Monday, December 8, 2008

Going hunting

This is where I should tell you that I hiked five miles uphill in the snow ... barefoot!

Except it was only 1.75 miles one-way.

And I wore shoes.

And the sky was clear, although cold, so I was bundled (beyond what my friends and family in the USA can imagine).

It was my day off. I wanted some exercise and fresh air. It seemed a good day to go hunting ... for mincemeat which I hoped to have for holiday baking. So I walked to the closest shopping center with an import store.

I finally saw a package of 9 Walkers mince tarts for about $10 and kept scouring the store. Finally I found two jars hidden behind some wine bottles.

This evening I filled two pre-baked tart pastries with mincemeat filling and slid them into the fish broiler under my stovetop eyes.

Aaaah! Delicious!

1 comment:

Adrienne said...

If you can even fathom it, this family I married into here, all from GA, think that mincemeat is disgusting. Thank goodness I'm not the only Yankee in-law, or I'd never get any!