It is my absolute pleasure to welcome my first guest in Day Two of this year's
12 Days of Christmas
Food and Romance
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Welcome, Ebony McKenna! Ebony is not only an amazing author of fun and fantastical YA novels, she's an awesome critique partner and friend. Ebony is joining TDoCFaRBE with a tale of a family favourite recipe, perfect for those Christmas leftovers...
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Turkey Curry For The Win!
by Ebony McKenna
I’m so excited to be part of the fabulous
Emmie Dark’s 12 Days of Christmas, where we get to share some of our Christmas
traditions with the world.
If you know me from Twitter, Facebook or
even real life, you’ll know I love curry pies. But my all time favourite curry
is the turkey curry my mother-in-law makes for Christmas.
It’s a properly English curry as well, so
it has sultanas in it. On paper it sounds a little bit horrid, doesn’t it?
Admit it, even the headline made you squirm. But this really is one of those
‘you can’t know until you’ve tried it’ dishes that is honestly divine.
This is the dish we all look forward to every
festive season. The original roast turkey (which is all kinds of awesome) is
served for Christmas lunch, but it’s two days later that the extra magic
happens. All that delicious left over roast turkey is sliced up and sauced up
with the previously mentioned sultanas and not-previously-mentioned celery
chunks.
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| Just the way to use up your leftover turkey! |
Over the decades, dozens and dozens of
people have tried it and loved it. Another tradition my mother-in-law has is to
invite loads and loads of people over for December 27, to help us get through
the leftovers. The biggest was 35 guests. She had tables running the length of
the dining room and down through the front lounge. Thank heavens for open-plan
living. We could all see each other and wave down the length of the table. Then
conversation died completely because we were too occupied with the curry.
Because we’re in Melbourne, we never really
know what the weather is going to be like. When it’s a superhot summer, the air
conditioner is belting, the paper hats are sticking to our clammy scalps and we
all end up in the pool later on. If it rains (and we had massive hail storms
last year on Christmas Day) it’s even better to eat curry while listening to
the rain lashing the roof.
One day, I’ll have to take over the reins
and it will be my turn to make the turkey curry. I am going to have to ask her
for the recipe because there’s no way I can wing this. I’m going to have to do
the work and get it right. The pressure will be on, for sure.
But not yet. This year I still get to enjoy
it without any of the stress.
Oh, and another tradition? The husband and
I are so thoughtful about helping the family clear the leftovers, we take empty
food containers so we can bring some home.
May your Christmas, Hannuka, Festivus and
New Year be full of feasting and fabulous traditions.
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