New Year = New Enthusiasm :)
I know I am an evil LJer who never posts to this journal but I promise I will be a regular poster in 2007. :)

I have moved and have a new kitchen to get to grips with, we have limited space and no freezer so clever planning and use of tinned things will be essential. Getting away with not cooking anything at the moment as I've not really been there (visiting other people's house, eating while out mooching etc) but will need to stock up next weekend.

New taste experiences this festive season: Sage Derby and Chocolate Wine.

Sage Derby is either made with leaves of sage in regular cheese or a strange green effort made by blending spinach juice, sage and cheese to make ick. The chunk I bought was the leaves type and was good, very strong and tasted of garlic as well as the sage. I bought it to contribute to a Boxing Day cheeseboard at my mate's and it definitely got a lot of attention, most people wanting more. I'm going to buy more to cook with as it was good with crackers but I can imagine it making a blinding cauliflower cheese.

Chocolate Wine is basically red wine which has had essence of chocolate blended into it. I found it too odd, my mind was saying "It smells like x, y, z and then it tastes like a, b, c". Very disorientating. I like things to at least taste something like what they smell like, lol. Still I am sure people who like Baileys and other cream liquer type stuff love this.