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Tag Archives: christmas
Happy Christmas 2008!
Happy Christmas to everyone! Here are a couple photos of portions of our Christmas dinner. We made prime rib with the usual suspects, like creamed spinach and a large Yorkshire pudding, which Matthew snapped while it was still in the oven. … Continue reading
Merry Christmas Eve 2008!
The most wonderful day of the year, Christmas Eve, and the weather outside was rainy, which is the best you can do in these parts. Matthew, Mutti and I went to Nation’s to have a quick bite before going off … Continue reading
Christmas Eve 2007
Christmas Eve, a happy day, but seemed like an anticlimax what with all the activity leading up to it, which I suppose you have to enjoy in its own right. The bottom line is we suffered from some level of … Continue reading
Smoked whitefish at Costco
Joy of joys, they started selling smoked whitefish at my Costco. This is a cleaned whitefish that has been fully deboned, though the skin remains. They put the two halves of the cleaned fish together in the package so it … Continue reading
Christmas leftovers
We are eating Christmas leftovers now, and I am happily working through my Sulzkotelet stash. Oh, beloved Sulzkotelets! I ate them as a child and would be happy with nothing but pork and aspic products during the holiday season. A … Continue reading
Christmas minus one parent
This is my first Christmas without my father. Although we hadn’t spent Christmas together in years, we always exchanged gifts and a barrage of cell phone calls during the holidays. He always sent Amazon.com gift certificates, and this is the … Continue reading
Christmas eve and topfsuelze galore
Sorry for the delay in posting, but I have been away for quite a while spending time with my father, who passed away last month. I am backlogged in my posting and will take care of that in the next … Continue reading
