Christmas (Holiday) Dinner - poll
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Denwor54
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The last 10 years it has been smoked tri tip with a seafood mix. This year will tri tip, smoked bacon wrapped scallops, Manila clams and butter and oyster on the half shell with champagne butter vinaigrette. With the kids in town this will be a lot of work but they love it. Christmas Day is a fowl day with pheasant breasts and bacon jalapeno duck appetizers and my favorite pumpkin frangelico cheesecake.
Luv me some red cabbage. My Mom was Polish and her red cabbage with bacon and a little vinegar was pure comfort food.
flybill
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Irish whiskey? I assume that's a given...
It certainly does.
To answer, yes, "freshwater" eel (Anguilla anguilla), although they spend much of their lives in the Sargasso Sea. Truth is, any eel sold at market today will be farmed.
We're not doing it this year, my sister-in-law's husband just passed away yesterday, so we're having a pared down Christmas dinner.
In any case, here's almost exactly how I do it, except for the fact that I wrap the individual pieces in bay leaves, secured with kitchen twine:
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Merry Christmas all,
Kenneth
flybill
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Condolences on your loss! Keep the family close and enjoy your holiday as much as you can. Peace and Love! Merry Christmas (although it may not feel like it) and Happy New Year!
Kenneth, I am so sorry for your families loss. We will lift your family up in our prayers.
Shawn
We're having duck this year.
No interest in turkey a month after tday. Ham is okay, but always kinda feels like deli counter to me (though great leftovers). I could always get behind NW salmon but the time of year means you are going from frozen (which isn't bad) and being outside grilling isn't fun in the bad weather.
A big roast or stew is a better bet in my book. I'll be doing a Guinness beef stew for our family Solstice dinner. Not sure what my father in law will do for Christmas dinner, but a roast seems likely.
A big roast or stew is a better bet in my book. I'll be doing a Guinness beef stew for our family Solstice dinner. Not sure what my father in law will do for Christmas dinner, but a roast seems likely.
Ham is always good , we really changed it up for Thanksgiving this year, no one in the family is very fond of turkey . So it was a spiral cut ham , and roasted chicken , with the usual fixings. First time in my 76 years no turkey for thanksgiving, can’t say I really missed it .
flybill
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I don't want to support Canada! Those terrorists! Damn Canadian geese! Do they call them American geese up in Canada?!?
We had that several years when I was young, at my uncles farm in Oregon, but several lead shot pellets kinda stopped that "new tradition".
flybill
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We neee to build another wall... NOT!! Just leave some Molson by the border and they get so drunk they'll forget to cross.. Time to rewatch Canadian Bacon! A classic! And I've got a problem with him... if that's what he identifies with.. no judgement!
THREAD DRIFT: A few years before I retired, I was working with a group of coworkers on several habitat related projects. One of my coworkers is an immigrant from Russia. He and I were carpooling to a project site, as we passed through one area surrounded by flowering "Russian" olives, I said something like "I really like the smell when Russian olives bloom". Somehow this pissed off my coworker and he responded "In Russia, we call them American olives!" hahahaha, cracked me up.
You assume correctly, Dingle single malt.
