[lit-ideas] Re: Happy Holidays
- From: David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2011 12:35:38 -0800
Ours will be a fowl Christmas--bits of quail, Cornish game hen and duck. How
those go together in a menu will be an interesting thing to work out. E's in
charge of quail wrapped in prosciutto--a recipe she picked out-- which is a
kind of salad dish apparently. I've got an idea how to do the
duck--hoisin/plum and meyer lemon sauce, and the roast potatoes and veg will
not require thought, but how four Cornish game hens are to be divided among
seven people and somehow complement the duck...well let's say I'm well down the
road to Damascus and awaiting deep-voiced advice.
Fortunately my ear has quieted down. I played lots of tennis in the cold
yesterday and this, or some bug, gave me an ear ache that was only slightly
tamed by hot cloths and aspirin. Shades of my childhood, which had horrible
earaches in it.
Presents? E seems happy with the 1940's aluminum dutch oven I found. J was
pleased to get the latest Terry Pratchett. She brought me the volume of P. G.
Wodehouse's letters that was just published in Britain--a little hinting there.
I bought myself a book by a fellow who read the O.E.D. My father got lots of
golf books. I can't tell whether L. liked the necklace and ear rings I thought
were interesting; the test will be whether they show up on several occasions or
languish. Jewelry is always an adventure/ a risk.
We'll not go entirely without carbs--Christmas pudding, hand-carried from
England, should put everyone on the floor, or at least the couch. Three of our
complement are currently out walking, toning in preparation.
Some day, can't quite think when, I'm supposed to have beer for breakfast. J.
bought two beers for me in Munich. One you have with a special kind of
sausage--Chris Bruce may know this--which I think I can buy in the German deli
here...for breakfast. And so I leave you singing, "Climb every mountain, ford
every stream, eat beer and sausage for breakfast, till you find your dream."
Happy holidays to all,
David Ritchie,
Portland,
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