Please, Sir, Could I have some more?
Dec 24th, 2003, 02:39 PM
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On Christmas day: typical dinner
Sunday (after Christmas)dinner (when everyone will be home):
Appetizer: Lord of the Rings, part III
Baked turkey breast--marinade to be determined
Rotisserie duck with orange glaze
Honey-baked ham
Stove top stuffing
Samosa???
Vegetables--to be determined
Cheesecake--flavoring and topping to be determined
Cream cheese pound cake
Dinner will be a family effort. I will do the cakes, my Mom, sister and I will do the turkey, ham, stuffing and veggies, my brother will do the duck since the last time he did it it turned out really yummy, and my dad and other brother will be doing the clean up.
Happy holidays to everyone!
Sunday (after Christmas)dinner (when everyone will be home):
Appetizer: Lord of the Rings, part III
Baked turkey breast--marinade to be determined
Rotisserie duck with orange glaze
Honey-baked ham
Stove top stuffing
Samosa???
Vegetables--to be determined
Cheesecake--flavoring and topping to be determined
Cream cheese pound cake
Dinner will be a family effort. I will do the cakes, my Mom, sister and I will do the turkey, ham, stuffing and veggies, my brother will do the duck since the last time he did it it turned out really yummy, and my dad and other brother will be doing the clean up.
Happy holidays to everyone!
Dec 24th, 2003, 03:08 PM
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Budman, I was raised in the South, had a slight detour to NYC and we are headed back South again soon...I will do my best to reach Belle status 
Pup can be pretty silly, I hate to think what he might do given some Port!
lilly,
Could I please have that recipe for Creamcheese Pound Cake???
Pup can be pretty silly, I hate to think what he might do given some Port!
lilly,
Could I please have that recipe for Creamcheese Pound Cake???
Dec 24th, 2003, 04:02 PM
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Ohio Waldorf salad, turkey stuffed with apple pudding stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, glazed sweet potatoes, cranberry bread with cranberry ice cream pie for dessert.
I gave up serving a vegetable years ago when we discovered no one was eating it.
Hope you all have a wonderful Christmas!
I gave up serving a vegetable years ago when we discovered no one was eating it.
Hope you all have a wonderful Christmas!
Dec 24th, 2003, 04:10 PM
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Oxtail soup, risotto milanese, standing rib roast, zucchini caserole, stuffed tomatoes with basil, plenty of french bread, a pumpkin chiffon pie and a mince-sour cream pie. Glasses raised to all the great folks on this board!!
Dec 24th, 2003, 04:23 PM
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We believe that Christmas is for watching children open presents. When we gather at our younger daughter's tomorrow, she'll have a lasagna heating in the oven and a salad all prepared. We'll all bring a sampling of cookies; each woman in the family has her special recipes.
This way, no one has to monitor the stove and we can all enjoy the delight of the four youngest members of the family.
However, we are devoted to the idea of turkey sandwiches on Dec. 26. So today I cooked a bird and prepared cranberry sauce. I will package the sliced turkey with bacon and cranberries and bring them along to the gathering so we all can enjoy turkey leftovers Friday without the bother of having to eat the giant meal.
This way, no one has to monitor the stove and we can all enjoy the delight of the four youngest members of the family.
However, we are devoted to the idea of turkey sandwiches on Dec. 26. So today I cooked a bird and prepared cranberry sauce. I will package the sliced turkey with bacon and cranberries and bring them along to the gathering so we all can enjoy turkey leftovers Friday without the bother of having to eat the giant meal.
Dec 24th, 2003, 04:26 PM
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Merry Christmas Everyone,
We are having Glazed Ham: Garlic Mashed Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes, Waldorf Salad, Green Beans with Almonds,
the apparently ever popular Pumkin Cheesecake, Fresh Egg Nog with Brandy, Espresso or tea. Just to make sure we have plenty of poundage to work off in the New Year, spiced nuts and cookies everywhere. Who knows what else the family may bring... hope someone remembers to bring cranberry something because I forgot.
Blessings for a Joyous Christmas and a Prosperous and Traveling New Year.
We are having Glazed Ham: Garlic Mashed Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes, Waldorf Salad, Green Beans with Almonds,
the apparently ever popular Pumkin Cheesecake, Fresh Egg Nog with Brandy, Espresso or tea. Just to make sure we have plenty of poundage to work off in the New Year, spiced nuts and cookies everywhere. Who knows what else the family may bring... hope someone remembers to bring cranberry something because I forgot.
Blessings for a Joyous Christmas and a Prosperous and Traveling New Year.
Dec 24th, 2003, 04:35 PM
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Burschetta, (3) types of crostini, Pasta all'salmone e vodka, Prime Rib, garlic roasted potatoes, baby zuccini sauted with fresh tomatoes & sweet onions, rosemary bread, salad with hearts of palm and artichokes...for dessert, torte della Nonna with fresh strawberries and a dark rich chocholate rosina torte...grappa and more grappa and then coffee. Wish you all could be here! Buon Natale!!!!
