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It's 31 degrees. It's also 10:30pm. It was 40.2 degrees, making Adelaide officially the hottest capital city in the world for Christmas Day. Suck on that, Cairo! Screw you, Nairobi! In your face, other desert-like nations!
Christmas was delightful! I hosted, being as there were only five people attending with an outside chance of a sixth. I figured it was the prime opportunity, since I really can't fit more than that around my dining table. I made these for nibbles, only realising as I was cutting up the cucumber that I didn't have any toothpicks but whatever, we made do. Prawns with a Thai marinade for entrée, then Mum helped out with the mains. Because my oven really only has room for the turkey, and also it was forty goddamn degrees, I did salads instead of veggies. One with mango, avocado, cucumber, coriander and a chilli, which I make all the time through summer for myself because it's awesomely fresh and yum, and one from a recipe book with spinach, nectarines, capsicum, toasted almond flakes and crispy proscuitto. I wouldn't crisp the proscuitto next time. It was amazing when it was raw, and lacklustre once cooked, so leave it as is. The stuffing also had mango, then bacon, onion, sage and macadamias. Mum glazed the ham and brought that over along with a cold rice pudding which was just delightful.
It was all lovely! Fresh and summery and the aircon worked beautifully. While Dad was carving the turkey, the doorbell rang and the outside chance of the sixth turned up in the form of Laura! As a nurse, we hadn't expected her until at least 3, 3:30, but she timed it perfectly to be there for lunch yaaaaaay!
ALSO
Alex is here! Not here but in Adelaide for Christmas/New Year. I'm seeing her on Tuesday for movies! Moana, Star Wars and Assassin's Creed.
Shopping on Friday was insane. I had to park three streets from the supermarket. Usually the supermarket carpark is big enough but no, not two days before Christmas!
It's still 29 degrees.
Christmas was delightful! I hosted, being as there were only five people attending with an outside chance of a sixth. I figured it was the prime opportunity, since I really can't fit more than that around my dining table. I made these for nibbles, only realising as I was cutting up the cucumber that I didn't have any toothpicks but whatever, we made do. Prawns with a Thai marinade for entrée, then Mum helped out with the mains. Because my oven really only has room for the turkey, and also it was forty goddamn degrees, I did salads instead of veggies. One with mango, avocado, cucumber, coriander and a chilli, which I make all the time through summer for myself because it's awesomely fresh and yum, and one from a recipe book with spinach, nectarines, capsicum, toasted almond flakes and crispy proscuitto. I wouldn't crisp the proscuitto next time. It was amazing when it was raw, and lacklustre once cooked, so leave it as is. The stuffing also had mango, then bacon, onion, sage and macadamias. Mum glazed the ham and brought that over along with a cold rice pudding which was just delightful.
It was all lovely! Fresh and summery and the aircon worked beautifully. While Dad was carving the turkey, the doorbell rang and the outside chance of the sixth turned up in the form of Laura! As a nurse, we hadn't expected her until at least 3, 3:30, but she timed it perfectly to be there for lunch yaaaaaay!
ALSO
Alex is here! Not here but in Adelaide for Christmas/New Year. I'm seeing her on Tuesday for movies! Moana, Star Wars and Assassin's Creed.
Shopping on Friday was insane. I had to park three streets from the supermarket. Usually the supermarket carpark is big enough but no, not two days before Christmas!
It's still 29 degrees.