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posted by [personal profile] owlfish at 09:06pm on 02/01/2009 under
It's a southern tradition - therefore, via my father's side of the family - that we have black-eyed peas on New Year's Day. We didn't go shopping in time, so had them today, on the second, cooked with a recipe based on one in a cookbook given to us by [livejournal.com profile] double0hilly. The oak-smoked ham they were cooked with (on sale post-Christmas) gave them wonderful richness and depth. We ate it with roasted squash, given to us by [livejournal.com profile] haggisthesecond and [livejournal.com profile] naxos, sprinkled with herb salt made by my grandmother. C. drank Innis & Gunn, an oak-aged beer first recommended to him by his father, and drunk in a tankard from his parents. The plates were given to us by my mother. For dessert, we're planning on truffles made by [livejournal.com profile] wibblepot.

Even when they're not here, my life is connected with those of so many others. I like being a part of that network.

Happy 2009!

P.S. Email from a French hotel whose mailing list I'm on tells me "We’ll be happy to welcome you, all year long, for a distressing moment of happiness."

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