What Are You Doing for New Year's Eve?

[Front-Ranger]

My Wellingtons tasted better than those.

 

Have you heard about the vegetarian Beef Wellington made with mushrooms? Is it worth trying?

[serious crayons]

Paul and Jeff, your evenings sound very nice!

[southendmd]

Have you heard about the vegetarian Beef Wellington made with mushrooms? Is it worth trying?

Sure, I've seen recipes for it.  You'd have to really like mushrooms, I think. 

[southendmd]

Paul and Jeff, your evenings sound very nice!

Unlike Jeff, I was in bed by 10!

[Jeff Wrangler]

Sure, I've seen recipes for it.  You'd have to really like mushrooms, I think.

I just read a gay murder mystery where the victim died from a poison extracted from mushrooms.

[Front-Ranger]

Then my traditional Beef Wellington, individual, with duxelles and foie gras.  Perfectly rare this year! 

The duxelles were made with mushrooms? What variety did you use, baby bellas?

I had a martini without the gin while I was babysitting. Then, when I got home, I had an Argentinean Malbec made by Bota Box. I've started getting a box wine because I usually don't finish a bottle of wine before it goes stale, and the Bota Box wine stays fresh for 30 days. I listened to Hauser, as usual.

I did have artichokes...chopped up with spinach, garlic, and melted cheese in a dip. I sliced up a take-and-bake sourdough baguette to scoop up the dip. Along with that I had grilled salmon in a citrus-mustard sauce, rice cooked with carrots, and pickled red cabbage. Home made mince meat pie for dessert.

Would've liked EdelMar to join me but he had a party to go to, one where women were probably not present.

[Front-Ranger]

Forgot to mention that my daughter laid out a very nice charcuterie board for dinner before I babysat. My 4-year-old grandchild always corrects me that it's "kidsitting" not "babysitting". But her younger brother is only 19 months old, so we're in that gray area between kids and babies.

[serious crayons]

I had a martini without the gin while I was babysitting.

So that would be, like, a drop of vermouth and an olive? Or a larger glass of vermouth?

I did have artichokes...chopped up with spinach, garlic, and melted cheese in a dip. I sliced up a take-and-bake sourdough baguette to scoop up the dip. Along with that I had grilled salmon in a citrus-mustard sauce, rice cooked with carrots, and pickled red cabbage. Home made mince meat pie for dessert.

Sounds great! 

[Front-Ranger]

Yes, just a glass of vermouth. I bought a large bottle of vermouth recently because I want to make grapefruit Vermouth marmalade.

https://www.davidlebovitz.com/grapefruit-vermouth-jam-marmalade-recipe/?fbclid=IwAR0SPQ1_oleyRXIyG-a3TWeiCC25s2wJtCN1GeU8NswyyQ0SdI49OWPT3Ko

[southendmd]

The duxelles were made with mushrooms? What variety did you use, baby bellas?

Yes, creminis and thyme and shallots, deglazed with cognac.