The day before Christmas I stumbled upon two foil-wrapped packages of homemade pita bread. I ate 3.5 pitas in one sitting with 3-layer hummus and then polished off the end of a block of Havarti cheese with the last sacred pita. Later that night I got Thai food (glass noodles with shrimp and vegetables) and ate the entire portion.
Christmas day was ABSURD, to say the least. For appetizers I had several salmon roll-ups (basically a wrap cut into slices - filled with smoked salmon, cheese spread, red onion, tomato, and arugula), a whole MESS of cheese and crackers (One cheese- Affidelice- was so incredibly smelly I won't soon forget it.), several rice balls (deep fried balls of risotto with goat cheese...sinful) and my favorite - squid stuffed with shrimp and breadcrumbs. For dinner there was lasagna, carrot souffle, herbed potatoes, and pre-buttered bread (like 2 pats per slice ...can you hear my heartbeat?) Dessert was my favorite because I got to enjoy a slice of red velvet cake (I like my desserts ornate, pompous, and with some southern roots), as well as some chocolate tiramisu and chocolate bread pudding. I somehow managed to return to the dessert table an hour after the first round and numbly scarf down some chocolate cake scraps.
On one final Christmas note, I'd like to recommend that everyone go out to a Trader Joes near you and relish in these. You will not be sorry.
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