Christmas time
I had a good christmas with family. After working on Monday, I went to mum and dad’s to celebrate something and have a good feed. My sister’s boyfriend was there, Wharfman we will call him, since he’s a wharfie. Not like your typical wharfie.. big, ocker bloke, bearded, sunburnt and wearing stubbies. He’s tall, gangly, fluffy kind of hair, well spoken, quiet and a gentleman. Perfect man for my sister.
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I rocked up at mum’s and she presented me with choice of yummy fruit mince pies. I lurve fruit mince pies, and I picked one out, looked at it - not your typical one you get from the shops, it had a small star shaped pastry covering the fruit mince a bit, dressed with a bit of icing sugar - looking delectable and I bit into it. Mmmmmmmmmmmm bliss. As I was chewing away thoughtfully, lost in a haze of fruit mince, I heard mum say, “I made those!” and she was grinning at me looking really pleased with herself.
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Awesome food. Who knew my mum could could stuff like this. Since she got her new oven, there’s no stopping her. Banana cakes, carrot cakes, fruit mince pies, and now she makes this beetroot relish which we used on the ham and turkey instead of cranberry sauce, and it was amazing! Why couldn’t she do this kind of cooking when I lived at home!? I think it’s cruel.
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News of my mother’s new found cooking prowess is filtering through the family. My aunty was ringing up asking mum for some of her relish, and her trifle recipe as she was having a dinner and wanted to impress her friends. My other aunt commented that mum was a bitch for getting into the cooking stuff before she had retired! (mum is still working part time).
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Summary of gifts: Erm.. chinese steamer thing, looks OK.. good for steaming stuff.
A chopping board and curled knife.. a matched set, you have two handles on a double-bladed knife which are rounded like.. rocking chair rockers.. and I have yet to use it.
A cool cat bag my sister got, she knew i was looking for an over the shoulder bag. love it.
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That was my christmas!!