Christmas, in list form

[luzula]

Today I ate, among other things:

- meatballs made from elk
- chopped kale cooked with cream
- omelet with mushroom stew
- chopped carrots, parsnips and rutabagas (aka swedes, ha!) baked in the oven with ginger and honey and butter
- homemade cheese
- dark sourdough bread with dried fruit mixed in
- porridge cooked from rice and milk, with cinnamon on top
- homemade toffee
- chopped raisins and almonds soaked in whiskey and mixed with marzipan, and then rolled into balls and dipped in dark chocolate

All of this is traditional Christmas food in my family. Oof, I am full. I got the following presents (yes, in Sweden we give presents on the 24th):

- various Polish soup mixes (mostly żurek = sour rye soup, and barszcz = red beet soup) from my sister. I fell in love with these soups when I was in Poland a couple of years ago, and my sister lives in a town with lots of Polish immigrants (and Polish food stores).
- a gift of money to a charity of my choice, from my dad.
- Garner's Modern American Usage from my mom. secretlybronte recced this book a while ago, so I put it on my wish list. I hope it'll be useful in my writing, and it's also compulsively readable.
- a small wooden box from my best friend, for putting samples of mosses and lichens in. Heh, she knows me well.

Mostly, though, I'm happy to be with my family and friends.

Happy holidays, everyone! &hearts (And tomorrow, DSSS and Yuuuuuletide! \o/)

Comments

[julia-here.livejournal.com]

We're taking almond tart and rosemary foccaccia to my Uncle's tonight, and tomorrow there will be ham and turkey and accoutrements at my sister's along with several kinds of smoked salmon and shrimp with red sauce appetizers.

Julia, good yule to you and your's.

[luzula]

Oh, it's always fun to hear about other people's traditional foods. And of course you'd eat salmon and shrimp in the Pacific Northwest. : )

God Jul!