Christmas Day started with a traditional Guyanese Holiday Breakfast. Carol and Teffany cooked fresh bread and "Pepperpot" (which takes two days to cook), served with fresh orange juice. The pepperpot is a sort of beef stew, made with chunks of beef. I have no idea what combination of spices are involved besides pepper, but there were lots! One forks up the beef, and soaks up the sauce with chunks of fresh bread. It was fabulous!
After clearing the breakfast dishes, Susan put the turkey in the oven. She made a traditional stuffing, except she used turkey sausage instead of pork sausage, since Carol and Teffany do not eat pork. She also made avocado and hearts-of-palm salad, mashed potatoes, English peas with pearl onions, gravy, cranberry sauce, and of course, the meal was served with more of Teffany's fresh bread.
While the turkey was roasting, we attended the Christmas Day festival mounted by the Marina management. (I'll post separate pictures of those festivities.) In the meantime, we set up the table as an open bar for any drop-in guests.
We ate our Turkey Dinner at 4:00pm, and how perfect it was! Carol contributed a lovely Christmas Cake, decorated with poinsiettas. Unfortunately we were all too full to cut it!
Having stuffed ourselves all day, interspersed with libations of rum and prosecco, while dancing at the festival, we all retired early. Actually, I think the dancing helped pack down our food, and burned a few calories at the same time!
KINGDOM's guest bar, ready for service
Breakfast - Pepper Pot and fresh-baked bread, with orange juice
The Guyanese Holiday Breakfast
Teffany's fresh-baked bread right out of the oven Christmas morning
Teffany twisting the dough into loaves
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