A: Hili, the dinner is served.
Hili: We can laugh at the tradition but such a festive atmosphere has its charm.
In Polish:
Ja: Hili, podano do stołu.
Hili: Możemy śmiać się z tradycji, ale taki świąteczny nastrój ma swój urok.
Thursday: Hili dialogue
December 26, 2013 • 4:02 am
Very stylish!
And notice how well behaved Hili is, she isn’t even stepping on the paper doily.
It looks like a real doily – not a paper one. In my experience, you would never see a paper doily in a Polish home.
And very neat, too — a civilized eater.
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Hili, I hope you enjoyed your holiday noms. I could probably go for a week without eating at this point.
We had family from both sides, my wife’s and mine, and I prepared the following festive feast.
A standing rib roast with a warm blue cheese garlic sauce & a red wine reduction with shallots.
Yorkshire puddings. (Can’t waste those pan drippings!)
Walnut, sage & potatoe gratine with Gruyere cheese.
Roasted carrots, broccoli, cauliflower & butternut squash with olive oil, balsamic vinegar, rosemary & thyme, till carmelized then tossed with rendered pancetta (including the fat!) and raisins reconstituted with a nice fume blanc.
Dessert was chocolate creme brulees made with Ghirardelli bittersweet chocolate, orange zest and a nice top shelf bourbon. And my wife made a perfect blueberry pie for her brother because that is his favorite.
And that was just dinner. No to mention all the cheeses, cookies, confections, pumpkin salsa, fresh mozzarella basil prosciutto rollatinis, and much much more that we grazed on all day from about 9 AM on.
‘No cucumber for me…ha ha ha!’
A suitably regal-colored dish, as well.