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Post by Spellbound454 on Dec 10, 2014 18:18:36 GMT -5
There is nothing to stop her having her party/presents... in the summer. We are having the traditional fare for this side of the pond. Turkey and stuffing, Roast potatoes and parsnips, Yorkshire pudding, sprouts, carrots, mash, cranberry sauce.... and little sausages wrapped in bacon. No-one likes Christmas pudding so it will be a chocolate pudding instead.
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Post by marvholly on Dec 11, 2014 6:37:22 GMT -5
I usually go to DD1’s and she does a veggie dinner. However, if the weather is terrible I will stay home. My menu will be much like yours Abby: ham, scalloped potatoes, salad & a veg. I’m saving steak for NY. However, ribs are also sounding REAL good so final menu will prob depend on store sales.
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Post by wvugurl26 on Dec 11, 2014 7:31:46 GMT -5
We grilled steaks for Thanksgiving and it was fabulous. We had done the traditional turkey feast a couple weeks beforehand. Dinner is likely to be a standing rib roast. Which should probably be ordered from the butcher.
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Post by yogiii on Dec 11, 2014 7:40:57 GMT -5
I don't understand wanting pie instead of cake.
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Post by zibazinski on Dec 11, 2014 7:43:44 GMT -5
DD gets screwed too. Everything once a year, nothing the rest. DS and I have summer birthdays.
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Post by zibazinski on Dec 11, 2014 7:45:00 GMT -5
Oh, I get the pie thing. DF's office celebrates birthdays. His comptroller 's wife makes the best apple pie imaginable!!!
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Post by The Captain on Dec 11, 2014 7:50:31 GMT -5
I don't understand wanting pie instead of cake. As much as I love cake, you have never experienced my hubby's chocolate French silk pie...
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Post by yogiii on Dec 11, 2014 8:48:49 GMT -5
I don't understand wanting pie instead of cake. As much as I love cake, you have never experienced my hubby's chocolate French silk pie... Ok, I'll admit when I think of pie I think fruit. Perhaps since that pie is chocolate it's a separate category but I make some mean chocolate cakes so ...
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Dec 11, 2014 8:59:24 GMT -5
So several of you have mentioned Yorkshire pudding. What exactly is that? Clearly it's not the meat wrapped in puff pastry thing I'm thinking of.
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Post by Tennesseer on Dec 11, 2014 9:05:43 GMT -5
As much as I love cake, you have never experienced my hubby's chocolate French silk pie... Ok, I'll admit when I think of pie I think fruit. Perhaps since that pie is chocolate it's a separate category but I make some mean chocolate cakes so ... Chocolate and more specifically, chocolate pie, is at the top of the food group pyramid..
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Post by Tennesseer on Dec 11, 2014 9:10:39 GMT -5
So several of you have mentioned Yorkshire pudding. What exactly is that? Clearly it's not the meat wrapped in puff pastry thing I'm thinking of. It's mixed flour, eggs and milk fried in the cooked roast's fat drippings. .
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Post by giramomma on Dec 11, 2014 9:12:40 GMT -5
We are also doing brunch. For the adults, I'm making a goat cheese egg strata (I can make it the day before and stick in in the fridge), and likely some sort of fruit thing. I think we may also be having mimosas. Dunno what I'll do for the kids yet. Cinnamon rolls, I think. Or Assorted breads. Something that I can bake, freeze, and then thaw later.
For dinner, we're having lasagna, that's been already made. All we have to do is put it in the oven and turn the oven on.
For Christmas eve, we are having meatballs. DH is going to make them sometime this week and freeze them.
DH and I will be both working full time on the 22nd and the 23rd. I'm also teaching those days as well. The kids want to go to 4pm mass on Christmas eve, so they can have longer to play with their Santa gifts...I also would like to take them to see a movie on Christmas Eve.
I also want to try and work a half day on the 26th, so that I DH and I can go and celebrate his birthday in a traditional way..I take time off from work and we go to a sporting event during the day.
We're going to be busy, and having super nice dinners just aren't happening. DH and I need to find times to rest and drink. Not necessarily in that order.
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Post by Anne_in_VA on Dec 11, 2014 9:55:57 GMT -5
I'm not sure what we'll have this year. We're going to DSS's on Christmas Eve but we'll be on our own for Christmas. Probably steak and baked potatoes with some roasted asparagus.
