Michael by Tina Hutchence & Jen Jewel Brown

Author:Tina Hutchence & Jen Jewel Brown
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Published: 2018-08-22T16:00:00+00:00

The next couple of days were spent in a flurry of last-minute gift hunting and finding the ingredients for the familiar side dishes and desserts that would make us all want to do this again. It was going to be the best Christmas dinner ever. In my heart I was going for a typical American Christmas for my family, but I knew there were extras that would bring it home for the Aussie side. Erin was making her famous pumpkin pie and, since she was also adept at meringue by this time, I put her in charge of the pavlova shell. I had asked Mother to bring some tins of passionfruit—so difficult to find outside Australia back then. I tried out a sweet potato pie and a peach cobbler, and of course we did not forget the obligatory plum pudding and brandy sauce. We found some cranberries and I borrowed some sturdy sewing needles and thread from Carol, then sat Mother down with Shawna and got them started on a cranberry garland. A domestic goddess Mother was not.

‘Ouch … Darling, do we really need this? … Oh no look, I’ve got blood all over my white Chanel … Ouch! … Is it long enough now?’

Erin and I were doubling over with laughter in the kitchen. As well as tucking into doing some cooking, Michael took the men out to see more of the surrounding countryside and local taverns.

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