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Woke up yesterday morning to the sound of the smallest cousin, shouting "Mary, Mary! Mary! Mary!" at the top of his four-year-old lungs. I was slightly disconcerted until I heard his father tell him that "it doesn't mean anything unless you put the word 'Christmas' after it."

Apparently his father had been teaching him the use of the exclamation point. "If you don't have the exclamation point, then it only says 'merry.' But if you have the exclamation point, it says 'merry!' See?"

Christmas was nice - the rain, relentless for the past few days, let up briefly, though the sky was still grey. We collected an aunt and went to see Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (second time for me, which gave me time to notice that either they put both Patil twins in Gryffindor, or Padma spends a heck of a lot of time in the Gryffindor common room). Still delightful, definitely my favorite of the series thus far. Then back to the other aunt's house, where I tried to be helpful in the kitchen but quickly realized that my time would be best spent keeping smallest cousin out of the kitchen. So I babysat all evening as increasingly wonderful smells filled the house. My aunt's first turkey turned out wonderfully, moist and delicious with the red wine gravy. (None of us were very good with turkey. Everyone was very experienced with duck, but not turkey, so the outcome had been in doubt until the very end.)

Now it's Boxing Day. We're thinking of going to the mall, but we're worried about the Boxing Day sales traffic (Boxing Day is the Canadian version of Black Friday; the crowds are insane). Ah well, we'll see.

I leave you with this gem: Gaiman and Pratchett's New Years Resolutions for Crowley and Aziraphale.

Experienced with Duck?

Date: 2005-12-27 07:53 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pseudotheist.livejournal.com
I want tips and suugestions!

Re: Experienced with Duck?

Date: 2005-12-30 06:20 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kittenscribble.livejournal.com
well... I've had duck barbecued a la K - just cover duck with marinade of own devising and then put on the grill, brushing it with marinade whenever it looks like it's drying out - take it out and serve when internal temperature is decent. Or you can reduce it to its component parts and cook it up in a pot with soy sauce and sugar. Or you can do Mom's preferred duck, which involves putting entire duck into stock pot and flavoring with half-a-can of ??? sauce (I'll have to ask her - maybe it's even duck sauce, I'm not sure, but it's got a Chinese name) and one can of beer. (The beer actually sort of eats the fact away from the inside of the duck, making it healthier.) Cover remaining exposed surface of duck with water (or, if you're feeling spunky, a mixture of soy sauce and ??? spice (I'll have to ask her about that too - it's got star anise and other stuff in it)), bring to a boil, and simmer until done.

...hmm, that wasn't very helpful, was it. I'll get details from my mother and get back to you. My kitchen has a few mysterious sauces and spices that I get from Chinese stores by sort of recognizing the packaging, but I really don't know what's inside them.

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