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Tuesday, December 22. 2015

Life in America: Christmas Menu at the HQ

There will only be 13 or 14 of us this year, so it's easy.


Crown roast of pork with apple stuffing
Homemade applesauce from friends
Balsamic roasted beets
Parsnip puree - we can't have Xmas without it
Roast pumpkin


Buche de Noel and homemade Christmas cookies. Somebody will probably bring a Struffoli.


What's on your menu?

Posted by Bird Dog in Food and Drink at 15:54 | Comments (14) | Trackbacks (0)

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Roast beef (prime rib), Yorkshire pudding, mashed potatoes. That's all I am responsible to do, and that's all I want anyway.

Family tradition.
#1 The B. on 2015-12-22 16:20 (Reply)
We do get to do the cranberry sauce, taken from a really fancy cookbook my parents were given as a wedding gift. Won't quote it all, but the end was "the right way to make cranberry sauce".
#1.1 Frances on 2015-12-23 21:01 (Reply)
Turkey/Havarti sandwiches, trail mix, a banana and bottled water! A Christmas picnic at the headwaters of the Suwannee River. My son has a new girlfriend in Fort Worth and she's a millionaire-so he chose her over me!
I'm very happy there among the wild turkeys, gators, moccasins, and the ghosts of my ancestors.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
#2 Mockingbird on 2015-12-22 17:25 (Reply)
Beef Wellington. I watched Gordon Ramsay make it from a link here at Maggie's Farm. I tried it & all liked it, so it is on the menu this year. Accompanied by good mashed potatoes, salad and pie.

Merry Christmas to All!
#3 Gordon on 2015-12-22 17:43 (Reply)
Did a Beef Wellington for Thanksgiving - for those following Gordon's excellent video, remember that he is metric so when he says a 200° oven, he means Celsius which is about 400°F.

Doing a big ham for Christmas, oven roasted vegetables (the balsamic glaze sounds yummy!) and pot luck for everything else...
#4 DaveH (Link) on 2015-12-22 19:46 (Reply)
We're sticking with the traditional roast turkey, but we swear by the old Food & Wine spice-cured brined turkey. Dressing, gravy, spinach madeleine, other stuff.
#5 Texan99 on 2015-12-22 20:06 (Reply)
Tamarind Shrimp with Chile Sauce, Basmati Rice Pilaf, and Sambar Masala. An Indian dish to be served alongside the traditional turkey, mashed potatoes etc.
#6 Steven Wilson (Link) on 2015-12-22 20:17 (Reply)
Offspring is singing the turkey this year: given we have four grandbrats four and under, the locale has to have lots of toys and be reasonably child-proof. An old family recipe, often brought out for Christmas, is for mashed carrots and parsnips. Peel, cut, boil. When all tender, do a rough mash with a scoop of butter. Not fancy, but good, and a year-round recipe.
#7 Frances on 2015-12-22 21:23 (Reply)
Pork rinds and malt liquor, skittles for dessert.
#8 model_1066 on 2015-12-22 22:21 (Reply)
Now that's a dinner for the gods! Who's gonna do the dishes?
#8.1 Sven Svenson on 2015-12-23 11:00 (Reply)
Normally it's duck and dirty rice, but this year will be turkey, wild rice cream soup, dressing, cherry pie, chocolate mousse. I think I have some cranberry sauce frozen from Thanksgiving. Lots of olives, cheese, bread, beer, and wine.

We have our meal on Christmas Eve after Mass and stay up late. We'll sleep in as late as the kids will let us and then I will have Irish cream on ice for breakfast. I think the others want mimosas.
#9 Jack Walter on 2015-12-22 23:20 (Reply)
Roast beef with roasted potatoes and parsnips, ham, Yorkshire pudding, perfectly cooked Brussels sprouts, peas with thyme and blue cheese, and angel food cake with black raspberry sauce. And lots of wine.
#10 missred on 2015-12-23 07:15 (Reply)
We're celebrating with the centuries old traditional Viking fare: braised corn beef, cabbage, potatoes and carrots. Accompanied with a properly chilled Mogan David concord. Desert is imported German stollen with Norwegian gasoline (coffee) - 4 Tbsp. coffee grounds for every 6 oz. cup.

Gordon Ramsey is an arrogant poseur. If f*ck wasn't every other word he uttered he'd be a fry cook at Betty's House of Grease in Possum Trot.
#11 Sven Svenson on 2015-12-23 10:55 (Reply)
Beef Wellington (and assorted veggies, I guess) with our own make of Plum Pudding afterward. And also lots of wine ;-)
#12 Susan Lee on 2015-12-23 11:56 (Reply)

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