We prepared clam chowder for Christmas Eve (one of my family's traditional meals for the holiday), which was pretty easy since we had purchased it from CostCo in San Luis Obispo on our drive down. As an aside, the chowder is made by Splash Cafe, and is the most amazing chowder in existence. Period.
Breakfast on Christmas Day was another tradition: sausage and sweet rolls from Federico's Bakery.
Steve confidently preparing breakfast:
Then we moved on to opening gifts and hanging out.
My grandparents' amazing tree:
Mom and my brother Jim serenade us with Christmas carols:
My dad and brother really know how to pose for a picture:
No holiday is safe from technology (or my brother's photogenic nature):
Then Steve and I moved on to making dinner, a much more involved process than the previous meals. Steve selected a menu (with some input from me) of garlic green beans, smashed potatoes and prime rib.
Steve coats the prime rib ends in butter (I guess it's supposed to prevent the ends from cooking too fast... or drying out... or something... my eyes glaze over and everything starts to sound like the adults in Peanuts when cooking is discussed):
Steve applies a spice rub (mostly garlic salt, I think):
Gorgeous prime rib... the real reason I could never be a vegetarian:
Steve carves the finished product:
And, finally, Steve and me with the Christmas tree:
We had a nice Christmas, and are always appreciative to my parents and grandparents for hosting us. We were fortunate enough to have a chance to visit with other family and friends as well. Steve even got a chance to get his exercise in by rowing with his brother Lee and dragging me to play tennis with our brother-in-law Richard and Richard's nephew Randy. All in all, we had a great time. And now, I'm sure, Steve is stuck making Christmas dinner forever more. My vote will be for prime rib again... it was truly epic.
1 comment:
Looks like you had a great time. Thanks for posting the pictures etc.
Carolyn
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