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Post by Abby Normal on Dec 11, 2014 11:17:27 GMT -5
I don't understand wanting pie instead of cake. I probably won't mind cake so much if I could do a fancy cake. But nope she complains if it's not the standard birthday cake- complete with the song and the candles. oh- Did I mention she's turning 54 this year? Personally- I would just like cheesecake. Espresso cheesecake with a chocolate ganache to be exact.
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Post by yogiii on Dec 11, 2014 11:58:45 GMT -5
I don't understand wanting pie instead of cake. I probably won't mind cake so much if I could do a fancy cake. But nope she complains if it's not the standard birthday cake- complete with the song and the candles. oh- Did I mention she's turning 54 this year? Personally- I would just like cheesecake. Espresso cheesecake with a chocolate ganache to be exact. Sounds good. I don't complain about cake!
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Post by travelnut11 on Dec 12, 2014 9:06:05 GMT -5
My family has always done a Christmas Day shrimp feast since I was a kid with three kinds of shrimp: deep-fried, boiled/seasoned and scampi. Side dishes are usually kept to a minimum so we can gorge ourselves fully on an ungodly amount of shrimp.
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Post by jinksd1 on Dec 14, 2014 10:40:21 GMT -5
I host Christmas Eve every year. This year we're having:
Bagna Caulda served with French bread
Polish Mistakes (a family recipe of mixed sausage/ground beef on rye with cheese...baked crispy)
Devilled Eggs
Beef Roast cooked in wine
Mashed Potatoes
Gravy made from the beef drippings/wine
Roasted Brussels Sprouts
Green Rice
Brown-and-Serve Rolls
Sugar Pie (old family recipe...tastes like a cinnamon bun in pie form)
Pumkin Pie with whipped cream
Edit: Posted too soon!
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Post by qofcc on Dec 16, 2014 19:50:45 GMT -5
I usually do lasagna & shrimp coctail with a salad & something chocolate for dessert. Everyone's more focused on presents or Christmas movies than food so I keep it simple.
Boston cream pie is a good compromise between pie & cake or you could get a tiny cake for your sister. My daughter & niece both have birthdays around Christmas so we always try to celebrate separately. It's not fair to combine.
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Post by marvholly on Dec 17, 2014 8:04:26 GMT -5
Well the weekly ads are out or at least posted. NONE of the entrees (turkey breast, ham steak, ribs) are on sale this week. What is a single person supposed to do?
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Post by thyme4change on Dec 17, 2014 8:16:42 GMT -5
We usually have cake on Christmas Eve (at my house) and pie on Christmas day (at my Mom's house.) It started with me going to the bakery and getting petit-fours, which over the years that same bakery made them larger and larger until they were more like a full-on piece of cake iced on all sides and individually decorated. Then they closed and I started making cake balls or mini-cupcakes. Our Christmas eve is just food out - like a cocktail party, but very hearty. Everyone goes to a different church and has all different services and schedules. So, we just have little appetizers and people come and go (and often come back) and so we just eat and eat and eat. For your menu - you need a vegetable. Roasted asparagus is nice, or green beans with toasted almonds, maybe grilled carrots. You also need rolls - because I believe gluten is freaking awesome. You could do something like stuffed mushrooms or something like that. But, I really, really think you should make this: www.myrecipes.com/recipe/cipollini-apples-with-bacon
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Post by swamp on Dec 17, 2014 8:24:33 GMT -5
Well the weekly ads are out or at least posted. NONE of the entrees (turkey breast, ham steak, ribs) are on sale this week. What is a single person supposed to do? Whatever the hell you want. Splurge. It's Christmas.
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Dec 17, 2014 9:57:13 GMT -5
So, I have a family event after Christmas. My niece, who did not get to come down for Thanksgiving, wants us and her dad and his family to get together the Saturday after Christmas. I'm good with it (it's a two-hour drive each way, which is fine for a day trip) and I'd like to bring lunch for everyone. Six adults, two teens, one eight-year-old. I do have several very large coolers, and her apartment has a full oven, microwave, etc, so anything can be reheated.
Her apartment is tiny, and she does have a tiny patio. I've asked her to check into reserving the meeting room in the apartment complex (it's really nice) or we will use one of the two pool areas.
One vegetarian in the group, and everyone else eats pretty much anything. Aside from deli platters, any other food ideas?
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Post by chiver78 on Dec 17, 2014 10:32:14 GMT -5
-Caprese salad or sandwiches to match the deli platter -cold salads - quinoa w/diced veggies and vinaigrette, potato, cole slaw, etc. -fruit platter the vegetarian won't eat this, but you can make meatballs and reheat them in a crock pot during your drive
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Post by wwtpgirl66 on Dec 17, 2014 11:04:05 GMT -5
My homemade Shepard's Pie was requested this year by my kids and Dad with a freshly baked baguette. Followed by Chocolate Cream and Double Dutch Apple pies.
