Christmas Countdown : six sleeps, six foodie cravings!
Now that I'm right in the Christmas countdown mode, I'm finally excited about Christmas! Not really excited about receiving gifts, because I've often been let down on Christmas Day (not by you, Mumsy - you're awesome!), and you know how you get scared that something disappointing will happen, so it's best to mentally prepare for it? Well, I'm prepared to receive no gifts for Christmas. That way, if I end up with a pair of socks and a bulk pack of hankies, I can be pleasantly surprised! This is in no way an excuse for you to buy me socks and hankies, DD!
I'm looking forward to Christmas Day as always, because it's the one day of the year that chocolate truffles and turkish delight pass for breakfast! Here are my top six Christmas Day food cravings:
Christmas wouldn't be Christmas in my family without fights over the good flavours in the Lindt truffle selection. I'm a HUGE fan of the white chocolate ones, so Mumsy could just cut the dramas right out and give us individual flavours.
I LOVE champagne. And I love how festive champagne looks and tastes with a Wild Hibiscus flower opening in the glass... it's so gorgeous.
It's Christmas. In Australia. So... prawns must be eaten. Yes, I'm aware that I have a mild prawn allergy, and it makes my lips tingle and could possibly bring on all manner of unsightly coldsores. Man, prawns are good. Maybe, if consumed with just the right amount of alcohol, I'll get through unscathed. Shall attempt and let you know how I go! At my place, we just eat our prawns fresh, with a squeeze of lemon, but I have seen quite a few delicious-looking recipes for grilled prawns lately. Hmmm... John, can you please grill me some prawns?
What would Christmas be without a tin of those Danish butter cookies? You know, the tin with seven types of cookies, but only two have the lovely sugar crystals on top? So only two types get eaten? Jamie and I usually manage to sneak Mumsy's tin out from under her nose whilst we sit around waiting for Mumsy and John to stop arguing about when to get stuff out of the fridge, and yelling out to us kids asking what we'd like for breakfast... Eggs, toast, a four-course bloody hot meal? Pffft. Um, hello? Coco Pops. What a silly question. It's mid-summer, it's stinking hot at 9am, I'm visiting a house which always has Coco Pops. Decision made.
Oh marmalade, how I love thee. I could be given a daggy jar of homemade marmalade every year and squeal with delight. Jams don't excite me that much, but a bunch of citrus rind and sugar preserved in a jar knocks my socks off! A particular favourite is Finger Lime Marmalade by Kurrajong Australian Native Foods. If you can find me a jar of this stuff, I'll be forever indebted to you. It's strong, richly scented and almost too tart, just perfect!
My final and clearly strongest Christmas craving is of course, turkish delight. Since I could eat solid foods, my normally very-sugar-conscious Mumsy has provided this delicious treat on Christmas Day, and now, I don't think I'd get through the festive season without it! I can't go past the classic rosewater flavoured turkish delight, but am occasionally swayed into stealing a piece of Mumsy's lemon turkish delight, just to compare, of course!
Gosh, this wasn't a good idea to write this post on 8am on a Sunday morning after getting home from an early yoga class - I'm famished and craving turkish delight and Coco Pops on toast. Not sure that my dental nurse mother would be ok with that, I might have to settle for muesli and fruit salad.
What do your family eat on Christmas Day? Do you have traditional foodie presents that you give each other? Are you in the Northern Hemisphere? If you are, please tell me what you eat during a freezing Christmas - I'm fascinated!
I'm looking forward to Christmas Day as always, because it's the one day of the year that chocolate truffles and turkish delight pass for breakfast! Here are my top six Christmas Day food cravings:
Christmas wouldn't be Christmas in my family without fights over the good flavours in the Lindt truffle selection. I'm a HUGE fan of the white chocolate ones, so Mumsy could just cut the dramas right out and give us individual flavours.
I LOVE champagne. And I love how festive champagne looks and tastes with a Wild Hibiscus flower opening in the glass... it's so gorgeous.
It's Christmas. In Australia. So... prawns must be eaten. Yes, I'm aware that I have a mild prawn allergy, and it makes my lips tingle and could possibly bring on all manner of unsightly coldsores. Man, prawns are good. Maybe, if consumed with just the right amount of alcohol, I'll get through unscathed. Shall attempt and let you know how I go! At my place, we just eat our prawns fresh, with a squeeze of lemon, but I have seen quite a few delicious-looking recipes for grilled prawns lately. Hmmm... John, can you please grill me some prawns?
What would Christmas be without a tin of those Danish butter cookies? You know, the tin with seven types of cookies, but only two have the lovely sugar crystals on top? So only two types get eaten? Jamie and I usually manage to sneak Mumsy's tin out from under her nose whilst we sit around waiting for Mumsy and John to stop arguing about when to get stuff out of the fridge, and yelling out to us kids asking what we'd like for breakfast... Eggs, toast, a four-course bloody hot meal? Pffft. Um, hello? Coco Pops. What a silly question. It's mid-summer, it's stinking hot at 9am, I'm visiting a house which always has Coco Pops. Decision made.
Oh marmalade, how I love thee. I could be given a daggy jar of homemade marmalade every year and squeal with delight. Jams don't excite me that much, but a bunch of citrus rind and sugar preserved in a jar knocks my socks off! A particular favourite is Finger Lime Marmalade by Kurrajong Australian Native Foods. If you can find me a jar of this stuff, I'll be forever indebted to you. It's strong, richly scented and almost too tart, just perfect!
My final and clearly strongest Christmas craving is of course, turkish delight. Since I could eat solid foods, my normally very-sugar-conscious Mumsy has provided this delicious treat on Christmas Day, and now, I don't think I'd get through the festive season without it! I can't go past the classic rosewater flavoured turkish delight, but am occasionally swayed into stealing a piece of Mumsy's lemon turkish delight, just to compare, of course!
Gosh, this wasn't a good idea to write this post on 8am on a Sunday morning after getting home from an early yoga class - I'm famished and craving turkish delight and Coco Pops on toast. Not sure that my dental nurse mother would be ok with that, I might have to settle for muesli and fruit salad.
What do your family eat on Christmas Day? Do you have traditional foodie presents that you give each other? Are you in the Northern Hemisphere? If you are, please tell me what you eat during a freezing Christmas - I'm fascinated!
Posted by Katy Potaty CUPCAKE LADY at Sunday, December 19, 2010 7:25 AM 
Categories: gifts
Tags: Christmas
Categories: gifts
Tags: Christmas
Oh well, I'm in the north hemisphere, and I wish we could eat Prawns for Christmas! I'll be having a stodgy big hot meal with turkey, as usual!
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PRAWNS!!! And cold ham and cold turkey and whatever alcohol is going around at the time
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