Before 2009 ends, I will write about...

1. Christmas Dinner Menu
   Middle Eastern style leg of lamb
   Rice with almond and sultana
   Roasted potatoes
   Green bean stew
   Falafel
   Stuffing balls
   3 colour jelly with mixed fruits, nata de coco and fresh cream
   White wine, red Schloer
   
2. Boxing Day Dinner Menu
   Baked ham with honey and mustard glaze
   Apple sauce
   Cranberry sauce
   New potatoes with rosemary and lemon
   Carrots
   Peas
   Panettone ice cream bomb
   Cider and white Schloer
   
3. Cooking with left-over meat
   Ham and pea soup
   Bigos
   Shepherd's pie (with a slight Middle Eastern flavour)
   and sandwiches, stir-fries, etc.
   
4. Christmas presents for my neighbours (all home-made)
   Cranberry sauce
   Cherry Kugelhopf
   Almond macaroons
   Snow balls (nutty shortbread balls coated with icing sugar)
   Brownies

Tonight, we will be eating buckwheat noodles, and our annual winter feasts will be complete.