What are you making for Christmas Dinner?
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What are you making for Christmas Dinner?
Or Christmas Eve? Or Hanukkah?
Standing Rib Roast, roast potatoes and Yorkshire Pudding at our household.
Anyone else want to share their plans?
Standing Rib Roast, roast potatoes and Yorkshire Pudding at our household.
Anyone else want to share their plans?
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Re: What are you making for Christmas Dinner?
I'm going to my sister's in Pennsylvania, should the weather gods cooperate. She is making beef tenderloin. I am bringing two cases of Chianti.
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Re: What are you making for Christmas Dinner?
Roast beast, like everyone else in Whoville. That's what The Bride calls a rib roast on Christmas.
Christmas Eve, we host our church organist and music director for dinner between services (they live too far from the church to make it back and forth in time). Bill of fare that evening is Shrimp Bog. Dense mix of rice, shrimp, onions sauteed in bacon fat, and whatever else holds it together.
Christmas Eve, we host our church organist and music director for dinner between services (they live too far from the church to make it back and forth in time). Bill of fare that evening is Shrimp Bog. Dense mix of rice, shrimp, onions sauteed in bacon fat, and whatever else holds it together.
I am about 25% sure of this.
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Re: What are you making for Christmas Dinner?
You got a recipe for that Shrimp Bog stuff?
That sounds yummy!
That sounds yummy!
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Re: What are you making for Christmas Dinner?
A standing rib roast is our usual, but with only the two of us this year, that's a bit much. Same goes for a full turkey. I 'spect we'll head to the new local butcher Wednesday afternoon and see what looks good that we haven't yet tried from them.
Saturday is another story. The HC, HS and GF, and two of BD's bridesmaids will be spending the night. I do not know what is planned for dinner. I do know that much frivolity will occur, since BD plus these particular bridesmaids total much more than the sum of the parts.
Saturday is another story. The HC, HS and GF, and two of BD's bridesmaids will be spending the night. I do not know what is planned for dinner. I do know that much frivolity will occur, since BD plus these particular bridesmaids total much more than the sum of the parts.
I just ordered chicken and an egg from Amazon. I'll let you know.
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For Christmas Eve, I'll make what has become our traditional pre-Santa fare:
Rjistafel (Dutch-Indonesian curried chicken over rice, topped with up to perhaps ten sweet and sour condiments, including chutney, green onions, raisin, peanuts, cooked egg yolk, cooked egg white, coconut, sliced banana, crumbled bacon, and grated orange rind or candied ginger. That will sound weird to some, I know, but the combination of flavors is not only delicious, it's fun to eat.
Plus, a salad yet to be named, rolls and butter, and for dessert, Le Marquise de Chocolat, Julia Child's chocolate sponge cake layered with Grand Marnier-flavored butter creme and covered by a dark chocolate hard shell.
I won't have to make Christmas dinner, but it will be roast beef with Yorkshire pudding, a fabulous green salad, green beans amandine, perhaps another vegetable, and choices from various cheesecakes and Italian and German cookies for dessert.
We don't change the menu much from year to year, because we've agreed that all of it is exquisite, and we don't often see anything as good at any other time.
I've just finished my shopping list, and I'm heading to the grocery now.
Rjistafel (Dutch-Indonesian curried chicken over rice, topped with up to perhaps ten sweet and sour condiments, including chutney, green onions, raisin, peanuts, cooked egg yolk, cooked egg white, coconut, sliced banana, crumbled bacon, and grated orange rind or candied ginger. That will sound weird to some, I know, but the combination of flavors is not only delicious, it's fun to eat.
Plus, a salad yet to be named, rolls and butter, and for dessert, Le Marquise de Chocolat, Julia Child's chocolate sponge cake layered with Grand Marnier-flavored butter creme and covered by a dark chocolate hard shell.
I won't have to make Christmas dinner, but it will be roast beef with Yorkshire pudding, a fabulous green salad, green beans amandine, perhaps another vegetable, and choices from various cheesecakes and Italian and German cookies for dessert.
We don't change the menu much from year to year, because we've agreed that all of it is exquisite, and we don't often see anything as good at any other time.
I've just finished my shopping list, and I'm heading to the grocery now.
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Re: What are you making for Christmas Dinner?
A pig of myself. 
Enough already. It's my fault! Get over it!
That'll be $10, please.
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Re: What are you making for Christmas Dinner?
Christmas dinner is doing double duty for us this year. My sister is getting married on Thursday (her second, and her fiance's second). So dinner will be whatever the caterer puts in front of us. --Bob
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Re: What are you making for Christmas Dinner?
