We have had a busy week-we marzipaned and iced 8 Christmas cakes for various friends and family -major job--made the start of Jamie Oliver's special gravy-which involved cooking and mashing chicken wings and veg--to be finished on the day . Today I made the bread sauce, cranberry and port sauce and my special stuffing !
Its been lovely to get the final bits done today--cards delivered, shopping done and the best bits-friends and family calling by.....little Callum our oldest grandson came by with his mum and dad to have his pressies as they cant come tomorrow--then after they had gone it was time to get the mulled wine going in the slow cooker and the Camembert in the oven along with the french stick and garlic bread.
Our friends Marion and Phil came by and we had a wonderful couple of hours with them--the Camemberts have been maturing nicely in the garage for the past 2 weeks-as they smell the fridge out something chronic--but by the time I had added the garlic and thyme to it-it was smelling just divine!
The smell when we pulled the lovely gooey cheeses from the oven was to die for..
I have been friends with Marion for ever-she used to babysit me from when I was a little baby--and we have remained the closest of friends ever since-however the only meal we have never shared in all of the 49 years is Christmas dinner---but tomorrow we will be-and we are soooo looking forward to it!
Got some great games to play afterwards..we will have lots of laughs with them.
I am looking forward to some time off over the festive period-but am also looking forward to getting back to the workshops again at the same time-- as long as the weather picks up things should get back to normal --
so I'm just going to wish everyone A Very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
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