I hope you all had a safe and fun New Year's Eve. We did what we usually do, which is to stay in and watch something on DVD. We just got a 42" flat screen TV on Friday (Merry Christmas to us!!!), so it was a bit like being in the theater, except no crying babies or idiots talking on their cell phones. We watched our new DVD of the Battlestar Galactica miniseries - very cool. PDM cooked his "New Orleans Shrimp" meal, which is messy and yummy all at once. We don't particularly like champagne by itself, so we wait until New Year's Day and have mimosas. This year, I made "peach-mosas" - your basic mimosa with a splash of peach liqueur, just because we had some. Dee-licious! I've got a big pot of red beans cooking on the stovetop for some red beans and rice. I'm trying to duplicate the time I made the best red beans and rice EVER. Unfortunately, I did not use a recipe and was drinking while cooking (for 3 hours or so), so I have only hazy memories of what exactly I did to make it so wonderful. I have this vague memory of using fresh oregano from my garden, using hot Italian sausage instead of andouille (which I could not find in Massachusetts), and putting a whole lot of stuff from my spice cabinet in there. I bought some Italian sausage and harvested two varieties of oregano (still green!) from our herb garden. It sure smells good, so I think I'm on the right track. I started it early, so we could have some while we watch Georgia Tech in the Gator Bowl.
Wishing all of you a great new year. And many more.
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Happy New Year to you, Fermicat, and to all your dear ones. I'm sure your dinner was a huge success. Anything with sausage in it can't be bad.
Here's to a happy, healthy new year for everyone.
Oooo... too bad about the jackets. Oh well, at least you can have a few peachmosas to drown your sorrows. ;)
Peach mimosas sound great. I'm actually going to make some regular ones now, since I have to sleep soon. And Happy New Year, Fermicat!
Hope you had a great weekend. Is it possible for it to be bad when peach-mosas are involved?
Happy New Year!
What a great Christmas present to yourself! :D
You know who would look good on a TV that big...? ;)
The girl in the Royal Dew ad?
The peachmosas were extremely tasty, so I drank way too many of them and promptly "napped" through most of the evening. I woke up at bedtime with a huge hangover!
And the red beans and rice didn't come close to being as good as they were before. :shrug: I wish I could remember what I did that time they were so good.
Sounds like you had a great time. 42 inch tv? I'm so jealous.
I would love if you could share your red beans and rice recipe -- even the hazy slightly drunk version. =)
42" ... wow! I'd never go to the theater again.
I'm completely jealous of your new TV. Just so you know.
And I'm the opposite of you, I don't understand why I'd want to ruin good champagne by adding orange juice. Even at brunch, I just go for the straight champagne.
I agree it would be a shame to pollute GOOD champagne with OJ, but this was just a $7.99 bottle of Freixenet. :-)
I actually like Freixenet but the peach mimosas sound good too...Happy New Year!
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