It sounds beautiful and delicious, Viking! We have our usual lights out front on the azalea bushes (the little, incandescent multi-colored ones) and “creamy” multi-colored C-9 bulbs around our big picture window with our once-live, cut tree. I still have big BLUE bulbs—bigger than C-9s, because they’re round—on a small, live Christmas tree shaped cedar tree to honor the police. That one’s been up for a long time now. It’s all lovely.
I just browned some chicken thighs in oil and have put them in the oven to finish, just salt-pepper-garlic powder. And I have some big portobello mushroom caps I’m going to pan sauté in the chicken pan drippings. I may serve some of that wonderful leftover corn pudding on the side, too.
BEST EXCHANGE EVER:
“He was shot through the pinkie.”
“How did THAT kill him?!”
“He was scratching his head at the time.”