Xmas Dinner

[Colleen Thomas]

I just sprinkled paprika on my banana pudding instead of nutmeg!

That should provide everyone with a christmas suprise

 

[carsonshepherd]

Surprisingly, it's pretty good!

 

[Colleen Thomas]

Surprisingly, it's pretty good!

LOL, sometimes cooking mistakes yeild gold

 

[RhapsodyInRed]

You guys really get all that? Doesn't anyone just sit at home alone with a tin of room temp chef-boy-ardee? Oreo's for desert?

I'm having tacos

 

[Stella_Omega]

Surprisingly, it's pretty good!

Black pepper makes an excellent seasoning in sweet things, actually.

 

[carsonshepherd]

Black pepper makes an excellent seasoning in sweet things, actually.

try it on strawberries

 

[MissBri]

 

[Stella_Omega]

try it on strawberries

And in chocolate- yummy, it really is!

 

[BlackShanglan]

I just sprinkled paprika on my banana pudding instead of nutmeg!

One of my favorite moments from "Frasier." His father pours himself some egg nog and is about to drink it when Frasier runs over to fuss at him - "That's the number one holiday mistake - serving egg nog without the nutmeg!" He sprinkles the egg nog; father begins to choke on it; Frasier sheepishly confesses that "Number two, of course, is confusing the paprika and the nutmeg ..."

(Although how a man of Mr. Crane's refined tastes could possibly consider using nutmeg that was not freshly grated, I can't imagine. )

Vosges chocolate does truffles that involve, amongst other things, black pepper ... they also have a superb wasabi/blackened sesame seed truffle and a coconut milk/curry powder that makes most other chocolate pale in comparison.

Shanglan

 

[carsonshepherd]

I had paprika for the devilled eggs (which I don't eat) sitting on the counter next to the nutmeg (for the spinach pie.) Same type of jar... Oh well. You couldn't taste it, since the paprika is on the old side.

The Spice House

 

[dr_mabeuse]

Black pepper makes an excellent seasoning in sweet things, actually.

I've been putting in my oatmeal with butter and brown sugar for some years now. It's good.

 

[Black Tulip]

No traditional Christmas dinner in my house. LOL
In Holland that would be rabbit or deer.

We're in the proces of making a new tradition.
My two nieces came over on Christmas Day, with their partners and we all contributed to the meal.

Not sure if there is an English word for it, but it's cooking at the table in tiny frying pans. We call it "gourmetten".
Different sorts of meat, vegetables, cheeses, my whole load of spices and herbs.
A few bottles of nice wine...

Anybody hungry? The meat still in the fridge is enough to feed us for the rest of the week.

http://www.addis-welt.de/smilie/smilie/xmas/xmas6.gif

 

[sack]

Anyone for spaghetti....

On Christmas eve I went over my sister's house for Spaghetti and cheesecake (? odd combination) and on Christmas day to my parent's place for homemade lasagna. It was very good, but filling!! Now will have to be good for the rest of the Christmas break to lose the few pounds I've gained!

Sack

 

[MissBri]

 

[carsonshepherd]

On Christmas eve I went over my sister's house for Spaghetti and cheesecake (? odd combination) and on Christmas day to my parent's place for homemade lasagna. It was very good, but filling!! Now will have to be good for the rest of the Christmas break to lose the few pounds I've gained!

Sack

Not odd. My family's Irish and we always had homemade manicotti on Christmas eve. yummy

 

[SeaCat]

Just got back from my parents place.
Spiral Cut Honey Glazed Ham.
Sweet Potatoes made with Honey and Maple Syrup.
Garlic and Oregano Mashed Potatoes.
Garlic fried Asparagus.
Fried rabbit.
Sourdough Bisquits.
Sweet Butter
Red Eye Gravy.
All of this followed by real Minced Meat Pie. (Made with Venison.)

I have enough leftovers in my frisge, (another family tradition,) to feed my wife and myself for close to a month. I guess i'll be freezing some of this huh?

Cat

 

[velvetpie]

Prime Rib, cooked medium rare
Duck Salad on a bed of marinated field greens
Hunter Sauce, thick with chunks of mushrooms, pearl onions and garlic
Brown Sugar yams
Baked Potatoes, stuffed with garlic and bacon

Dessert? Choose from all this stuff I made:

Decorated Sugar Cookies
Popcorn Balls with Almonds
English Toffee
Broken Glass Candy
Cherry Fudge
Toll House Brownies
Butter Spritz Cookies
Fruitcake

I'm getting full just typing this. I so love to cook!

