What's for Christmas Dinner??

[chitownchica]

Brisket nachos.  We always do Tex-mex for Christmas,

My parents just picked me up at DFW. I'm dying for Whataburger or Chik-fil-a.  Gonna look and see if there's one open on 360.

Merry Christmas!

[Chris_]

Hmm, that sounds tasty

[Janice]

Primarily just 2 of us here. May have a couple or three guests. Probably just rib eye steaks, jumbo shrimp - from the barbecue pit and a sort of japanese style pepper steak stir fry veggies. Artfully accompanied with martini backups and such ...

[Chris_]

Now that sounds like a plan


I picked up a few extra steaks to go with the rib roast.  Not sure what else is happening this weekend... I suppose I should call my brother at some point since he's the only relative in the area.

[chitownchica]

Hmm, that sounds tasty

Last year was the first for brisket nachos. YUM- added as a new tradition

[Chris_]

I like paella but I have a friend who's allergic to shellfish.  I switched the shrimp with flank steak... it turned out great.

[chitownchica]

I like paella but I have a friend who's allergic to shellfish.  I switched the shrimp with flank steak... it turned out great.

Yum- I bet that was delicious! I bet making paella is an all day affair, isn't it?

[Chris_]

Yum- I bet that was delicious! I bet making paella is an all day affair, isn't it?

It takes about an hour, but it's worth it.  I have nothing against using something from a box.  I like Goya's spanish yellow rice (Arroz Amarillo).

[Lacarnut]

I am going to cook a duck and andouille sausage gumbo.

[Chris_]

That sounds good.  I don't think I've ever had duck yet.  They don't sell much around here.

[dutch508]

I am not cooking this year, so I don't really give a rat's ass. That and the fact my taste buds are not quite back to normal will make it interesting.

[chitownchica]

It takes about an hour, but it's worth it.  I have nothing against using something from a box.  I like Goya's spanish yellow rice (Arroz Amarillo).

An hour isn't bad. I thought paella was an all day affair for some reason.

[Chris_]

Eh.  I cook everything separately.  While the the meat is cooking, I begin the rice.  Once the rice is nearly done everything gets dumped into the same pot and covered, juices and all.  I'll drop in some frozen vegetables and it's usually finished ten minutes later.  My basic paella recipe is chicken, chorizo, beef, and shrimp, rice, diced onions and frozen peas.

[Odin's Hand]

Add whisky cake to the dinner list. It came in today.

[thundley4]

We're having a small spiral cut ham, mac & cheese, and potatoes.  The weather caused a change of plans, so no get together at my sisters, just me and the wife at home.  Much quieter, anyway.

[Chris_]

Christmas Eve looks like rib roast with Yorkshire pudding, mashed potatoes, and cauliflower.

[IassaFTots]

Christmas Eve looks like rib roast with Yorkshire pudding, mashed potatoes, and cauliflower.
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YUM!!!!!

[Chris_]

The dogs are sad they didn't get any roast beast.  maybe we can put some gravy on their kibbles.

[IassaFTots]

Not too much, don't want them to get sick.  More for leftovers anyway...

[Chris_]

They already inhaled the cauliflower.

[franksolich]

Oh my.

This thread's gone all over the place, covering just about everything and anything.

Anyway.

For some peculiar reason, when I was growing up, a usual Christmas dinner included pineapple chunks dipped in creme de menthe.

All my life, I've never seen it anywhere but among my family.

I'm guessing it's a Pennsylvania thing, as the parents and older brothers and sisters were from there.

It's definitely not anything one might find in Nebraska.

[JLO]

Oh my.

This thread's gone all over the place, covering just about everything and anything.

Anyway.

For some peculiar reason, when I was growing up, a usual Christmas dinner included pineapple chunks dipped in creme de menthe.

All my life, I've never seen it anywhere but among my family.

I'm guessing it's a Pennsylvania thing, as the parents and older brothers and sisters were from there.

It's definitely not anything one might find in Nebraska.

[franksolich]

Did you mean to say something, madam?

[Lacarnut]

That sounds good.  I don't think I've ever had duck yet.  They don't sell much around here.

My mom used to cook me one for my birthday. Make sure you get a duckling (young one) opposed to a mature one. I cooked that puppy for 8 hours to get it tender enough to pull the meat off the bone.

[Ballygrl]

Here's the Stromboli pics:

This is about 10 minutes after I put it in the oven:



This is about an hour later, the oven temp was 325:



And this is what it looks like when it's cut: