Link to photos from Christmas day 2004. Steff arrived that morning, and most of the day was spent indulging. What better way to while away the jetlag?
Christmas 2004 highlights:
Having tea and toast while opening “prezzies” with Tim and Steff.
A Christmas pint at the Wellington - Steff’s first English pub!
My deliciously successful holiday eggplant parmesan.
Sticky pudding with toffee sauce.
Port wine.
Playing Scrabble.
Winning Scrabble.
Makin’ pies - a tradition in my family. Pecan pie and pumpkin pie are staples at holiday Christmas parties back home. What better way to combat the Holiday Homesick Blues than by creating some delicious and familiar dessert items (if anything, the addition of whipped cream is a sure way to ease any ill). I quickly learned that corn syrup (an essential ingredient in pecan pie) is not available in the UK (this may partially explain the fat stereotype that most Europeans have about us Americans). Canned pumpkin is similarly unavailable. So in the end I mushed up some butternut squash, which probably would have worked much better if I hadn’t left the pie in the oven so long. But that brings me to the previously mentioned highlight: A Christmas pint at the Wellington. My grandmother is probably rolling in her grave. People seemed to enjoy the pie regardless, so, Merry Christmas!
Side note: did you know that pecan pie came about as a direct result of the invention of corn syrup?
The best part about Christmas day in London? The company, of course!
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MMmmmm…..Sticky pudding with toffee sauce…. that stuff is to die for….almost as good as chocolate.
Damn you and your triple word scorezzz … damn you to hell!
I’ll get my day, just you wait and see.
heeeehehehehehe
oooh, a rematch?!!! anytime, sucka!!!!