Monday, January 4, 2010

Down South...Day Thirty-One...Wednesday, Decmber 30, 2009...New Year's Eve Prep in Tampa



Today is a monumentally busy one. Ed and I are out the door at 9:00AM with a full shopping list. Soon, we're stopping at Asian Markets, Seafood Markets, Meat Shops, Grocery Stores, etc. loading up with supplies to begin preparation of our traditional New Year's Eve feast.
Bu 1:00PM, our shopping is completed, and I am at work in the kitchen. Over the course of five hours or so, I knock off a vanilla/chocolate creme brulee, crab cakes, lamb picadillo empanada filling, horseradish sauce, stuffed mushroom filling...by 6:00PM or so, I am completely "whipped". Ed and Molly wisely order a pizza which we enjoy with a few glasses of red wine. Then, a little football, a few beers...nice and relaxing.
We make it an early night because tomorrow (day and night) is going to be crazy.
Picnic "volunteers" who have come to my house the weekend before the Annual Summer Picnic will easily recognize the photos of Ed hard at work "stamping out" empanadas.

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