On Tue 01 Dec 2009 02:55:43a, Julana Benaroon told us...

> Peter wrote:
>
>> Zucchini cakes with lemon prawns
>>
>> Chargrilled Prawns with flavoured butters
>>
>> Rolled pork loin roast, with rocket, pine nut and fetta stuffing.
>>
>> Coconut and white chocolate mud cake (which may turn into a dark
>> chocolate!!)
>>
>> Brandy snap baskets with brandy or triple sec flavoured mascarpone and
>> topped with fresh mango and raspberries.
>>
>> Double delight ganache tarts
>>
>> Mini black forest gateaux
>>
>>
>> Either frozen mango Daiquiri's, or Mai Tai's, or both!!
>
>
> My household is in a bit of an uproar since we lost a house to wildfire.
> We've relocated to a different house, and I _will_ make Christmas dinner
> for my husband and friends. I can't bring back the lost lives or the
> lost treasures, but this, THIS, I can do:
>
>
> - Grilled prawns with gooseberry salsa and guacamole
>
> - Cucumber sandwiches with creme fraiche and cold-smoked caviar
>
> - Tomato & zucchini blossom salad with savory vinaigrette
>
> - Radishes with fresh butter, coarse salt, and ground long pepper
>
> - Eggplant Provencal
>
> - Asparagus with Maltaise sauce
>
> - Grilled lobster halves with herbes de Provence and butter
>
> - Grilled lamb-oregano sausages with yogurt-mint dipping sauce
>
> - Cold ham with Parisienne chaud-froid
>
> - Sweetcorn custard in bacon tuiles
>
> - Lemon-mulberry sorbet
>
> - Apricot gateau with rambutans in Tahitian-vanilla syrup and whipped
> cream
>
> - Macadamia butter cookies
>
> - Buche de Noel of genoise filled with passionfruit curd, covered with
> white chocolate ganache, and decorated with starfruit
>
>
> My husband is much more "English" than I am, and he's putting on his
> stiff upper lip. Making a lavish Christmas dinner might seem a bit
> strange under the circumstances, but... well, what else am I supposed to
> do?
>
> Cheerio!
>
>

Your menu sounds wonderful, and I don't think it's the least bit strange to
do this. It's certainly one way to bring back a sense of normalcy and
balance to your family.

I'm very sorry for your losses...

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