primitives discuss what's for supper New Year's Eve

[franksolich]

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Oh my.

Lucinda (17,469 posts)    Tue Dec 31, 2013, 12:26 PM

What's for Dinner ~ Tuesday ~ December 31st ~ New Years Eve Edition

No clue here.

You?

fizzgig (19,176 posts)   Tue Dec 31, 2013, 12:40 PM

1. steaks

Rib eyes with sauteed mushrooms and bleu cheese butter, homemade mac n cheese and sauteed brussel sprouts.

Glassunion (5,744 posts)    Tue Dec 31, 2013, 05:54 PM

12. I love the mighty Brussel sprout.

Roasted till slightly crispy on top.

The rest sounds like heaven.

fizzgig (19,176 posts)    Tue Dec 31, 2013, 06:37 PM

17. I've decided to roast rather than sautee

Our one big burner will be occupied by the mushrooms, easier to toss it in the oven with the mac.

Glassunion (5,744 posts)    Tue Dec 31, 2013, 06:40 PM

18. Roasting is the only way.

rdharma (4,726 posts)    Tue Dec 31, 2013, 12:43 PM

2. Thawing out pie crusts for "mini" Zwiebelkuchen.

And thawing out a pork loin for New Years Day with sauerkraut and potatoes.

 
 
 
 

Glassunion (5,744 posts)    Tue Dec 31, 2013, 05:56 PM

13. What is it about pork and sauerkraut on New Year's Day?

Is it a Dutch thing? Seems popular out here in eastern PA.

rdharma (4,726 posts)    Tue Dec 31, 2013, 06:13 PM

15. I think it's more a German/Swiss thing.

There aren't really many genuine "Dutch" in PA.

Glassunion (5,744 posts)   Tue Dec 31, 2013, 06:20 PM

16. PA Dutch is German.

Pennsylvania Dutch = Pennsilfaanisch Deitsch = immigrants from SW Germany.

Sorry the word "Dutch" over here does not mean a Niederlande.

So what is it with pork and sauerkraut on New Year's Day?

rdharma (4,726 posts)    Tue Dec 31, 2013, 07:01 PM

21. I don't know the reason behind it...... family tradition.

Pork brings luck. "Er hat Schwein gehabt" is a German expression for "he was really lucky".
 
Don't eat poultry on New Years if you are a superstitious German. You'll be screwed by bad luck!

Glassunion (5,744 posts)   Tue Dec 31, 2013, 07:05 PM

22. Thanks.

Pork is good luck answer works for me. Traditions are so cool.

<<<mother's people were from northeastern Pennsylvania.

<<<spent many holidays with mother's people, who were of Slovakian derivation.

<<<was told pork was served because pigs "root" (eat?) forward, while birds and cattle "root" (eat?) backwards.....and on the new year, it's important to look forward, not back.

Whatever.  Although franksolich has nothing against pork and sauerkraut, some things are inviolable, such as turkey on Thanksgiving, turkey on Christmas, turkey on New Year's Day.

<<<always had turkey on New Year's Day even if with relatives; being an easy person to please, someone fixed it special for me.
 
 
 
 
 

Galileo126 (188 posts)   Tue Dec 31, 2013, 12:47 PM

3. Baked stuffed shrimp

My usual NY's Eve go-to. As to what else, I haven't a clue. Probably another finger food which is healthier, you know, for balance.

cbayer (126,620 posts)    Tue Dec 31, 2013, 12:52 PM

4. Lamb Barbacoa in Adobo

I marinated in the adobo paste over night and it's now wrapped in banana leaves and will cook low and slow.
 
I also put in carrots, potatoes, onions and garbanzo beans.

We were initially having 3 people over, but it is rapidly growing and looks like about 7 at this point, so…..
 
this is going to have to be a pot luck.

Have a great New Years Eve everyone!

 
Nine people on a boat smaller than franksolich's living room?

greatauntoftriplets (134,930 posts)    Tue Dec 31, 2013, 01:22 PM

5. Broiled lobster tail.

More au gratin potatoes and carrots.

HappyMe (16,615 posts)    Tue Dec 31, 2013, 01:27 PM

6. Probably chicken and broccoli stir fry with Thai peanut sauce.

pinto (101,350 posts)   Tue Dec 31, 2013, 01:48 PM

7. Personal tradition: wor wonton soup, spicy fried green beans, rice, Tsingtao beer, tangerines, tea.

 
 
 
 

Curmudgeoness (12,369 posts)    Tue Dec 31, 2013, 02:55 PM

8. I am going to gross everyone out, or at least everyone who has never had my absolute favorite comfort food----chicken and homemade noodles over mashed potatoes.
 
This comes from my German part of the family, and it is starch-city. And so good. Since I was off work today, I decided that this was a perfect time to do this, since it is rather time consuming....but worth it.
 
Not exactly a traditional New Years Eve dinner, but who cares about tradition! I had the time and it was snowing so much that I didn't want to go out, so had to find what was already here in the house.

^^^a pal of the big guy from Bellevue; the primitive with a sensitive bottom, who's probably still looking for a charity for the homeless that's run by atheists.

cbayer (126,620 posts)   Tue Dec 31, 2013, 05:01 PM

9. Noodles and potatoes??

How beautifully decadent.

Now you just need some crusty bread to sop up the juices.

Curmudgeoness (12,369 posts)    Tue Dec 31, 2013, 05:05 PM

10. How did you know!

You sound just like my brother-in-law the first time we had this dish. He called it the "white meal" and wanted to know where the bread was. But he found out how good it was. Everyone does.
 
This is the worst possible meal in terms of starches, but it is so good. It is a very rare luxury for me, although I used to do it about once a week when I was too poor to feed a family enough to make them feel full...and this is filling and cheap to make.

^^^probably was "too poor" to feed family because insisted upon buying only triple-plush cotton-weave lotioned-and-scented illustrated-and-musical bathroom tissue, which isn't cheap.

cbayer (126,620 posts)   Tue Dec 31, 2013, 05:07 PM

11. Sometimes you just need starch.

That's when I break out the boxed Mac and Cheese.

Kudos to you for making it from scratch.

rdharma (4,726 posts)   Tue Dec 31, 2013, 06:42 PM

19. Err merr gerrd! Chicken noodles over mashed potatoes?

Oh, I love that! My grandma made the best!

She rolled out her own square "pot pie" noodles. Yum!

Curmudgeoness (12,369 posts)    Tue Dec 31, 2013, 06:58 PM

20. I remember this back to my grandmother too.

Then my mother. Then me.

So easy, all I need is flour, eggs, chicken, and a rolling pin. Oh, and a big pot.

 
 
 
 

Glassunion (5,744 posts)   Tue Dec 31, 2013, 06:03 PM

14. A 12 year old

Blended malt Scotch.

And

Duck breast, in an orange champagne sauce with broccoli and mashed potatoes. For an app, I'm going with a sliced tomato flatbread.
 
Duck fat will be reserved for popcorn tomorrow.

Just came off of a 17 day work week. I'm gonna eat and drink like a pig.

[Skul]

Bowl of soup.....and a beer.
New years has about as much meaning as labor day.

[I_B_Perky]

Glassunion (5,744 posts)   Tue Dec 31, 2013, 06:03 PM

14. A 12 year old

Blended malt Scotch.

And

Duck breast, in an orange champagne sauce with broccoli and mashed potatoes. For an app, I'm going with a sliced tomato flatbread.
 
Duck fat will be reserved for popcorn tomorrow.

Just came off of a 17 day work week. I'm gonna eat and drink like a pig.

Suuuure you did. More like you just came off a 17 day drug binge. Probably gonna dine at the Mickey D's dumpster tonite.

[BattleHymn]

Glassunion (5,744 posts)    Tue Dec 31, 2013, 05:54 PM

12. I love the mighty Brussel sprout.

Roasted till slightly crispy on top.

The rest sounds like heaven.

[Celtic Rose]

I'm working tonight, but I cooked some awesome beef earlier today that will be going on some lettuce and cucumber to make a salad for my New Year's "Lunch".  Had some earlier today, and it is delicious. 

[tanstaafl]

Curmudgeoness (12,369 posts)    Tue Dec 31, 2013, 02:55 PM

8. I am going to gross everyone out, or at least everyone who has never had my absolute favorite comfort food----chicken and homemade noodles over mashed potatoes.

That's what we got in HS cafeteria, but us Northwestern Germans called it Chicken Ala King.

[JohnnyReb]

The traditional new years dinner around here is ham, blacked eyed peas, greens, cornbread and some other stuff that I don't remember. I can't remember the reasons for each except the greens were for money.....DUmmies don't do greens so what's the food for government freebies?

[tanstaafl]

The traditional new years dinner around here is ham, blacked eyed peas, greens, cornbread and some other stuff that I don't remember. I can't remember the reasons for each except the greens were for money.....DUmmies don't do greens so what's the food for government freebies?

When worked the turbine repowering job in Tallahassee, FL all the Southern Yayhoos on the project insisted that we had to eat black eyed peas for New Years Day lunch. Something about good luck.

Being of Germanic extract and from a Northern State, I guess that that bit of superstition was equivalent to our piece of pickled herring on a cracker and a smoked oyster on New Year's Eve.

