Rum, Nog, & Nutz........

Damn yeah......I have 8-1/2 lbs of freshly picked walnuts destined for holiday greatness.  It's going to be epic; cinnamon walnut chocolate chip cookies, walnut pumpkin Crunch, candied walnuts, brown sugar and walnut baked brie...... Squirrels Hecka Jealous twitching their tails like "what?".

All Christmas baking slang aside, there's a lot of work to be completed before Erin can bake to her hearts delight.  Last year we spent hours upon hours at our kitchen table being merry while cracking walnuts.  This year will be more of the same but we are including some friends for a traditional mondee' or shelling party.  Mondee' literally translates to mean 'walnut cracking party'.  So why form a social gathering around such an event, why not?  We will hold it the night before Thanksgiving, a night when it seems that everybody is looking for something to do, so come on by and bring your nut sack......

Rum, Nog & Nutz is the event. Is there a more festive holiday drink than egg nog mixed with captain morgan spiced rum and a dash of nutmeg on top?  I don't think so, it's the perfect social cocktail to pair with the nutcracking, it's the best damn thing since the starched shirt.

Guests will bring a sack of nuts, and leave happily with cracked nuts and several new holiday recipes involving walnuts.  It should be a fun way to kick off the season although I worry about the mess created by a bunch of inexperienced nutcrackers busting nuts all over my house........hmmmmmm.