beef pie & traditions
I feel so content when I realise we have created another tradition in our home. At some point I subconsciously aligned the desire to make the first pie of each year around the early stages of the rugby season. (See 2011’s first pie too.) As the weather cools I daydream about pulling out the cooking red wine and pickled onions to make what my husband calls “your famous beef pie”.
The sound of a favoured sport on tv fills me with comforting feelings of cosy nights at home. Caring for my husband with healthy, homemade food. Quiet evenings watching with him or reading, writing, menu planning or falling asleep snuggled into him. As the winter bite hits, my feet will be tucked under his legs seeking more warmth for my toes. A gorgeous dog on the floor or snuggled in his bed beside the couch. Sometimes people will be sprawled on the couch and floor too as we share take away food and comfortable friendship.
I revel in the sacredness of our own habits but also hold them loose enough to allow the excitement of change. What are your food traditions?
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You always write so beautifully
I don’t have a ‘famous’ dish yet, but seem to be starting a tradition of having a feast around midsummer and midwinter, a shared effort with some of our closest friends. Maybe this year’s winter feast will include a beef pie!
Comfort food and snuggling when the weather turns cool. Simply the best of life’s moments. The pie and the salad with figs look so yummy! I love the contrast that we are in opposite seasons!
I love you description of cosy nights at home with good food. I will have to look more favourably on the long cold dark nights when it comes around again.
I think different favourites depend on the season. Roasts and curries are always popular, we picked our daughter up from her first year at Uni today, and she was delighted to discover we were having a roast for dinner!
Sarah
What a yummy tradition! I don’t have any “Special” dishes yet, but we ALWAYS do pancakes and eggs on Sunday morning. Thats kind of a tradition right? Also, Saturday nights we make our own “Take out” meaning home made pizza, Chinese or Mexican. Love your pics. That beef pie and salad in that beautiful turquose bowl look DELISH!
I am a bit of a piemaker too. Both savoury and sweet. I guess I am most famous for my cakes and soups, though. My friends always seem to know when I have baked something because they always knock on the door at the right time. I often wonder if one of them has put a hidden camera in my kitchen, it happens with such regularity. LOL.
Your pie looks utterly delicious!!!
Such a lovely post lady, you capture the wonderful things about life so effortlessly! A homemade pie sounds like a delicious winter tradition to start! I’m a big fan of stews and bakes in winter and bechamel sauce on just about everything. This year we’re hoping to start a potluck games night as a new tradition. I love the idea of friends coming together to share their favourite dishes and childhood boardgames. x
I am big into comfort food in winter and I love how you have a beef pie next to a salad and figs…I don’t generally associate figs with cold weather but then again I have no idea when they are in season so perhaps I shouldn’t be surprised. French toast is the tradition in our house – either Sat or Sunday morning and not every weekend, its more of a treat when we have yummy fruits to go on top.
P xo