[Dori]

When worked the turbine repowering job in Tallahassee, FL all the Southern Yayhoos on the project insisted that we had to eat black eyed peas for New Years Day lunch. Something about good luck.

That was a tradition in my MIL's family too.  They were from OK.

[IassaFTots]

Last night was leftover grilled steak, today with friends we will have our swine (italian sausage), greens (cabbage), and blackeyed peas.  I don't really care for them, but can't "not" have them on NYE.  Not bad cooked with bacon and jalapenos.  

[Dori]

We had ham last night.  Everyone is on their own today with lots of leftovers.

Ham and eggs for breakfast.

Ham sandwiches and potato salad for lunch.

There is also leftover lasagna, pasta and spaghetti sauce from a big Monday post Christmas bash.



 

[DefiantSix]

Tried my hand at an herb-crusted prime rib. Came out pretty nice, I guess (never been a big fan of rare meats, but this one wasn't horrible). Served that up with fresh grated horseradish sauce, some red potatoes with garlic and chives, and green beans.

[Purple Sage]

Cabbage and blackeyed peas here.  Always.  Cabbage for the money.  Blackeyed peas for everything else.  We also eat some grapes to satisfy the Hispanic member of our family that grew up with the grape tradition.

Picked up a prime rib yesterday (on sale!) and smoked it overnight.  Did some mushrooms and a horseradish sauce to go with it.  I wasn't sure cabbage and blackeyed peas would go well with it, but they were fine.  We generally do cabbage with corned beef.  I forgot about NYs and did a corned beef earlier this week leaving me to have to come up with something different.  Prime rib was delicious, but it felt weird doing something different on NYs than tradition.

Speaking of tradition, we only do turkey on Thanksgiving.  After eating all the leftovers, I can't bear the thought of a do-over on Christmas.  We usually do a goose or some ducks for Christmas, but ANYTHING is better than turkey.  One year my Dad requested Lasagne, because he HATES turkey even more than I do.  He refuses to eat it.  I will eat it, but I'd be just as happy eating a rotisserie chicken from the store that has sat there for a few days.  Blech.  Franksolitch would be very unhappy at our home on the holidays. 

[franksolich]

franksolich would be very unhappy at our home on the holidays. 

Oh now, but I'm sure I could charm you into fixing turkey even if only for me.

[Purple Sage]

Oh now, but I'm sure I could charm you into fixing turkey even if only for me.

Without a doubt.  LOL

[CollectivismMustDie]

Nothing special on new years even, however, tonight is:



Hickory smoked chicken breasts hot out of the smoker, home made mashed potatoes, the wifes vegetable soup,  and pumpkin pie for dessert.

[fatboy]

Glassunion (5,744 posts)   Tue Dec 31, 2013, 06:03 PM

14. A 12 year old

Blended malt Scotch.

Translation: Clan Macgregor

[tanstaafl]

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Glassunion (5,744 posts)   Tue Dec 31, 2013, 06:03 PM

14. A 12 year old

Blended malt Scotch.

Odd; if you want to brag about Scotch, for a few dollars more you can get the good stuff. Like 15-18 year Single Malt from a renown distillery. A least it won't scald your gullet like the cheap blends do.

12 year blended scotch, might as well drink rotgut.

[DefiantSix]

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Odd; if you want to brag about Scotch, for a few dollars more you can get the good stuff. Like 15-18 year Single Malt from a renown distillery. A least it won't scald your gullet like the cheap blends do.

12 year blended scotch, might as well drink rotgut.

I guarantee, the DUmmy was drinking rotgut. 12 year old blended "scotch" (Good God, do they even call it scotch at that tender age???) is as close to "good stuff" as your average perpetually unemployable layabout can dream of without raiding the old man's liquor cabinet.

[JakeStyle]

Chicken and dumplings here, that was always our New Years chow.  I use the recipe that my Grandma used and I think I've got it down pretty good..

[AprilRazz]

New years eve dinner was a quick sandwich in the break room at work. Had new years day off and made soup with ham, black eyed peas and collards. Simple, inexpensive, but tasty meal. Not all of us can afford to eat high on the hog like the primitives do. Our groceries come out of our bank accounts not an EBT card.

[JohnnyReb]

You eat black eyed peas for luck and the greens are for more money.....IT WORKS!!! I just got lucky and found 7 cents in the recesses of my shrivel chair.

[GOBUCKS]

I always try to have a big enough turkey on Christmas that the very last of the leftovers survive until New Year's.

It almost never works. This year the last scraps of a twenty-four pound Butterball disappeared by the twenty-ninth day of the month.