Wednesday, January 01, 2014

New Year's day dinner.




Yummy, yummy, yummy, I've got duck in my tummy. Yes, that's right. It's after dinner with Zbyszek and Joan made excellent duck as the main course along with potatoes, carrots, zucchini and salad. After we waited a little to get some room in our stomachs, we also had apple pie that Joan made and coffee. I have to tell you that duck is now our most favorite choice for a meal, it's just too expensive to have it all the time. Ours was Muscovy duck and the only fat was on the top layer of skin so there was a lot of meat in each breast. The potatoes were mashed by me and were excellent with the gravy that Joan made. The salad was bought in the market and is very similar to American coleslaw with a few additional veggies.

Last night we didn't make it to midnight. Joan is still recovering from a cold and went to bed early to rest up for today's cooking. I went to bed about 11:30PM and the noise makers outside didn't prevent my falling to sleep. Another year has passed living in Poland and we hope to have many more.p rather quickly. This morning I did a little cleaning while Joan started the cooking. When I was done I ironed the table cloth and set the table for our coming dinner. It was a sunny day again, a little strange for this time if the year.

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Ostatniej nocy nie czekali艣my do p贸艂nocy. Joan nadal leczy si臋 z przezi臋bienia i posz艂a do 艂贸偶ka wcze艣niej, aby odpocz膮膰 po ca艂ym dniu gotowania. Poszed艂em spa膰 o 11.30 i nocne ha艂asy na zewn膮trz nie wybudzi艂y mnie ze snu. Jeszcze jeden rok naszego 偶ycia w Polsce przemin膮艂 i mamy nadziej臋, 偶e b臋dzie ich wi臋cej. Dzisiejszego poranka troch臋 posprz膮ta艂em, podczas gdy Joan przygotowywa艂a obiad. Wyprasowa艂em obrus i przygotowa艂em st贸艂 na nasz dzisiejszy obiad. To by艂 jeszcze jeden s艂oneczny dzie艅, troch臋 dziwny jak na t膮 por臋 roku