I'm sure most of you are suffering from the "I ate too much on Christmas Day" as I am. My rambling from yesterday stopped after the great breakfast with Nancy's folks, neighbors and friends the Botbyl's and Carol's mom Jesse. We just digested the rest of the day until Bobby, Jill and Annsley came around 5 as did G/G and Pap(Nancy's folks) and the GAB(Nancy's sister) and her 2 boys Braden and Garrett. We started out with a little shrimp and cocktail sauce while Bobby made the smashed 'taters and gravy. Yeow, is he ever a great maker of these 2 dishes. He uses things most cooks never use or least ordinary cooks never use. I tried to keep up with his ingredients for the gravy which was awesome. I noticed fresh sliced mushrooms into the dripping from the roast, lots of fresh Thyme, sea salt, red wine, ground black pepper, minced garlic, parsley and dijon mustard. Anyhow it was the best and the spuds had sour cream, parsley and Parmesan cheese. Man where they good as well. Anyhow we feasted on one of the best roasts ever and I think we found the key to super medium rare. Roast it at 450 degrees for about 5 minutes then turn it down to 325 temp for 25 minutes for every pound or if you use a meat thermometer until the middle of the roast reaches 135 to 140 degrees. Let set out of the oven for about 15 to 20 minutes before carving. Indescribably "dewishous" as Annsley says.
After feasting we opened gifts; of course Annsley had been riding Blaze since she first arrived. We want to thank all who helped to make this a great time of celebration.
Today we are planning on taking a nice long walk through the hood with these nice crisp temps and to not over indulge with too many calories. LATER.
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