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Okay... I will start.

Tigard and I are just us for Christmas day. All the kids have extended family obligations, so family celebration is delayed until 1/1.

Our Christmas Day menu is:

Filet Oscar
Roasted asraragus
Baked potato with caviar
I will find a way to add some sort of green stuff.

1/1 Family Celebration menu is:

Antipasti
Ciapino
Arugula salada with honey roasted pear and fried Gorgonzola balls and Meyer lemon vinagrette
Porcetta
Paperadelle with porcine ragu
Sauteed spinach
Amaretto cheesecake

No... We are not Italian. We ethnic theme our gatherings.
 
Miss Lilly - looks like a great menu!

I don't really have anything planned except to maybe go shooting. :)

But, I'm thinking about some Mongolian Beef & veggies tomorrow.
 
We are boring and predictable. Mrs CZfool and the offspring insist on a Turkey Day redux. Turkey cooked on the Big Green Egg, my wife's awesome mushroom stuffing, cranberry sauce, taters, green beans and some rolls. My wife makes home, scratch cinnamon buns for breakfast and we usually eat the big meal mid to late afternoon. Surrounded by lots of snacking. Christmas Eve dinner is my wife's pizza fondue, a veggie plate, cheese, crackers, pepperoni and summer sausage. And for the adults enough red wine to put us to bed early.

Tried once again for Christmas ribs and briskett but I was rejected. Women!
 
Miss Lily;n23419 said:
Okay... I will start.

Tigard and I are just us for Christmas day. All the kids have extended family obligations, so family celebration is delayed until 1/1.

Our Christmas Day menu is:

Filet Oscar
Roasted asraragus
Baked potato with caviar
I will find a way to add some sort of green stuff.

1/1 Family Celebration menu is:

Antipasti
Ciapino
Arugula salada with honey roasted pear and fried Gorgonzola balls and Meyer lemon vinagrette
Porcetta
Paperadelle with porcine ragu
Sauteed spinach
Amaretto cheesecake

No... We are not Italian. We ethnic theme our gatherings.

That is some high brow food there! There has to be a nice bottle of wine with that!
 
I have no clue what the actual mushroom stuffing entails lucky13. I know she sautees the shrooms and some onions. She has some plain white bread that sits out for a few days to become stale. There is some sort of broth that is then mixed with the shrooms, onions and pieces of stale bread to form the stuffing. Then it gets baked. It is tastey. I'll try to steal the top secret recipe and post it. She isn't home! Gotta flip my dinner first.

Edit: Could not find the stuffing recipe. Maybe it is in her head. Will need to do some spy work. Found an entire binder on blueberry baked goods though. Guess there are blueberries in my future.
 
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CZfool68;n23503 said:
That is some high brow food there! There has to be a nice bottle of wine with that!

But of course!

Sad news is our wine purveyor is moving post new year. Will be less convenient to procure proper wines.
 
We've been doing Italian food for Christmas the past 2 years as we were all tired of turkey, ham, & all the usual.

So:

Home made lasagna
Garlic bread
Salad
Coca-Cola (just ain't Christmas without coke!)
Cheesecake from Costco's
Whatever else the Mrs. decides to cook


DS
 
Miss Lily said:
CZfool68;n23503 said:
That is some high brow food there! There has to be a nice bottle of wine with that!

But of course!

Sad news is our wine purveyor is moving post new year. Will be less convenient to procure proper wines.
Well after the firdt few glasses proper doesn't really matter anyway.
 
It's just my wife and I this years so we decided not to do a huge traditional meal. We went with Grilled lamb chops and asparagus with a side salad. I may post some pics in Wolfies thread Christmas day. Hope to see what you all do too.
 
Mrstrcubed and I were just discussing this. We're going to CHT to be with the kids Christmas Eve and Christmas morning, coming back before lunch Christmas Day, and haven't even had time to think about what we'll eat.
 
Miss Lily;n23419 said:
Okay... I will start.

Tigard and I are just us for Christmas day. All the kids have extended family obligations, so family celebration is delayed until 1/1.

Our Christmas Day menu is:

Filet Oscar
Roasted asraragus
Baked potato with caviar
I will find a way to add some sort of green stuff.

1/1 Family Celebration menu is:

Antipasti
Ciapino
Arugula salada with honey roasted pear and fried Gorgonzola balls and Meyer lemon vinagrette
Porcetta
Paperadelle with porcine ragu
Sauteed spinach
Amaretto cheesecake

No... We are not Italian. We ethnic theme our gatherings.

There are MANY reasons why I'm glad that you joined up with us over here Miss Lily ! :cool::cool:

Now pics of the table once this is served will help us at least enjoy the visual appeal of this tempting menu. Enjoy your Christmas season with those who are fortunate enough to partake in this feast.
 
The mushroom stuffing is all in her head and really simple.

Sautee a bunch of mushrooms and onions in butter. More the merrier. That way you are sure you have enough the first few times you make it. Oh, amd chop the mushrooms first. Make them about peanut sized or so. Same with onions.

Have a whole loaf of cheap white bread out for a few days to make stale. Break into small pieces.

Add shroom and onion mix to a bog bowl of the bread pieces. Add chicken broth until you have a moist but not mushy consistency. Bake in oven at 350. We like the edges a little crispy. I think it bakes for about 45 mins or so.
 
