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An alternative Christmas lunch
ОглавлениеThe Vicar says there is only one reason why we eat turkey only once a year. I don’t think I need to elaborate … On the Christmases that we have stayed at home, we have steered clear of turkey and opted for an alternative. One year, four days after my son’s arrival into the world, it was sea bass and crab-mashed potato. Two years later, with my daughter, Greta’s, splendidly timed delivery on Christmas Eve, it was duck. If we have another Christmas at home, I think I’d plump for partridge, and I’d serve it with a pear and onion confit to conjure up the 12 days of Christmas and partridges in pear trees. After I’d come up with this oh-so-original and witty idea, I spotted Nigel Slater had hit on the very same combination in that weekend’s Observer. The man’s a genius.