Dec 24th, 2003, 04:38 PM
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And that will be served at my house to my family and my God children who will proubly want a peanut butter & jelly sandwich of some Kraft Mac & Cheese. I am trying to save them from their parents!
Dec 24th, 2003, 05:24 PM
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We'll have roasted pork loin, apple dressing (family recipe), mac & cheese, broccoli-rice casserole, candid sweet potatoes, green beans (cooked w/bacon grease as any good Texan would do), scalloped potatoes (made with whipping cream), German potato salad (my sister won't come unless I make it) . . . no dessert, as everyone thinks the apple dressing is dessert.
This whole meal can be made ahead of time and cooks while we open presents.
We don't count calories, fat grams, carbs at holidays . . . everything is cooked with real butter, bacon grease, cream (the good stuff). We drink egg nog, wine, liquor . . . everything is wonderful and guilt-free.
We used to have beef tenderloin at Christmas but we'd have to take out a loan on the house to buy one now days! We've switched to pork, the other white meat!
Happy holidays, happy new year, happy travels, and peace and joy to all of you.
Sandy (in Denton)
This whole meal can be made ahead of time and cooks while we open presents.
We don't count calories, fat grams, carbs at holidays . . . everything is cooked with real butter, bacon grease, cream (the good stuff). We drink egg nog, wine, liquor . . . everything is wonderful and guilt-free.
We used to have beef tenderloin at Christmas but we'd have to take out a loan on the house to buy one now days! We've switched to pork, the other white meat!
Happy holidays, happy new year, happy travels, and peace and joy to all of you.
Sandy (in Denton)
Dec 24th, 2003, 07:28 PM
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Scarlett, regarding the cream cheese poundcake, I found it at cooksrecipe.com, under pound cake with chocolate chips. If you can't find it, I will be happy to give you my modifications so I won't infringe on any copyright.
FYI, my modifications are:
cut the sugar to 1 cup
substitute the vanilla extract with a large dash of OJ--about a quarter cup
nix the salt
It actually came out pretty moist and fluffy--I tend to mix it on medium high for a while so it incorporates a lot of air.
I also let the butter, eggs, and cream cheese warm to room temp--at least sit out at room temp for 1 hr before working on it. I heard somewhere that it helps with the blending of the ingredients.
Enjoy!
Lil
FYI, my modifications are:
cut the sugar to 1 cup
substitute the vanilla extract with a large dash of OJ--about a quarter cup
nix the salt
It actually came out pretty moist and fluffy--I tend to mix it on medium high for a while so it incorporates a lot of air.
I also let the butter, eggs, and cream cheese warm to room temp--at least sit out at room temp for 1 hr before working on it. I heard somewhere that it helps with the blending of the ingredients.
Enjoy!
Lil
Dec 24th, 2003, 10:31 PM
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Christmas Eve starts with Yule Bukking on this island: The whole town turns up on main street where we are served a feast by the local business folks...sort of a course at each locale as thanks for the year. The Seafood company has a cold shrimp-fest, pasta salad and fudge platters. Local bookstore, smoked salmon hors d'oeuvres. Rexall Drug, corned beef/swiss on rye w/chips and pickles. Trading Union, Tom & Jerries (served w/ or w/o "cheer"
. Art Gallery, Moose Milk (again "cheer" optional). Gourmet store, smorgasbrodt of all their goodies. Everyone visits and then we all go home stuffed, no need to cook, and everyone can just enjoy their family for the evening.
Xmas: Appetizer of Pineau and pate fois gras brought back from La Dordogne. Followed by Smoked turkey, sweet potato souffle, romaine/pecan/marionberry salad. Sacher Torte and coffee a few hours later.
We'll be ready for that diet..
Merry Christmas and happy traveling to all!
. Art Gallery, Moose Milk (again "cheer" optional). Gourmet store, smorgasbrodt of all their goodies. Everyone visits and then we all go home stuffed, no need to cook, and everyone can just enjoy their family for the evening.Xmas: Appetizer of Pineau and pate fois gras brought back from La Dordogne. Followed by Smoked turkey, sweet potato souffle, romaine/pecan/marionberry salad. Sacher Torte and coffee a few hours later.
We'll be ready for that diet..
Merry Christmas and happy traveling to all!
Dec 25th, 2003, 02:48 AM
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Taking a break from early morning cooking here!
Crabmeat and hazelnut salad on Belgian Endive, Olive pate with toasted baguette rounds, and cheese crisps with Champagne before dinner..then Prime rib with red wine sauce or Horseradish cream and Yorksire Pudding and , roasted potatoes, Brussel sprouts with Chestnuts and bacon, Turnip and carrot mash. Then a cheese course with Stilton, Camembert, and a double Glouscester with walnuts ,celery and grapes followed by a traditional English Trifle ,loaded with sherry and an Orange steamed pudding with Orange and brandy hard sauce.
