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Ours will be almost as usual. Christmas night at my mother in law with my brother in law and the kids. champagne (Mumm or Veuve Cliquot) and then opening the gifts when the kids will have sung Entrées: Oysters with lemon or vinegar and shallots and duck + goose foie gras. Wines : Alsace Riesling or white burgundy Meursault Goutte d'or 1987 or a bordeaux Chateau Climens 1985 Poisson Fish : sole with lime sauce and rice with either Riesling or a Chitry 2002 Meat : veal(or roebuck) forestiere sauce with morels wines Burgundy Grand Echezeau 1985 from Gibourg and bordeaux St Emilion Chateau Lagarosse 1ier grand cru classé 1989. Cheese : 10-12 including Camembert, Munster, Bleu de Bresse, Emmental, Comté, Mont d'or, Chèvre, reblochon red wines the same Dessert : ile flottante and a Yule log of course wine : Champagne Mumm cordon rouge ******************* The 25th, at my mother's home. Entrees: oysters with lime and vinegar and shallots with Alsace Riesling and Gewurtzstraminer. Maybe Lobster? Smoked Salmon on toasts with vodka (Wyborova or Stolitchnaya) meats : snails with my burgundy : Santenay 1988 and blood sausage and white pudding along with mashed apples and potatoes wines are now up to my sister and my brother (We'll visit bordeaux, burgundy, rhone and loire valleys) Roastbeef (and french frites for the kidds) score of cheese with more red wine (Condrieu or Cote Rotie?) but I'll bring a Burgundy Clos de la roche grand cru 1985 Yule log and more Champagne coffee and Plum alcohol (Mirabelle) that's why for new year's eve I dine at home with my wife, with foie gras and oysters only, a diet is fine. ![]() |