| Time |
S |
Nick |
Message |
| 06:26 |
|
chris |
merry xmas nicomo |
| 06:26 |
|
nicomo |
hi Chris |
| 06:26 |
|
nicomo |
merry xmas to you and your family too |
| 06:27 |
|
chris |
thank you |
| 06:29 |
|
nicomo |
I was wondering : what's a summer xmas like? |
| 06:30 |
|
chris |
often people have a barbeque for xmas |
| 06:30 |
|
chris |
and there is lots of salads :) |
| 06:30 |
|
chris |
but we usually still have turkey |
| 06:31 |
|
chris |
another nz tradition is fresh cherries for christmas |
| 06:32 |
|
chris |
and lots of berries |
| 06:32 |
|
nicomo |
I like the fresh cherries part :-) |
| 06:32 |
|
nicomo |
sounds like my kind of xmas |
| 06:32 |
|
chris |
and usually today, (boxing day) people have a picnic |
| 06:32 |
|
chris |
and eat all the leftovers |
| 06:32 |
|
nicomo |
why is it call boxing day? |
| 06:34 |
|
chris |
Boxing Day dates back to past centuries when it was the custom for the wealthy to give gifts to employees or to people in a lower social class, most especially to household servants and other service personnel. |
| 06:35 |
|
nicomo |
ok. Actually in France we don't usually have turkey: that's considered "american" (don't know why) |
| 06:36 |
|
chris |
ahh, how about ham? |
| 06:37 |
|
nicomo |
we have : oysters + "foie gras" + main dish (can be many things) + cheese + a cake called "buche" (log), which is a chocolate and cream cake in the shape of a log |
| 06:37 |
|
chris |
ohh sounds good to me :) |
| 06:37 |
|
nicomo |
and wine, of course : white, rather dry with the oysters |
| 06:38 |
|
nicomo |
white, rather sugary with the foie gras |
| 06:38 |
|
nicomo |
red with dish |
| 06:38 |
|
nicomo |
red with the cheese |
| 06:38 |
|
nicomo |
and champagne with the cake |
| 06:38 |
|
chris |
yum1 |
| 06:38 |
|
chris |
! even |
| 06:38 |
|
nicomo |
and then you generally just want to lie down |
| 06:39 |
|
chris |
hehe yes |
| 06:40 |
|
chris |
we had some reisling with dessert, but mostly beer with the mains |
| 06:41 |
|
nicomo |
Reisling is good |
| 06:42 |
|
chris |
often we have a methode tradationelle (cant usually afford real champagne :)) |
| 06:43 |
|
nicomo |
wel, my mother lives in Reims, which is the town were most Champagne companys are, right in the middle of the Champagne area : that helps a lot |
| 06:46 |
|
chris |
that would help |
| 06:53 |
|
chris |
we have some good sauvignon blanc in this area |
| 07:08 |
|
nicomo |
often considering they can't learn anything from anyone about food and drink, the french tend to be late in opening up the stuff from the rest of the world, but we're beginning to see australiaa, south african, american, etc. wines here now. And good ones too. |
| 07:10 |
|
chris |
its often the opposite here |
| 07:11 |
|
chris |
people tend to assume if its nz made it wont be as good as overseas |
| 07:11 |
|
chris |
but some of our wines, and olive oils, and beers are world class |
| 07:13 |
|
chris |
a new french cafe has opened in the suburb i live in, im hoping to try it tomorrow :) |
| 07:13 |
|
chris |
when i was in france for the kohacon, i think i had creme brulee every night |
| 07:13 |
|
chris |
:) |
