My first blog- I am kind of nervous writing it up, but I'm also excited to start it up. To tell you a little bit about what this blog will be about and how the name mezzaplate started. I would like to give credit to my good friend L - she actually gave me the name *thumbs up L!!* I thought about other names like mezzaplace - but it somehow reminds me of Melrose Place. Anyway mezzaplate has a triple meaning to it #1 mezza plate - plate of food that is shared around
("mezze") #2 mezza - is the nickname people have given me and #3 mezza's plate - what do I have on my plate today? In saying that you will probably have guessed it - this blog will be about food. I love food. I love how it brings people together and I love being able to share good food and have good conversations about food. More recently I have been inspired by so many lovely food bloggers out there. It's so nice to be able to see and be encouraged by food bloggers who support each other in there food blogging adventures. In this blog I will also share other good things I like or would like to try - although I am your typical twenty something year old female who enjoys food and all things girly I hope you will continue reading this blog and go away with something you can be excited about to share with your loved ones.
Christmas Eve 2009
Some friends and I were invited to a South American Christmas Eve party this year.
So after I finished work, ran around did some last minute grocery shopping, came home to bake a banana cake and an orange and poppyseed bundt, and then wrapped the Christmas presents, I was just about ready for bed. Coming from a family that doesn't culturally celebrate Christmas, a South American christmas sounded like a lot of fun. It wasn't my first time, I remember going to another one a few years back. This one was a Peruvian one. Like all good South American food, Peruvian is no exception. We started off with this
Pisco Sour - The national Peruvian cocktail - made from pisco, lemon, egg whites, simple syrup and bitters - there was some good amount of alcohol and sourness - it was amazingly tangy and tasty.
There was some of this
Simple salad with a good balance of olive oil, salt, pepper and lemon.
What's on mezza's plate? Something like this
The chilli sauce was amazingly hot, but not the kind of hot that keeps lingering in your mouth - it gave the turkey and pork just enough bite and I really enjoyed the gravy on the roasts too. I didn't get a chance to ask what it was made of but it was so creamy and tasty. I also love the way south americans make their salad dressings - lots of sour and salty flavours, yummy!
After exchanging our kris kringle presents we played a few games and heard a traditional South American song by a lady. Am really drawn to the Spanish language, I tried really hard to listen, I could only make out what she was singing by looking at her expressions; the music was passionate and moving; the songs were powerful.
Thank you to the M family for your lovely hospitality. It was a really special night celebrating Christmas morning with everyone.