Beef Tenderloin
MIL's Curried Rice (yum!)
Mixed green salad
Ambrosia
Green Beans
Sweet Potato Casserole
Mashed Potatoes (for those who don't like the sweet ones or just like
to overload on carbs)
Squash casserole
Sauteed mushrooms
Fresh rolls
Chocolate pie
Chocolate Cake
Tiramisu
Lemon Mousse pie
Lots of wine/spirits
MIL's Curried Rice (yum!)
Mixed green salad
Ambrosia
Green Beans
Sweet Potato Casserole
Mashed Potatoes (for those who don't like the sweet ones or just like
to overload on carbs)
Squash casserole
Sauteed mushrooms
Fresh rolls
Chocolate pie
Chocolate Cake
Tiramisu
Lemon Mousse pie
Lots of wine/spirits
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Re: What are you making for Christmas Dinner?
I forgot to mention the large quantites of wone and however much Grand Marnier is left over from the butter creme.kayrharris wrote:
Lots of wine/spirits
It's funny how an entire bottle of the stuff is sufficient for only one meal.
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Re: What are you making for Christmas Dinner?
A road trip to Richmond.
My favorite making.
My favorite making.
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Re: What are you making for Christmas Dinner?
LOLRexer25 wrote:A pig of myself.
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Re: What are you making for Christmas Dinner?
kayrharris wrote:Beef Tenderloin
MIL's Curried Rice (yum!)
Mixed green salad
Ambrosia
Green Beans
Sweet Potato Casserole
Mashed Potatoes (for those who don't like the sweet ones or just like
to overload on carbs)
Squash casserole
Sauteed mushrooms
Fresh rolls
Chocolate pie
Chocolate Cake
Tiramisu
Lemon Mousse pie
Lots of wine/spirits
I'll be making an attempt to get to Kay's house
If I make it to Mom and Dad's, it will be Tortiere, if not, then I'll probably get some Chinese for us.
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Re: What are you making for Christmas Dinner?
On Christmas Eve, we will have a modified Italian seven fishes dinner.
Clam chowder, shrimp cocktail, crab cakes. So, it's three for the Trinity and not seven for the Sacraments.
For Christmas, we'll go to an open house at friends' house. We will have turkey and ham there with veggies and sweet potatoes.
On the 26th, we will have pork tenderloin in the crockpot. Veggies TBA.
On the 27th, we have a wedding. On the 28th, we drive TLAF back to the shore and take the pork leftovers for dinner.
SC's curry chicken dish sounds really yummy!
Clam chowder, shrimp cocktail, crab cakes. So, it's three for the Trinity and not seven for the Sacraments.
For Christmas, we'll go to an open house at friends' house. We will have turkey and ham there with veggies and sweet potatoes.
On the 26th, we will have pork tenderloin in the crockpot. Veggies TBA.
On the 27th, we have a wedding. On the 28th, we drive TLAF back to the shore and take the pork leftovers for dinner.
SC's curry chicken dish sounds really yummy!
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Re: What are you making for Christmas Dinner?
a1mamacat wrote:kayrharris wrote:Beef Tenderloin
MIL's Curried Rice (yum!)
Mixed green salad
Ambrosia
Green Beans
Sweet Potato Casserole
Mashed Potatoes (for those who don't like the sweet ones or just like
to overload on carbs)
Squash casserole
Sauteed mushrooms
Fresh rolls
Chocolate pie
Chocolate Cake
Tiramisu
Lemon Mousse pie
Lots of wine/spirits
I'll be making an attempt to get to Kay's house![]()
If I make it to Mom and Dad's, it will be Tortiere, if not, then I'll probably get some Chinese for us.
I had to look up Tortiere, but it sounds yummy! I hope you can make it.
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Re: What are you making for Christmas Dinner?
Sounds like A Christmas Story. Do you have a fragile stockinged ladies leg lamp in the window too?a1mamacat wrote:kayrharris wrote:Beef Tenderloin
MIL's Curried Rice (yum!)
Mixed green salad
Ambrosia
Green Beans
Sweet Potato Casserole
Mashed Potatoes (for those who don't like the sweet ones or just like
to overload on carbs)
Squash casserole
Sauteed mushrooms
Fresh rolls
Chocolate pie
Chocolate Cake
Tiramisu
Lemon Mousse pie
Lots of wine/spirits
I'll be making an attempt to get to Kay's house![]()
If I make it to Mom and Dad's, it will be Tortiere, if not, then I'll probably get some Chinese for us.
