I have very rarely left my home for new year’s eve celebrations. I’m not keen on crowds, inflated prices, or wondering how I’m going to get home when I’m tired, it’s cold and there are no taxis for hours.I lived in London for more than a decade and never joined the mad crowds in Trafalgar Square. Of course, it was a lot colder on 31 Dec in the 20th century. I did venture into the centre of London only once on New Year’s Eve (1999) – this was only because I had an exclusive invite to an apartment by the Thames, we were able to stand on the roof to watch the River of Fire, away from the crowds and with the warmth of the sitting room near by and no queue for the toilet.
FIRST
Mr T.P. put on the chef’s hat, assisted by our son – Big Cook Little Cook. They locked themselves in the kitchen where they made vegan Chocolate Truffles – yummy. It is very simple.
- 200g of good dark chocolate (vegan brands used in our house)
- 60 ml of a drink (eg. rum, champagne, coffee…)
- + cocoa powder
Method
- Melt the chocolate in the usual manner. For readers who don’t regularly melt chocolate for covering rice crispies and cornflakes, let me remind you that you melt it slowly in a bowl, over boiling water, on the hob.
- Then stir in the coffee (or whatever) and leave the concoction to cool – this takes ages. Eventually it will start to solidify. This is when you scoop out little balls of mixture and roll it in to spheres of about 2cm diameter.
- Finally, roll it in cocoa powder and leave the powdered balls in the fridge to set for about an hour or two.
- Eat.
Secondly – Film
We watched the documentary about Life of Brian, followed by the film
What a brilliant, funny, well written and researched film. The documentary was a reminder that minorities among Christians are keen on censorship – some enjoy a joke though – I remember it was quite popular among Catholics at my school.
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