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Fremantle: Christmas Day 2008
Posted by daveb on January 13th, 2009
Fear not dear reader, your feelings of deja-vu relate to the fact that this blog trails reality by a week or two. Your Christmas Day 2008 celebrations were indeed carried-out last year…
After exchanging cards and presents from under our super whizzbang miniature Chinese-made LED Christmas tree, we set about today’s mission: to cook a traditional Christmas dinner for the first time. And I forgot to buy any gravy granules, so that’ll just have to be done the hard way…
When we did the big food shop the other day, we only had a choice between a whole turkey or a pre-cooked vacuum-packed breast — we plumped (ahem!) for the breast and picked up a pork loin to roast, so as not to feel like complete cheats. Aside from nearly slicing off my finger, underestimating the cooking time by a third and nearly not being able to open the bubbly, I’m pleased to report that we did really well and we were chuffed with our efforts. The food was delicious, save the packet-stuffing balls which were really quite terrible and my anaemic gravy which was similar in ingredients and flavour to wallpaper paste.
Still as a first attempt in a ‘foreign kitchen’, we gave ourselves a big slap on the back and went out for a drive along the Swan river. We were really lucky to see some black swans and even a dolphin!
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Comment from Laila
Time: December 21, 2014, 2:30 pm
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Time: February 23, 2015, 9:11 pm
Shoot, so that’s that one supposes.
Comment from Jennifer
Time: March 23, 2015, 12:03 am
– I seriously gaepsd when I saw this card the first time, i would die to have a picture of my kids that adorable. I sure hope you are blowing it up big and beautiful soon, if so you will have to show us next month when we come visit!!!
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