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Re: What are you making for Christmas Dinner?
Prime Rib for Christmas.
Apparently I am hosting a party for Maddie's Mock Trial team on Saturday. I have to figure out a menu for that.
Apparently I am hosting a party for Maddie's Mock Trial team on Saturday. I have to figure out a menu for that.
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We go to our daughter's for Christmas Eve and it's usually turkey and the usual goodies.
Christmas Day, it's just the two of us so we go to the local Chinese restaurant which is about the only thing open other than the Waffle House.
Christmas Day, it's just the two of us so we go to the local Chinese restaurant which is about the only thing open other than the Waffle House.
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Re: What are you making for Christmas Dinner?
You wono, you!silvercamaro wrote:I forgot to mention the large quantites of wone and however much Grand Marnier is left over from the butter creme.
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Re: What are you making for Christmas Dinner?
Christmas Eve: (for about 17)
Corn chowder
thin sliced tenderloin on bruschetta
meat and cheese tray with various crackers
a selection of the 14 varieties of Christmas cookies my mom and I made. (mostly me) I'll prolly have to make more of the linzer cookies, we'll run out before th 24th. also fudge, caramels and homemade moosemunch.
Christmas breakfast/brunch: (for 12)
two kinds of quiche, fresh pineapple/strawberry, and whatever-other-fruit-looks-good plate, sausage links, and hash browns
Christmas dinner: ( for 25)
Roasted (brined) turkeys
mashed potatoes, dressing, sweet potatoes, broiled squash, creamed onions and peas, gravy, rolls, pumpkin pie, chocolate silk pie, baked apples, and/or brownies with peppermint ice cream and hot fudge.
Corn chowder
thin sliced tenderloin on bruschetta
meat and cheese tray with various crackers
a selection of the 14 varieties of Christmas cookies my mom and I made. (mostly me) I'll prolly have to make more of the linzer cookies, we'll run out before th 24th. also fudge, caramels and homemade moosemunch.
Christmas breakfast/brunch: (for 12)
two kinds of quiche, fresh pineapple/strawberry, and whatever-other-fruit-looks-good plate, sausage links, and hash browns
Christmas dinner: ( for 25)
Roasted (brined) turkeys
mashed potatoes, dressing, sweet potatoes, broiled squash, creamed onions and peas, gravy, rolls, pumpkin pie, chocolate silk pie, baked apples, and/or brownies with peppermint ice cream and hot fudge.
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Re: What are you making for Christmas Dinner?
I've always wanted one of those lamps, even though I have no place for it!!ulysses5019 wrote:Sounds like A Christmas Story. Do you have a fragile stockinged ladies leg lamp in the window too?a1mamacat wrote:kayrharris wrote:Beef Tenderloin
MIL's Curried Rice (yum!)
Mixed green salad
Ambrosia
Green Beans
Sweet Potato Casserole
Mashed Potatoes (for those who don't like the sweet ones or just like
to overload on carbs)
Squash casserole
Sauteed mushrooms
Fresh rolls
Chocolate pie
Chocolate Cake
Tiramisu
Lemon Mousse pie
Lots of wine/spirits
I'll be making an attempt to get to Kay's house![]()
If I make it to Mom and Dad's, it will be Tortiere, if not, then I'll probably get some Chinese for us.
Hey, it's even on sale....
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Re: What are you making for Christmas Dinner?
christie1111 wrote:Or Christmas Eve? Or Hanukkah?
Standing Rib Roast, roast potatoes and Yorkshire Pudding at our household.
Anyone else want to share their plans?
you are almost allowed to invite me for dinner
i demand my #11 aunt serve me:
standing rib roast
twice baked potatoes
assortment of my favourite gooey chocolate cookies cookies
i will et an entire cheese plate
then
three slabs of beef
2 potatoes
14 cookies
1/2 bottle of wine
and the beef best be bloody
if my demands are met i will sorta help clean up
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Glorioski! That place sells wonderful stuff. I guess it's too late for this year, but next year, I'm going back with my credit card!kayrharris wrote: I've always wanted one of those lamps, even though I have no place for it!!
Hey, it's even on sale....
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Holy Crap! I didn't know there were so many ways to have that lamp and the box it came in.kayrharris wrote: I've always wanted one of those lamps, even though I have no place for it!!
Hey, it's even on sale....
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I'm not making anything special. Just ham, potatoes, and green beans.
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