheese biscuits to go with the ham:
I learned that you can’t reuse parchment paper. The second batch stuck to the previously enjoyed parchment paper, and the whole point of parchment paper is that it stops things from sticking. Lesson learned on that one.
I also made a salad of bitter greens with roasted pears and a dressing of shallot, honey, cider vinegar, and olive oil:
It was a wonderful mixture of flavors. And just to make things extra festive, my medical provider (and co-worker, and my brother’s girlfriend’s tenant, among other things) made me this beautiful seasonal arrangement:
It even got the Dodge seal of approval. It was nice of her to think of me.
A YEAR AGO: A south coast Christmas.
FIVE YEARS AGO: A chilly and not particularly festive Christmas.
TEN YEARS AGO: A wonderful Christmas.
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO: A merry Christmas.
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