Let me start with wishing you all a very Happy & Prosperous New Year!
I think I can safely state that most of us are still slightly hungover after the festivities over Christmas & New Year. I know I am. I had a houseful, over the New Year, with my wife's family staying with us.
It was quite wonderful having the house full of people after such a long time. Being one of 7 siblings, my memories of the holidays, was always one of the house being full of people and noise.
The Americans, who probably introduced us to Turkey for Christmas, have a lot to answer for, as the following pictures will show.
I started off carving the Turkey the traditional way, (after watching innumerable video's on you tube on how to carve it) and finally resorted to the Mallu way - fight over the leg with all. Between the Brother's-in-law, we managed to carve the Turkey to feed everyone, and thought we had done a pretty reasonable job of getting all the meat off. The bare bones were then despatched to the kitchen to be thrown away. Imagine our chagrin, when the maid came back with a plate piled high with more Turkey meat!
Moral of the story: Always do it your own way!
The Mundakayam Club kicked off it's centenary celebrations with a spectacular New Year's party.
The Club was rocking to the music of "DJ Paul from Dubai" ably assisted by our very own desi DJ's. There was a dazzling fire works display too.
The 19th Hole for the golfers, and the Double for the tennis players, hasn't seen much activity, over the last few weeks, for obvious reasons. We hope to rectify that shortly, and will soon get back to you with more on that.
Till then, with best wishes that the New Year will see you at the 19th or the Double more often, and that the glass will always be full.
I think I can safely state that most of us are still slightly hungover after the festivities over Christmas & New Year. I know I am. I had a houseful, over the New Year, with my wife's family staying with us.
It was quite wonderful having the house full of people after such a long time. Being one of 7 siblings, my memories of the holidays, was always one of the house being full of people and noise.
The Americans, who probably introduced us to Turkey for Christmas, have a lot to answer for, as the following pictures will show.
Carving the Turkey
Wrestling with the Turkey
I started off carving the Turkey the traditional way, (after watching innumerable video's on you tube on how to carve it) and finally resorted to the Mallu way - fight over the leg with all. Between the Brother's-in-law, we managed to carve the Turkey to feed everyone, and thought we had done a pretty reasonable job of getting all the meat off. The bare bones were then despatched to the kitchen to be thrown away. Imagine our chagrin, when the maid came back with a plate piled high with more Turkey meat!
Moral of the story: Always do it your own way!
The Mundakayam Club kicked off it's centenary celebrations with a spectacular New Year's party.
The Club was rocking to the music of "DJ Paul from Dubai" ably assisted by our very own desi DJ's. There was a dazzling fire works display too.
The 19th Hole for the golfers, and the Double for the tennis players, hasn't seen much activity, over the last few weeks, for obvious reasons. We hope to rectify that shortly, and will soon get back to you with more on that.
Till then, with best wishes that the New Year will see you at the 19th or the Double more often, and that the glass will always be full.
