It's funny how one always assumes that your own family's way of spending Christmas must be how everybody else does it. One of the big shocks of marrying rothko was finding out that her family open Christmas presents on Christmas Eve. Maybe it's an American thing? It somehow seems like sacrilege to me…I suppose it's how you'd feel if the rest of your family had a big turkey meal on the day before Thanksgiving.
We had Christmas curry! Cooked it from scratch, using ghee and khoa and all kinds of spices in the sauce. Supposedly it's a recipe with over a hundred years of history, albeit not a true traditional Indian recipe. There was also a lasagna as a "plan B" in case the curry didn't turn out well. The guests all loved it, though, so we sent them home with lasagna.
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Merry Xmas
Date: 2005-12-26 05:42 am (UTC)We had Christmas curry! Cooked it from scratch, using ghee and khoa and all kinds of spices in the sauce. Supposedly it's a recipe with over a hundred years of history, albeit not a true traditional Indian recipe. There was also a lasagna as a "plan B" in case the curry didn't turn out well. The guests all loved it, though, so we sent them home with lasagna.