Post AdJx5oNJ7d2rGsBLcm by neonsnake@kolektiva.social
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 (DIR) Post #AdJx5oNJ7d2rGsBLcm by neonsnake@kolektiva.social
       2023-12-28T11:13:19Z
       
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       Mildly stressed about Mum and her partner coming round tomorrow. Am not, this time, going to have alcohol available beyond 1 bottle between 3 of us, as last time, they both drank more than I was comfortable with, and he started with his bullshit opinions (nothing major, just tired and uninformed)Also, he's super picky about food, so I need to make the most boring-arse English food possible. Last time I did roast chicken, roast potatoes and simple boiled green beans. And he left the fucking beans.I've managed to pick up a cheap turkey crown from the clearance shelf, and have brussels still, so he's getting as traditional a Christmas dinner as I can manage. But I am doing the brussels with chestnuts, bacon and lemon and parsley*, and fuck him if that's got too much flavour.Courtesy of the utterly wonderful Nigella Lawson, these are my staple Christmas brussels recipe (I've added lemon juice to my own version, and generally skip the marsala):https://www.nigella.com/recipes/brussels-sprouts-with-chestnuts-pancetta-and-parsley
       
 (DIR) Post #AdJx5p4CY9M9PuFbU0 by neonsnake@kolektiva.social
       2023-12-28T15:31:28Z
       
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       Aaaand, she's not coming round, because she's just tested +ve for Covid. ffs.Like, could we not infect my late 70s mother please? Is that a thing we could think about? No?