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eleny (1000+ posts) Fri Dec-25-09 03:48 PMOriginal message Leg of lamb is in the oven It's the sirloin end. Garlic and fresh rosemary sprigs studded inside. Ground pepper and summer savory on the surface.Low key holidays around here these days. But with hubby looking forward to a roasted lamb dinner I'm delighted. The sides are plain sweet potatoes baked in the oven and fresh coleslaw. The extra garlic head and cloves are also baking, sprinkled with olive oil & covered, in the oven.Dessert is babka bread made in the machine. It's got dried cherries in it. I made a bunch for our neighbors this year. Husband said that this is the kitchen fragrance he remembers year after year in the wintertime.I hope whatever you're making today comes out just the way you want it to.
hippywife (1000+ posts) Fri Dec-25-09 04:03 PMResponse to Original message 1. Pretty low key here today since we're snowed in. Your dinner sounds really good. I guess we're both giving the gift of a special meal to our hubs this year.I brined my duck last night and it's sitting uncovered in the fridge since this morning to dry the skin out. I'm getting ready to boil my beets and have bread rising. Gonna make some jasmine rice with a little dried fruit and pecans, shallots and fresh garlic in it and a spinach salad.Hope you both enjoy your day and your special meal together, too. That really is the nice part, just being together without any place to be or anything to deal with.
grasswire (1000+ posts) Fri Dec-25-09 04:20 PMResponse to Original message 2. leg of lamb is in the marinade here Marinating in California zinfandel, fresh garlic, black pepper, kosher salt, a Meyer lemon squeezed and cut up, a splash of olive oil, bay leaves and rosemary. (I wish I had fresh bay leaves!)Sides will be roasted asparagus and roasted baby yukon potatoes, a wild rice/cranberry dish, maybe a fresh spinach salad with bleu cheese crumbles, and hot dinner rolls.I made a pumpkin pie last night. We only had one small piece at Thanksgiving and left the pie with our hostess. So we needed more!We had part of our traditional breakfast -- poached eggs with tarragon cream, a dish of summer garden raspberries thawed, sausages, english muffins. I traditionally make an apple strudel, but didn't this year.I love to hear about everyone's meals. Thanks for starting this thread, and Happy H******s!
EFerrari (1000+ posts) Fri Dec-25-09 07:43 PMResponse to Reply #6 8. I forced them to buy me a pizza last night.My uncle has this great tradition: his wife never cooks on Friday night or the day before a holiday and HE came up with the idea. (He's also an awesome cook himself.) Too bad cloning was too late for me.
hippywife (1000+ posts) Fri Dec-25-09 07:45 PMResponse to Original message 9. Duck! We're going to eat in about 15 minutes when the rolls are done but I had to take a pic of my first duck.Those specs are cilantro. I veered away from the recipe I was using and decided to baste with a mixture of fresh orange juice, zest, honey, plum sauce, soy sauce and cilantro. You can see where I just couldn't wait to taste a little piece of it.after which a photograph of a dead duck
hippywife (1000+ posts) Fri Dec-25-09 08:39 PMResponse to Reply #11 14. It's really exciting to have such a good result on something the first time. How's your dinner coming? I'm still thinking about that breakfast. I can imagine the berries adding such a sweet taste to all the rest.
grasswire (1000+ posts) Sat Dec-26-09 01:47 AMResponse to Reply #14 23. you know, I'm at the point where a bowl of cottage cheese and... ...a piece of toast would have made me perfectly happy tonight. I'm honestly a little tired of "making festive" and ready for some days of extremely plain and simple. That tuna casserole down thread looks yummy -- if someone else would make it for me. Ha!Next week is the big family gathering at the retirement home where my mother's two sisters still live. Potluck, so I think I will just take a pie and some kind of salad or vegetable casserole. I am tempted to make my grandmother's favorite cake, a Lane cake, but it is kind of fussy and I shouldn't let myself be tempted. I doubt that anyone in the younger generation of the family has ever tasted a Lane cake, though.Are ya still snowed in back there?
hippywife (1000+ posts) Sat Dec-26-09 09:47 AMResponse to Reply #23 26. Sweetie, I know what you are talking about. My lower back near my right hip is killing this morning. And, yes, still snowed in. We are out on a rural county road which gets no attention during times like these.
EFerrari (1000+ posts) Fri Dec-25-09 07:43 PMResponse to Reply #6 8. I forced them to buy me a pizza last night.