I can feel my arteries clogging already!
Merry Christmas to all ...back to the kitchen and to get Santa out of bed!
Crabmeat and hazelnut salad on Belgian Endive, Olive pate with toasted baguette rounds, and cheese crisps with Champagne before dinner..then Prime rib with red wine sauce or Horseradish cream and Yorksire Pudding and , roasted potatoes, Brussel sprouts with Chestnuts and bacon, Turnip and carrot mash. Then a cheese course with Stilton, Camembert, and a double Glouscester with walnuts ,celery and grapes followed by a traditional English Trifle ,loaded with sherry and an Orange steamed pudding with Orange and brandy hard sauce.
I can feel my arteries clogging already!
Merry Christmas to all ...back to the kitchen and to get Santa out of bed!
Dec 25th, 2003, 02:49 AM
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I want pork! I want pork! Ya'll are torturing me with all this pork talk! We live in Kuwait, so no pork for us - total bummer.
No, that doesn't mean we're having camel...
We had Christmas Eve dinner with friends and 10 US Soldiers last night -cajun boiled turkey, au gratin potatoes, sweet potatoes (they're actually white here -I think they come from Pakistan), fruit salad (with strawberries, which are actually in season in this part of the world), green beans, corn casserole.
For dessert - amaretto cheesecake and carrot cake (no, we don't get amaretto here either, but where there's a will, there's a way).
Drinks - homemade wine and sangria.
Today we're off to a huge function with some 100 US soldiers and about 30 civilian families - no idea what's on the menu, but I'm not cooking, so I'm not complaining....
Merry Christmas!
No, that doesn't mean we're having camel...
We had Christmas Eve dinner with friends and 10 US Soldiers last night -cajun boiled turkey, au gratin potatoes, sweet potatoes (they're actually white here -I think they come from Pakistan), fruit salad (with strawberries, which are actually in season in this part of the world), green beans, corn casserole.
For dessert - amaretto cheesecake and carrot cake (no, we don't get amaretto here either, but where there's a will, there's a way).
Drinks - homemade wine and sangria.
Today we're off to a huge function with some 100 US soldiers and about 30 civilian families - no idea what's on the menu, but I'm not cooking, so I'm not complaining....
Merry Christmas!
Dec 25th, 2003, 03:42 AM
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Well, here in Chiangmai Christmas is almost over, it is 7:45 pm and we are starting to regret just how much we ate!
We went to the Sheraton for their buffet lunch; it offered all that one could hope for. Two soups, a variety of seafood, salmon and crayfish for starters. Roast lamb, ham, fried fish and turkey as a main course with a variety of Thai dishes to spice them up. The deserts included a Yule Log, Black Forest cake, a strawberry blancmange, Christmas pudding and various Thai deserts and those were only the ones that I sampled. (Groan.) Father Christmas arrived to treat the children and the Christmas Carols were pleasant without being intrusive. At US $16 a head, it was excellent value.
We went with two friends, together with two of their friends from Brunei whose daughter was visiting from the United Kingdom. After lunch, we retired to our garden to demolish some wine whilst I tried to contact four children and a grandson who were jetting around Australasia, trying to get together for Christmas. I finally contacted them in Christchurch at 10:00 pm New Zealand time, the last of them had just arrived and they had decided to postpone Christmas Dinner for 24 hours, to catch up on some sleep.
Although this is the nineteenth year that I have been in Thailand for Christmas, I still find it odd to be celebrating whilst to the vast majority of the population it is just another day.
We shall no doubt recover from the excesses of today, but recovery will not be easy are we are due out for another full Christmas Dinner tomorrow! The dogs will be walked off their feet for the next month, until we head off on holiday.
We went to the Sheraton for their buffet lunch; it offered all that one could hope for. Two soups, a variety of seafood, salmon and crayfish for starters. Roast lamb, ham, fried fish and turkey as a main course with a variety of Thai dishes to spice them up. The deserts included a Yule Log, Black Forest cake, a strawberry blancmange, Christmas pudding and various Thai deserts and those were only the ones that I sampled. (Groan.) Father Christmas arrived to treat the children and the Christmas Carols were pleasant without being intrusive. At US $16 a head, it was excellent value.
We went with two friends, together with two of their friends from Brunei whose daughter was visiting from the United Kingdom. After lunch, we retired to our garden to demolish some wine whilst I tried to contact four children and a grandson who were jetting around Australasia, trying to get together for Christmas. I finally contacted them in Christchurch at 10:00 pm New Zealand time, the last of them had just arrived and they had decided to postpone Christmas Dinner for 24 hours, to catch up on some sleep.
Although this is the nineteenth year that I have been in Thailand for Christmas, I still find it odd to be celebrating whilst to the vast majority of the population it is just another day.
We shall no doubt recover from the excesses of today, but recovery will not be easy are we are due out for another full Christmas Dinner tomorrow! The dogs will be walked off their feet for the next month, until we head off on holiday.
