Here’s to everyone and their families – that you may all have a truly slothful and relaxing day-after-Christmas to recover! May the lines at the Boxing Day sales be reasonable, the salespersons friendly, and that swanky black skirt be in your size! May the books that you sit around reading capture your attention and not let go until you’ve finished the whole thing in one sitting! May all the movies/sporting events you watch today sooth your frazzled minds!
I, for one, have spent a goodly portion of the day eating Christmas cookies and reading Kitchen Confidential (hence the mass consumption of gingerbread and icebox cookies). When I wasn’t reading, I was making tea or trying to get the internet connection to work. (It’s flaky – this morning it wouldn’t connect, but for no discernable reason, it works now.)
Happy Boxing Day from the ILP and everyone else at Chez Larocque!
Hooray for Boxing Day!
But I’ve got to ask, as an ignernt furriner, what the heck is an icebox cookie?
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Icebox cookies are a kind of Christmas cookie my mother makes. They’re a soft cookie that has nuts and green and red marachino cherries in them. You make the dough, roll it into a long log, and wrap it in waxed paper. The logs get put into cold storage for a few days until you’re ready to bake them, then you cut the logs into circles and bake them. They’re yummy and addictive!