boxing.day

on the second day of Christmas, you're feeling much better today for sure. you went to bed without dinner last night, well you ate one bun served in the snack box from church.

you sliced the Dresden stollen that you bought from dusseldorf last weekend.

 it's great to go with rum butter or even good just eat it as it is. you just dislike the dutch version when almond paste is added.

 you have been drinking lemon tea with honey just to soothe your throat and fight the flu....

you remember your friend gave you a jar of lime soak in salt brine and that's exactly what you need after a big jar of lemon tea. you made two pitcher with 3 lime and a little of the salted brine. it was good, certainly a good rescue to your coarse throat.

you have been drinking the whole day and now you don't have sore throat anymore and  not even  rely on paracetamol.

you remove the bones from the turkey, boil a pot of soup with the turkey bone. they are mellow and flavorful at stock. you almost didn't add any season as the leek and bay leaf already good to enhance the flavor.

wanting to have a creamy turkey in a pot with puff pastry but knowing that you still don't have strong appetite, you just made a bowl of penne in turkey soup top with shredded turkey meat. it's delicious, soothing to your palate.

you have energy to bake a genoise, rolled it up with chestnut cream and whipped cream and turn it into a buche de noel. perhaps you have chilled your chocolate ganache too long, you find it really difficult to pipe. energy consuming as well. the result is not very pretty to your sight, it's hard to create the wood or log texture.

you had it for tea and find it too sweet and too rich. may be you still have a weak appetite today. perhaps you will like it tomorrow.
and yes, you are reading for your next destination.