8:30 a.m. - Wake, shower, dress
9:00 a.m. - Breakfast in manor house
10:30 a.m. - Walk along river, mosey through town, window shop, etc.
11:30 a.m. - Cook Christmas Dinner
1:00 p.m. - Drink wine & snack
4:00 p.m. - Eat Christmas Dinner
5:30 p.m. - Drift into food coma
6:00 p.m. - Watch DVD whilst food digests
7:30 p.m. - Eat dessert & drink more wine
8:30 p.m. - Watch another DVD & sip port
10:00 p.m. - Pass out
The two primary obstacles to overcome over the course of the day were
1) Pacing our alcohol consumption and
2) Cooking a traditional-ish Christmas dinner in the most miniscule oven ever
I am proud to say that we were highly successful in accomplishing both tasks.
Left: our ittsy-bittsy kitchen (and we didn't even use the microwave!); Right: our cook kit
Voila! Roast pumpkin and sweet potato - yummmmm!!!
Before and after shots of Christmas dinner - Left: Rob ready to dive into our fabulous fare of roast free-range turkey leg (cooked w/ butter and garlic), roasted sweet potato and pumpkin w/ cumin and cinnamon, buttery garlicky mashed red potatoes, sauteed asparagus and onions, cranberry sauce, and a lovely bottle of Cab-Sav; Right: Rob feeling decidedly "chockers"
Oh, Pavlova, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways… We polished off all but a small chunk of this four-person pav before the night was out. Oh, the luscious, gooey goodness!!
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