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Post by flamingo on Dec 17, 2014 12:10:26 GMT -5
Our Christmas dinner hasn't been decided yet. We'll be in Vegas, and we know where we are going for Christmas Eve dinner, but we'll be playing it by ear for Christmas day. Everything is open, and we don't eat at traditional times when in Vegas, so we won't have a problem finding someplace eat. We go to Vegas often for Christmas and one year we ate a Brazilian Steakhouse-it was AMAZING! If the place was still open, that's where we'd be going again this year.
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Dec 17, 2014 13:14:48 GMT -5
-Caprese salad or sandwiches to match the deli platter -cold salads - quinoa w/diced veggies and vinaigrette, potato, cole slaw, etc. -fruit platter the vegetarian won't eat this, but you can make meatballs and reheat them in a crock pot during your drive Mmmmmmm...caprese salad. The vegetarian can eat the tomatoes and the rest of us enjoy the cheese. Yum. And if I make fresh bread to go with it - oh, heck, the bread will probably never make it there. I'll eat it on the way. My brother loves prosciutto and melon, so that would be good on the fruit platter. I'll make a German potato salad, with bacon on the side, so the vegetarian can have it, too. And a vegan apple pie, from a recipe out of the Penzey's spice catalog (the dough uses coconut oil, instead of lard, butter or shortening).
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Post by Abby Normal on Dec 17, 2014 13:37:51 GMT -5
I'm getting farther. I think I'll do a layered salad (make a day ahead) and do a spinach dip. Because I freaking love spinach dip.
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Post by chiver78 on Dec 17, 2014 13:42:54 GMT -5
-Caprese salad or sandwiches to match the deli platter -cold salads - quinoa w/diced veggies and vinaigrette, potato, cole slaw, etc. -fruit platter the vegetarian won't eat this, but you can make meatballs and reheat them in a crock pot during your drive Mmmmmmm...caprese salad. The vegetarian can eat the tomatoes and the rest of us enjoy the cheese. Yum. And if I make fresh bread to go with it - oh, heck, the bread will probably never make it there. I'll eat it on the way. My brother loves prosciutto and melon, so that would be good on the fruit platter. I'll make a German potato salad, with bacon on the side, so the vegetarian can have it, too. And a vegan apple pie, from a recipe out of the Penzey's spice catalog (the dough uses coconut oil, instead of lard, butter or shortening). ya know, it didn't occur to me that the vegetarian wouldn't eat the cheese. all the veggies I know are lacto-ovo. either way, a nice caprese, drizzle with a homemade pesto and a couple cracks of the black pepper grinder. <drool> I really hope I have a sense of taste by next week. I might make some caprese myself! sent from my electronic distraction
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Dec 17, 2014 13:46:18 GMT -5
Mmmmmmm...caprese salad. The vegetarian can eat the tomatoes and the rest of us enjoy the cheese. Yum. And if I make fresh bread to go with it - oh, heck, the bread will probably never make it there. I'll eat it on the way. My brother loves prosciutto and melon, so that would be good on the fruit platter. I'll make a German potato salad, with bacon on the side, so the vegetarian can have it, too. And a vegan apple pie, from a recipe out of the Penzey's spice catalog (the dough uses coconut oil, instead of lard, butter or shortening). ya know, it didn't occur to me that the vegetarian wouldn't eat the cheese. all the veggies I know are lacto-ovo. either way, a nice caprese, drizzle with a homemade pesto and a couple cracks of the black pepper grinder. <drool> I really hope I have a sense of taste by next week. I might make some caprese myself! sent from my electronic distraction The lacto-ovo vegetarians do. My niece does not. But it's all good. I can bring the items in separate containers and dress them with fresh basil, oil and balsamic upon arrival. I'm hoping I can get some good local tomatoes for this.
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Post by The Captain on Dec 17, 2014 14:06:13 GMT -5
Good veggie dish even in winter: www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/giada-de-laurentiis/caponata-picnic-sandwiches-recipe.htmlI slice French or Italian bread into rounds and toast in the oven until browned then rub with a clove of raw garlic. You can put fresh mozzarella on the slice before piling on the caponata or just put the caponata straight on the rounds. It's seriously good and tangy goodness. One of my good friends was a vegetarian and this was her favorite dish.
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