Tuesday 24 December 2002

Seafood galore

Up at 4:45am this morning to beat the crush at the Sydney Fish Market; now the seafood is in my mother’s refrigerator. A few years ago we decided that having a hot Christmas lunch—roast turkey, ham, roast potatoes, pumpkin & parsnips, green peas, and gravy—made no sense in the heat of an Australian summer. (When I think about it, it’s amazing that we behaved for all those years as though we were still in England.)

So tomorrow it’ll be oysters, prawns, and lobsters—with fresh baguettes, salad, and chilled white wine. We’ll nod at tradition by having plum pudding and custard for dessert.

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Posted by: pode on 24 December 2002 at 07:42 AM

Lovely sounding meal. Not sure about the plum pudding though.

It is interesting how we have certain traditions from so many places -- trees from Germany, plum pudding from England. Yet much of those traditions originated with their environment -- cold and snow.

I'll be thinking of you and your family and and your warm, lovely meal as we get hit with a foot of snow tomorrow (but at least my roommate and I are having a lovely beef roast).

Posted by: Burningbird on 24 December 2002 at 08:12 AM

Funny; a seafood dinner on Christmas eve is traditional for many Italian families. I know that we'll be having flounder, lobster, octopus, and some kind of mollusk (clams, oysters).

Something tells me, though, that your fish will be a little more fresh than what we get in New York markets.

Happy holidays.

Posted by: Eric Hancock on 24 December 2002 at 08:24 AM

Mmmmmm, Lobster.

Merry Christmas!

Posted by: joe on 24 December 2002 at 11:32 PM

That is our course as well. Texas. Seafood mixed with Cajun. Shrimp. Some steak. Crawfish. Rolaids. Yum

Posted by: Jonathon on 27 December 2002 at 04:10 PM

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