Wednesday, December 24, 2008

CHRISTMAS EVE

The stockings are hung by the chimney with care
in hopes that St. Nicholas soon will be here!
Christopher, Audrey and Colin made it here after being stranded in Columbus, Ohio in the ice storm last night.
We are happy and cooking away for tonight's dinner.
We are having beef tenderloin drenched in a coffee, chile and chocolate rub.
Country Ham
Potato, fennel and onion gratin
Broccoli casserole( my take on the old tradition)
Ambrosia
Southern Lane Cake
Pecan Pie
and copious amounts of good champagne!
Merry Christmas to all!

3 comments:

Cathy said...

And there are logs crackling in the fireplace, right? I miss you all.

Please say more about the chile/coffee/chocolate rub.

Roy ordered stone crab claws from Joe's, our Christmas Eve tradition, but they're stuck in Miami - so we're going to the Palm for dinner.

Merry Christmas and lots of love to everyone!

SBD said...

and huge love to you...the rub was divine....you just mix all of those ingredients, plus salt and pepper and rub tenderloin of beef...it pops on top of whole cloves of garlic and roast away to medium rare...oh, so, yummy! Too bad about the crab claws!
Happy Happy Holidays to you and Roy.

Chris1984 said...

The tenderloin was so good. Worth driving through an ice storm for!