Eat, drink, be merry

I had Sunday lunch with Ted and Beryl. She wanted to try out her new gravy idea before Christmas so Ted and I got to be guinea pigs. It was ok. Beryl's recipes nowadays seem to be the same as her old ones, but with huge amounts of brandy added. With mince pies, that's great, but with gravy it didn't really work. "That's awful," she said when she tried it herself, "Thank God I've still got a week to work at it." I have a feeling Ted will be eating a lot of roast dinners this week.
For dessert, we were offered a massive Christmas pudding, topped with golden syrup. God, it was sweet. Beryl said "It's my dear old mum's recipe, but with a few little extras of my own." It's a wild guess, but I think those 'extras' might be brandy, rum and drambuie.

RC 19-12-10