Xmas time is coming........
Well, it's only 2 full days left till christmas. All the presents have been bought and wrapped, the taxi is booked and everything is in order. All left to buy is the booze.
Hows the other wossers doing? Everything ready to go or are you leaving it all to the last minute?
Hows the other wossers doing? Everything ready to go or are you leaving it all to the last minute?
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Still got a few left from earlier on in the week for now, so I imagine 60 beers will keep me more than drunk from friday to monday (and that's not including any other booze that may be kicking around over those few days) :D
Hell day tomorrow though. Lunch with the boss. Fake smiles abound and feigned interest in our personal lives while we have to laugh at his jokes and antidotes. Doubt I'll get off early though tomorrow, off work Fri and Mon only (and we only got monday because I made a 'mistake' and told him the federal holiday was Monday and then after he told everyone I said 'oops' no the federal holiday is friday :) haharrr sucker).
Going to get the food for christmas lunch tomorrow so I have got to work out what I will cook today and get a main ingredients list together. Might seem a bit late but that's the normal way of doing things here if you want fresh rather than frozen stuff.
Got some booze in but the major liver damage will be in the bar, got a karaoke arranged for Christmas Day night.
It's only really the nieces and nephews (and Great neices and Great nephews) that I have to buy stuff for...everybody else just gets a card, and some cash if I'm feeling rich! It's been great though, as I've been buying them all old school presents, like Fuzzy Felt and those polystyrene aeroplanes...had to test some of them first too, of course....;)
Managed to meet up with a few friends the other night too for some mulled wine, nibbles and exchanging of Christmas cards, so yeah...well on the way to feeling proper Christmassy now! :)
I am for the 4th time, and I love doing it. I have an important question to ask though:
Best gravy ideas.
I've never nailed it. I can perfect any other kind of meats gravy. Perfect it so that the meat, veg are in perfect harmony.
Turkey, no way. I either go pussy and go for the total granules or wimp out and put a crap load of turkey juice into boiling water and throw some more granules in.
We all like big, thick, meaty gravy. Gravy that weighs down the veg and makes you proud.
Anyway, now I have just 2moro to do some xmas shopping as i'd obviously not prepared for social contact over xmas.
At least I have a keg of homebrew barley wine :D
Me
First course is a seafood soup with shrimp dumplings.
Main course is a fillet of Nile perch with a quail in the centre surrounded by by two small fillets of beef wrapped in bacon and a couple of slices of stuffed baby pig and accompanying veggies with a side of Thai spring rolls and nann bread.
Not decided on sweet yet.
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Am going to have to cook my own this year, so have stocked up on a lot of random stuff. Hope it doesn't go badly wrong... :smile:
I grew up being part of a Christmas that was made for the children. Adults just watched as the children opened the presents, and everybody was happy. Nowadays there's this assumption that everyone should give something to everyone else... some families want each person to name whoever's going to receive the gift and there's a lot of pictures and clapping going on... Blah.
I cook throughout the year for the entire family, but on days like Thanks Giving, Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve I let others do the cooking. :)
Is he a chemist then? Or do you mean anecdotes?
Yay! Have an egg-cellent Christmas!
Did I just hear ewgf vomiting back there? ;)