ANOTHER YEAR PASSED BY.
Another Christmas has come and gone. We spend it in a most delightful way. On Christmas Eve we went to Richard and Sydney's house for dinner. She served homemade Mexican food. This has become a much anticipated tradition with us. On Christmas Day Richard, Sydney, Elizabeth and Cheri came to our house for dinner - another tradition which we all eagerly await. David and Cheri like to have non-traditional theme dinners. This year we decided to have a low carbon footprint meal using Maine staples. Our entree was Lobster Savannah in puff pastry shells - delicious. This was complimented by leeks with lemon caper butter with fire roasted tomatoes bits, tiny diced oven roasted potatoes, and a wonderful scallop chowder (receipt contributed by a friend of Cheri). For dessert we had a bouche de noel baked by Cheri and some homemade blueberry ice cream. Cheri even decorated the lovely yule log with mushrooms made from meringue. Everything was local except for the seasonings and much of the food was organic from Tide Mill Farms. It was a meal to remember and I think we all ate too much. There was bouche de noel left oven which we enjoyed the next night with coffee while we watched How the Grinch Stole Christmas, another holiday tradition with our extended family.