Friends to the rescue! (Also, food chatter)

[scarlettina]

My original plan had been to have Christmas dinner with grubbstreet, his lovely wife and a gang of usual suspects. Though the snow and ice are finally beginning to melt, and despite my digging away the snow and ice around the car, I still couldn't get the vehicle out of its spot on the hill where it's currently planted--still too slippery to be safe. That

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[gaelfarce]

The meat and melon dish is one of my faves that I took from my last trip to Spain. Using a more smoked and sturdier meat is even better at contrasting both the flavors and the textures but prosciutto is grand as well. Glad you ended up having a good evening sans Chinese Food and a Movie!

[scarlettina]

I missed the tradition, though, I gotta admit. :-)

Haven't seen you in ages, fella. We oughta do coffee or something.

[varina8]

Your dinner sounds fabulous. I'm glad you were able to go.

[holyoutlaw]

Wow, I'm sincerely happy for you. Yeah!

[mevennen]

This sounds great! Pheasant is quite gamey (we have it quite a lot, as they shoot it round here and we're not too proud to do the roadkill thing, either - cock pheasants in particular become suicidal in the spring). I'd imagine it would go well with walnut. I usually just roast it, but it goes well with madeira sauce as well.

[e_bourne]

I'm so glad you finally got out! My memories of pheasant are from childhood dinners after my brother's went shooting, and us later picking out the bird shot. You had the better deal. :-)