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With the wife on the mend she's not eating much. It's just her, me, and her daughter is here. I'm going ahead with my plans to try a new stew in cast iron in the grill, slow cooked for about 5-6 hours, and a blueberry cobbler, also in cast iron. The blueberry cobbler is my wife's favorite so I gotta pamper her a little more. I'm hoping that I've been bad this year so Santa will bring me a lump of coal. I'm down to about 8 bags of charcoal and every little bit will hep.
 
Is it stuffing or dressing? I have been corrected so many times that it is dressing since moving south from New England.
 
Stuffing goes into the bird/roast/animal protein, dressing is cooked separately.
 
Down south we are smart enough to know that stuffing does not reach temperature and can cause serious illness (salmonella). We prepare a dressing cooked separately that will insure that all animal proteins are cooked to temperature and will not produce food born bacteria.
 
Taking a honey baked ham and some fixins over to the old MIL's house. About 8 of us. Old Granny gets agitated since she's loosing her memory and she won't leave the house, so we're just having a quiet meal at her place, 'cause it might be the last, who knows.
 
Well, because there are only adults in the family on my wife's side and only 9 of them, we started doing off-beat Christmas. One year it was German, then Italian...Last year was red-neck. That was fun with a bunch of yankees, lol

This year is pirate. So most of the food has a Caribbean flavor:

Caribbean Fish Stew
Seagull wings
Trinidad Corn Pie
Barnacle Beans
Jamaican Cabbage with shrimp
Red Lobster Cheese Biscuit
Roast Sweet potato
Tropical fruit
Rum Cake
South Seas Cobbler

It's kind of corny but get folks to eat things they normally would not try
 
We use to have a modified version of Thanksgiving dinner... after several years of that we decided to change it up a bit. Everyone likes it so far.

Ribeye steaks (about 1-1/2" or a little thicker... my wife calls them your own personal roast. lol) Got a great rub for steaks thanks to a previous forum member.
Ham
Baked potatoes
Bacon broccoli salad
Sweet potatoes
Roasted brussel sprouts
Deviled eggs
Fresh green beans
Cheese cake
Red velvet cake - also called birthday cake :)

Happy Birthday Jesus!
 
Standing rib roast, salad, baked potatoes, cherry cheesecake pies.

Traditional Christmas Dinner for us.
 
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Don't take this the wrong way, but man, you got some pretty meat!!
 
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lol, thanks. I picked them up at "The Fresh Market". They have a great meat counter!

http://www.thefreshmarket.com
 
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Miss Lily;n23874 said:
Down south we are smart enough to know that stuffing does not reach temperature and can cause serious illness (salmonella). We prepare a dressing cooked separately that will insure that all animal proteins are cooked to temperature and will not produce food born bacteria.

Preach it Miss Lily!
 
Since the boy child and his family have obligations at his in-laws tomorrow we're having heavy hors d' oeuvres this afternoon and going to extending family tomorrow for a "proper" Christmas dinner.

Don's wings
Caso blanco
Sausage cheese balls
Chex mix (with BACON drippin's) OMG! This stuff is addictive!!
Brownies
Pound cake
Rum balls
 
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Baked glazed ham with fresh cut pineapple slices held on with cloves
scalloped potatoes
roasted green beans with garlic butter and bacon bits
baked pears in caramel crème sauce
Hot Hawaiian style rolls

We've got red and white wines
lots of craft beers
and a full "cabinet" with lots of mixers

for desserts:
I made pumpkin chocolate chip cookies
butter cookies
and a homemade cheesecake

...and whatever anyone else wants to bring. I told them drinks for themselves if they don't like what I got ;)
 
CZfool68 said:
We are boring and predictable. Mrs CZfool and the offspring insist on a Turkey Day redux. Turkey cooked on the Big Green Egg, my wife's awesome mushroom stuffing, cranberry sauce, taters, green beans and some rolls. My wife makes home, scratch cinnamon buns for breakfast and we usually eat the big meal mid to late afternoon. Surrounded by lots of snacking. Christmas Eve dinner is my wife's pizza fondue, a veggie plate, cheese, crackers, pepperoni and summer sausage. And for the adults enough red wine to put us to bed early.

Tried once again for Christmas ribs and briskett but I was rejected. Women!
+1 yes tell us more. Sample would he better.
 
12151791 said:
Is it stuffing or dressing? I have been corrected so many times that it is dressing since moving south from New England.
If it tastes good who cares? Cook it however you'd like. In the bird or not.
 
12151791 said:
Is it stuffing or dressing? I have been corrected so many times that it is dressing since moving south from New England.
It's dressing; stuffing is that stuff they stuff pillows with :)
 
trcubed;n25391 said:
We smoked a few dozen wings at our son's house and are taking them to the PD in a few minutes to feed him and the rest of the crew that's working tonight.

Excellent. And Merry Christmas to all Cubed family.
 
trcubed said:
We smoked a few dozen wings at our son's house and are taking them to the PD in a few minutes to feed him and the rest of the crew that's working tonight.
Now that is just cool right there!
 
fieldgrade;n25432 said:
Excellent. And Merry Christmas to all Cubed family.

Thank you, brother. Tina and I hope you and yours have a very Merry Christmas. Enjoy the time at your mother-in-law's home.
 
Huevos Rancheros for breakfast, a snack of meats and cheeses with crackers around noon, then an early dinner...

For dinner we'll be having a bone-in, standing rib roast with Yorkshire pudding, mashed potatoes and gravy, some veggies, and a variety of cookies and pies...

oh and lots of wine, Scotch, and bourbon...
 
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