The Real Santa Claus Eats Children For Money

So this Christmas we got together to tidy up Swings a bit. Here's the result:

Swings

We mostly just re-recorded a couple of Craig's guitar parts, and I softened the attack on the toms and turned the bass up a bit.


Since this was our last meet up before Christmas we made a Nut Roast (which promptly fell apart and became a Nut Mess). Other than its inability to pull itself together, this was easily the best nut roast I've ever had. It was really good.

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Tumbling Nut Mess with Spiced Parsnip and Apple puree

Nut Mess:

• 1 carrot - peeled and ribboned using a potato peeler
• half a white onion chopped
• 1 clove garlic
• 125g mixed chopped nuts
• Some parsley and garlic - chopped
• Seasoning
• half a tablespoon of lemon juice
• 1 egg, beaten

Puree:

• 1 parsnip, peeled and chopped
• 1 granny smith (tart) apple, peeled and chopped
• ~100ml veg stock
• half a tsp each of ground cumin, cinnamon and cayenne pepper
• 2 tsp runny honey
• seasoning

1. Sweat onion and garlic in oil for a few minutes, add the carrot, cook for a further few minutes. Add the rest of the ingredients, give it a good stir and place in a greased loaf tin and put in a 180C oven for 30-45 minutes.
2. Gently sweat parsnip in oil for a few minutes, then add the apple, cook for a few minutes more, then add the rest of the ingredients apart from the honey. Cooked for ~15 minutes till everything is soft, puree in a blender then return to the pan, place on a low heat and stir in the honey.
3. To serve, divide the puree between 2 plates, then pile the nut roast on top. Serve with roast tatties and green veg (brussel's sprouts!)

Finally I'll follow up my previous post with a picture of the game I made for Ludum Dare:
I'm really pleased with how it turned out, the visuals especially. You can get it here.

(also, despite this being our last meeting of the year(?), there will be some more posts (from both of us!) shortly)