Hectic Heaven

A wonderful Cast iron Christmas

We woke up to a skiff of snow Christmas eve morning...the day was pleasant...we spent alot of it preparing for the family get together later in the day... I made stuffed eggs, and fudge and pepperoni pizza, DH made a Chocolate silk pie and stuffed celery, and DD made brownies.  Our meal had a Italian flair.. my SIL  is Italian and she hosted this weekend... It  was a great evening... we ate and visited and opened a few presents and ate and visited some more... about 8 it started to snow so  we headed home...

The next morning I got up and started the lights on the tree and made a cup of tea..  turned on some celtic Christmas carols and waited for   my family to wake up...we opened a few presents and I think everyone was happy... I got some cast iron pie plates... and a cast iron muffin tin...

Later in the day DH used our new grinder and ground up some pork and venison.. this morning I seasoned some of it for breakfast sausage and this evening I seasoned the rest of it for  summer sausage...I will pack the casings tomorrow..

We went to town today  we have a place here that sells to resturants and so on... we got some pork for 1.26 a lb and some beef for 1.69 a lb... we are going to make some sausage, and hamburger and I will make some formed jerky as well..  I know I cant  buy hamburger for 1.69 a lb...especially  as lean as this will be... I think this grinder will save us some dollars...

It has been snowing on and off all day...but its supposed to warm up tomorrrow... so the snow will be mostly in the hils....  we never did get more then a skiff at a time:< but its as close as we have been to a white Christmas... I love watching the big fluffy snow flakes fall..