I need to make a correction, Italian Delight is *not* from I Hate to Cook, it’s just something my grandmother (who was not Italian, Grandpa was) made. My mom thinks she clipped the recipe out of a magazine. They ate it very often when mom was a kid. I learned to make it off the index card my mom had copied the recipe to.

It’s a little different from your recipe, dcp. Not sure if that’s because my grandmother’s recipe was different or because my mom changed it before she wrote her copy

Recipes are just guidelines....

I am fond of the Justin Wilson quote: "What do you put in it? Whatever you got."

Happy holidays, Buffistas!

Same to you, Shir!

Hi, Shir! Same to you.

My dog just scammed a second dinner out of me! I came home about a half hour later than her dinner time, and I fleetingly thought that I should check to see whether Matt had fed her, but I was all, "Nah, his back is hurting, he's sick... he wouldn't have trudged downstairs..."

In fact, he did.

Nice fake out, Birdie; you acted just as over the top excited for your food as usual. Good one.

Nice fake out, Birdie; you acted just as over the top excited for your food as usual. Good one.

Quality scam!

Happy holidays, Shir!

My potatoes are in the oven. There's cream and butter and cheese involved so I'm hoping that works.

Everybody's here. The champagne is open. The charcuterie board is out.

All is well. [knock wood]

We’ve got pumpkin roasted, a head of cauliflower in the oven, and tempeh in “jerk” marinade (not up to real Caribbean standards, I’m sure) ready for its turn. Should be good.

There's cream and butter and cheese involved so I'm hoping that works.

The outlook seems positive

Yum, all of that sounds good!

We had a holiday brunch with a couple of friends, and now DH and I are watching Babe, which he has never seen (WHAT). Tomorrow we are having Christmas dinner at my cousin's a couple of towns over.

Merry Christmas, Buffistas!

Nice fake out, Birdie; you acted just as over the top excited for your food as usual. Good one.

Birdie will be bragging about The Scammed Second Dinner for years to come. Well done, Birdie!

I came home from Christmas Eve at my mom's house with a migraine with vertigo, which is no fair. But the Ubrelvy worked overnight and my noggin feels normal this morning, hooray!

...and while I was typing that, the cat decided to barf up his breakfast. Merry Christmas from Murderbiscuit, yeesh.

Merry Xmas, Buffistae!

But the Ubrelvy worked overnight and my noggin feels normal this morning, hooray!

Happy normal noggin day, Tep!

I'm the only one up. But I've had a slice of cherry pie and have coffee so I'm not fussed.

I woke up and realized I hadn't wrapped the potatoes, so I got right on that.

We had tremendous roaring winds and rain last night, but the storm has passed and I can see blue skies. I'm sure there are a lot of trees and branches down though.