 

[sincerely_helene]

What? No Pics?

 

[oggbashan]

New Yorkers are deprived

There are a couple of stores in New York that import traditional English Fare including Christmas Puddings for those ex-pats and New Yorkers who like English food.

The stores are in trouble. Their supplies from the UK are being intercepted and held in Customs for months as threats to Homeland Security. There is no redress if Christmas Puddings are not released from Customs until February.

Is this a genuine response to a threat or US Protectionism at work?

I think I will boycott Coca Cola and McDonalds in retailiation. Should be good for the diet...

Og

 

[Unsung Muse]

All Polish on my SO's side... so it's perogies, calbosa, ham, kapusta & beets.
Mmmmm. Tuck in & schedule your by-pass early!

My own family (mixed celtic descent residing in N/W Ontario Canada)
= it's the traditional turkey dinner (including that green bean caserole),
but tends to boil and puree everything else... all quite unrecognizable
& flavorlesness.

Must've had a toothless ancestor with a fickle tummy?


Warmest Wishes to All,

 

[BlackShanglan]

There are a couple of stores in New York that import traditional English Fare including Christmas Puddings for those ex-pats and New Yorkers who like English food.

The stores are in trouble. Their supplies from the UK are being intercepted and held in Customs for months as threats to Homeland Security. There is no redress if Christmas Puddings are not released from Customs until February.

Is this a genuine response to a threat or US Protectionism at work?

I think I will boycott Coca Cola and McDonalds in retailiation. Should be good for the diet...

Og

The heartless bastards. How I miss a good Christmas pudding.

I did make quite a good one some years back. I did everything by the book and it came out wonderfully save for one slight miscalculation. I forgot to check, before starting, precisely how much Christmas pudding the recipe made. I somehow got quite far into making it before I realized that it made something in the neighborood of a gallon. My goodness, that was a pudding to remember, especially as there were only three guests and I to eat it.

Shanglan

 

[English Lady]

The heartless bastards. How I miss a good Christmas pudding.

I did make quite a good one some years back. I did everything by the book and it came out wonderfully save for one slight miscalculation. I forgot to check, before starting, precisely how much Christmas pudding the recipe made. I somehow got quite far into making it before I realized that it made something in the neighborood of a gallon. My goodness, that was a pudding to remember, especially as there were only three guests and I to eat it.

Shanglan

That sounds like Heaven -I love Christmas pudding

 

[Stella_Omega]

WE had a slightly less-than-joyous Christmas over here.
We talked about a simple menu- Pot roast (I make a damn fine gourmet version) Roasted white potatoes, root veggies, green beans for something lighter.
My parents, my sister, hubby's ex-wife, my step-daughter, my son's best friend, to join us.

I potted the roast day before yesterady, with lots of broth, and hubby got upset, because he'd been expecting a dry-roasted version. BUt yanno, I don't have the budget for the hunk of meat that would dry roast that way- it's chuck, baby, that's the best we can do!

We were also going to make cookies, as gifts for Gparents.
Then daughter and I came down with the flu, by early afternoon. Shivers and sweats and congestion and all.

Grampa decided he couldn't bring Gramma over because she might get sick. Gramma tells me the she laready is plenty sick...
Sis decided she didn't want to get sick either.
Ex-wife called saying she had the flu and wasn't going to make it.

My beautiful stepdaughter was the only one with the balls to make the trek, and she stayed most of the day- daughter and I dozed off and on, but we did get the root veggies made, and the pot roast was fantastic- and, I guess, we'll just have an extended Xmas, as people get over their megrims.

I have a pound and a half of Kentucky Green beans to cook up! and plenty of time to get to those cookies....

 

[simply_cyn]

Friday night, at my mom's, we did the Mexican thing, or I should say Tex-Mex. It was a good change from the typical turkey and ham and all that (that was coming the NEXT day): homemade chicken enchiladas, queso, chips and salsa, guacamole, refried beans as well as just plain red beans ... that sort of thing.

Saturday for lunch (Christmas Eve is when my whole family gets together for a sort-of family reunion type thing): smoked turkey, honey-glazed ham, dressing (we don't do stuffing), "po-boy" potato casserole, candied yams, rolls, homemade sourdough bread and butter, jello salad, broccoli salad, tossed salad, blah blah blah. I don't have the energy to list all the freaking desserts! We could have fed an army (which is a usual thing for us)

We'll be eating leftovers for a month!