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Happy New Year!

January 2nd, 2007

So, time to put in another post, and make sure the blog continues into 2007, as we’ve promised.

Despite the usual large numbers of visitors to Edinburgh for the Hogmanay (New Year’s Eve) celebrations, the night itself was not so great.  Heavy rain and very strong winds meant that outdoor celebrations were cancelled in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Belfast, and various other cities.

We had had thoughts of watching the fireworks from Inverleith Park, which is close to our part of town, but hearing wind and rain get more extreme as the day wore on, we settled for staying put and having a roast chicken dinner.

As I’d added in the overview for 2006 that December would include making tarte tatin, I felt duty bound to do so before midnight came - although it was quite a close thing!  A recipe that calls for 2kgs of apples means a lot of peeling.  As it was, the tatin was finished shortly before midnight, but eaten afterwards.

I remembered that tarte tatin is meant to be a speciality of Gordon Ramsay’s restaurants.  I felt sorry for the comis chefs (or whatever the appropriate title is for apple peeler) that prepare them - there’s a lot of work involved.  Worth a try, though, and thankfully it was still good over the next two days, particularly with a cup of tea while looking at (yet more) rain.

Meanwhile, hope your New Year celebrations were good, and all the best for 2007…

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