Christmas Eve Ruminations

Scott went shopping this morning. He said the nice thing about Texas is that they sell turkey fryers year-round (ours met with an unforunate accident).

So here's the tree:



I started the chevre truffles and will work on cornbread in a bit. I'm the kind of nerd who looks forward to feasts because I like cooking for more than two peope--I blame my Mom since most of my recipes were designed to feed eight people.

I got out no cards this year (though thanks to everyone who sent us cards!) and packages probably won't go in the mail until Monday. I feel somewhat guilty, but figure that people who love me want me to be sane. (And have you looked outside recently? Eek!)

Anyhow, we're finishing cleaning up and will have friends Diana and Zach over tomorrow! Yay!

Gratuitous Cooking Post

...Because I've been reading too many cooking blogs lately.

Okay, so today I got started on a few things for tomorrow.

First, my Aunt Pete's cornbread:




Then, spiced apples to be baked with brie tomorrow:



And then the chevre truffles. Now I got the recipe for those over at Habea Brulee, and I followed it, and well, most of them came out good:



Or as Scott described them, "Wow, those are pretty!"

And then here's the rest of them:



So as you can see, as far as learning experiences go it wasn't too bad.

Anyhow, tomorrow is the turkey fry. The turkey is in the fridge, and hopefully the wind will die down. If it doesn't, uh, I guess we'll either wait or experiment with an actual oven turkey. Stay tuned!