[HPforGrownups] A very British Christmas

[Neil Ward]

No: HPFGUIDX 6533

Simon said:

> Neil wrote: "mice pies"
>
> Mice pies? Are they any good?

They are delicious.  I usually eat them coated in the blood of a strangled
cat.

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Simon, you reminded me of something: chestnuts!  Brussels sprouts go very
well with roasted chestnuts.  I also like sprouts tossed with butter, a bit
of mild mustard and poppy seeds.

Simon's right about the Xmas afternoon disappearing.  I prefer to eat dinner
in the evening, so it's good to have a late breakfast of wholemeal toast,
scrambled eggs and mushrooms and champagne, orange juice or a bit of both
(Buck's Fizz) and then eat again around 6pm (filling in the gap with
chocolates).

Last year myself and a friend cooked for 10+ people, including a bunch of
carnivorous Sicilians.  The Mafia brought some of their traditions to the
event: plates of cured meat and cheese and a house made from biscuits
(cookies).  We treated them to chestnut en croute with mushroom sauce and
meat-free sausages plus the usual vegetables, if I recall correctly, and
they were amazed that it was edible.  They probably spent the next day
gnawing at fresh meat to make up for their loss... but they didn't complain
at the time.

Neil

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Flying-Ford-Anglia

"Ron, full of turkey and cake and with nothing
mysterious to bother him, fell asleep almost
as soon as he'd drawn the curtains of his
four-poster."

[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]