Oh no, Susan! You are the third person in completely different places that I
know had a power outage on Christmas Day. What a drama! I don’t know about you
but much as I love entertaining, I do find it stressful and that would have
sent my stress levels through the roof!
How did the food turn out in the end?
A shame we couldn’t connect on Zoom but now a few of us are wondering if we
couldn’t make such meetings a regular thing. These times are really hard on
folks who are isolated due to covid.
We had a sensational day today. The weather was glorious and we saw a few of
the key sights fairly early, before the crowds drove us away from others. (My
phone tells me I climbed 20 floors today… I felt EVERY SINGLE ONE of them! I
swear I nearly died. A lucky escape. That was Wentworth Falls…) The scenery is
nothing short of spectacular.
Just love it here and never want to leave!
Vicki. :-)
On 27 Dec 2020, at 7:52 pm, Susan Yuen <susan.yuen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Belated Christmas greetings Vicki!
The Blue Mountains are really so beautiful.
Glad the forest fires did not do lasting damage.
Sorry I was not able to get on zoom with you.
Had kitchen adventures on Christmas: there was a short circuit
whilst guests were seated, and the moussaka was in the oven.
After the lights and air-conditioning came back on, the lights in the oven
came back on but not the heating element!!
So the miso cod/salmon and the moussaka had a turn in the air fryer instead.
In the midst of all that, I forgot the time...but am glad that you managed to
see/speak to a few others.
Susan
On Sat, 26 Dec 2020 at 07:39, Vicki Taylor <vicki@xxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:vicki@xxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Hi folks,
Well Christmas was a bit of a non-event for Dohn and me, though we had a nice
enough day.
We had pancakes for breakfast. (Not pretty, but very tasty! The ‘plain’ one
actually had butter, stevia, cinnamon and lemon juice – mmm!)
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Then I prepared coleslaw for our lunch on the road to the Blue Mountains. The
pic isn’t anything to write home about but I do adore making my own mayo. 30
secs in the stick blender in the jar in which it’ll be stored – done!
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I also pan-fried some spice-coated chicken breasts and we had coleslaw, baby
spinach and cold chicken under a big tree in a charming town called Black
Springs.
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At about 4pm we arrived at our cute little cottage that is so gorgeously
decked out. So many thoughtful little touches, right down to an umbrella! The
kitchen is stocked with quality pots and pans, knife block, casserole dishes,
dip dishes, serving platters, plastics, cling wrap, baking paper and sandwich
bags, even a salad spinner. And all the staples, including organic olive oil
and apple cider vinegar.
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And resident pig haha!
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And for those who joined in on the Zoom calls, I was sitting in the chair on
the right. 🙂
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We didn’t have dinner… but that’s okay. We’re usually good with one meal a
day these days. The fridge and freezer are packed with meals from home so
shouldn’t need to eat out too much while we’re here too.
I hope you all had a lovely day!
Vicki. :-)
