Twelve Days of Christmas Food
posted at 10:38 pm
on Jan. 7, 2004
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Here are a few of the best things I ate this holiday.
- Caramel, so running and sticky it had to be kept in the fridge; homemade.
- Roast beef, larger than my head, embedded with slices of garlic, cooked to perfection, with a dribbling of juices; homemade.
- Caesar salad, crisp croutons, with a slight curry seasoning in the dressing. The lettuce was so fresh you could hear it crack as you dished it onto your plate.
- Fresh baked brownies, eaten carefully directly out of the pan
- Mints wrapped in bright plastic with chocolate mysteriously appearing in the middle
- Creamy yellow brie from a small Swiss village, warmed to room temperature and spread on wafer-thin crackers
- Swiss Chalet roasted chicken, falling apart like a house of cards under my fork, with lovely side dishes
- Home made gravlax, made by a family friend from a 15 pound Coho salmon she caught herself, cured simply with sugar, salt, dill and oil. Aka “lox.”
- Lamb chops, broiled until they acquired a varnish of doneness, then left to sit until warm and juicy; sliced and served beside asparagus
- London broil beef cubes cooked in hot oil and served with 4 sauces (garlic, curry, pepper, steak); in a word: fondue
- Lasagna, Travis’ secret recipe (hint: it involves massive quantities of butter and cream and cheese and meat and tomatoes and pasta and then some more cheese)
- Milk and cookies. Santa knows best.
