Another Christmas doozy
Risalamande (only spelling accepted by the High Grand Royal Language Council of the Glorious Kingdom of Denmark.
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Take some rice, how many cups depend on how many people who intend to feed.
Put rice in pot, preferably a non-stick teflon pot.
Add whole-milk, again, quantity depends on eaters. 1 cup milk per one cup rice is the norm + 1 extra
Set the cooker on low-medium heat and stir frequently. I recommend non-stick pot so as to avoid the milk burning. This will take a while, so arm yourself with an audio-book or something like that.
When the concoction has turned into a sticky, greyish substance that one usually associates with "Oliver Twist", take off heat and put in fridge. Let the porridge get completely cold.
Then make a large batch of whipped cream, de-skin and chop about 500 grams of almonds, make sure they are all chopped in some way or other. Keep one almond to the side, untouched and whole.
De-seed 2 vanilla pods.
Mix whipped cream, chopped almonds and vanilla into cold porridge. Then add whole almond. Put back in fridge. Then go buy a present, like a book or a cup or something small but useful.
When Christmas dinner is upon you, let your guests eat until they can't move. Then bring out the risalamande. The purpose of the dish is that, whoever finds the whole almond wins the present. Now, to make it more fun, you have to hide the fact you have the almond, thus causing your fellow diners to eat more of the white stuff. When they have risalamande coming out f their nose and one or two may need the hospital or last rites, then you proudly produce the almond and claim your present. Everyone will hate you but they will be too stuffed to beat you up and the next day everyone will be convinced that granpa got the almond
Bon Appetit