Marzipan is a terrible thing to do to delicious almonds

[cosmolinguist]

I think this is the fourth year that D and I have made Christmas dinner together, and it's always so fun and good and fancy enough to feel special without being stressful, I love it. I love him.

This year we had * a turkey crown with stuffing already in it * a small piece of pork * roasted sweet potatoes, carrots and parsnips * scalloped corn (my Minnesota contribution! Christmas celebrations at home always include it so I make it for my British family because they like it too) * Brussels sprouts fried with veggie bacon and chestnuts

Then for dessert, Christmas pudding (which I still am not tempted by but which actually smelled nice this time, a first for me!), apple strudel and/or maple nut roulade (which I like the taste of but meringue continues to be Not A Food for me). With custard or cream.

I didn't have any of that (I continue to be wary of British Christmas desserts and repeatedly asked D warily "does that have marzipan in it??") but I did make myself a hot chocolate with chocolate rum in it.