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A standing rib roast is a good option that is still somewhat Christmasy. If Florida is going to be stupid warm like Texas is (forecast of 72 on Christmas ), pretend it's spring and do a leg of lamb on the grill. If I had a blank slate to start my own Christmas tradition, it would be carnitas. Just a huge pile of crispy yet chewy pork, with tortillas, lime wedges, onions, and tomatillo salsa on the side, with people free to pig out or graze or whatever.
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Christmas eve is pork ragu on gnocchi in my house!
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# ? Dec 22, 2019 13:27 |
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BrianBoitano posted:Christmas eve is pork ragu on gnocchi in my house! I’m on my way
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# ? Dec 22, 2019 15:47 |
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I just did a crockpot of mulled cider for a party, and it was a huge hit! People loved it, and it was pretty easy. 1 Gallon cider 1 whole orange, sliced thin 6-8 allspice berries 3-4 cinnamon sticks Heat it up until just before boiling and serve. The crockpot kept it warm, and made it easy to dispense BrianBoitano posted:Christmas eve is pork ragu on gnocchi in my house! Can I come? poo poo, BEATEN.
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# ? Dec 22, 2019 16:01 |
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Squashy Nipples posted:I just did a crockpot of mulled cider for a party, and it was a huge hit! People loved it, and it was pretty easy. A cousin of mine just asked for a mulled wine recipe. I listed the ingredients. The instructions were then to throw them out and drink the wine. I think my view of mulled wine is clear. For Xmas dinner we are having the usual: roast Christian baby. Delicious!
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# ? Dec 22, 2019 17:08 |
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I just did mulled wine with a glugwein mix, and put some mix into a hot cider too. This led to a discovery that 1/3 cider 2/3 wine works really great!
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Pollyanna posted:What are people making for Christmas lunch/dinner? My family's looking for recommendations and I wanted to recommend something that wasn't just a bird or ham. We'll be in Florida, so grilling is an option. Standing rib roast, yorkshire pudding, gravy, brussel sprouts, roasted tomatoes, charlotte russe for dessert.
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therattle posted:A cousin of mine just asked for a mulled wine recipe. I listed the ingredients. The instructions were then to throw them out and drink the wine. I think my view of mulled wine is clear. Mulled cider is far superior to mulled wine.
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tarbrush posted:Mulled cider is far superior to mulled wine. I don’t like cider at the best of times but I can kind of see how that would work and be the case.
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# ? Dec 22, 2019 19:17 |
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We're doing prime rib, Yorkshire pudding, carrots, assorted pies.
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# ? Dec 22, 2019 19:52 |
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Prime rib, popovers and roasted brussels sprouts are planned. For dessert I think we're gonna do homemade hot cocoa and sticky toffee pudding with a bourbon sauce.
Croatoan fucked around with this message at 19:58 on Dec 22, 2019 |
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gram makes a standing rib roast for christmas every year. I usually do asparagus and hollandaise. Pepperoni kolachi for appetizers and homemade egg nog for dessert
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# ? Dec 22, 2019 20:07 |
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I am splitting the meal up so we have what would normally be starters as our lunch, then the main course as dinner... It means the kids are actually hungry enough to join in! We’re having potted shrimp, smoked mackerel pâté and mushroom pâté for lunch, with meats, olives and antipasti. Dinner will be fillet, Yorkshire puddings, pigs in blankets, roast potatoes, parsnips, carrots, broccoli. Followed by homemade Christmas pudding and custard.
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# ? Dec 22, 2019 20:10 |
Smoked turkey breast, fried fish, pierogies filled with ricotta or sauerkraut, barszcz, golabki, kluski, mushroom soup, rye and Caraway bread.
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# ? Dec 22, 2019 21:19 |
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therattle posted:I don’t like cider at the best of times but I can kind of see how that would work and be the case. In case you are being like, extra British, we mean fresh pressed cider: no fermentation, so no booze, no carbonation. When I used to go cross-country skiing with my family, my mom used to bring a thermos of hot mulled cider. It's kind of amazing when you are cold in the woods.
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Squashy Nipples posted:In case you are being like, extra British, we mean fresh pressed cider: no fermentation, so no booze, no carbonation. But mulled British (aka alcoholic) cider is also pretty great!
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Extra British. I am 100% talking about cider cider, which is alcoholic and not generally fizzy. Also fortified with apple brandy or similar.
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# ? Dec 22, 2019 22:26 |
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^^^ Heh? The cider I had at bars in the UK and Ireland were all lightly carbonated. Croatoan posted:Prime rib, popovers and roasted brussels sprouts are planned. For dessert I think we're gonna do homemade hot cocoa and sticky toffee pudding with a bourbon sauce. I've never seen the appeal of popovers.... seems like a waste of eggs to me. "sticky toffee pudding with a bourbon sauce" sounds absolutely amazing, though. Scientastic posted:I am splitting the meal up so we have what would normally be starters as our lunch, then the main course as dinner... It means the kids are actually hungry enough to join in! This is smart! That Works posted:Smoked turkey breast, fried fish, pierogies filled with ricotta or sauerkraut, barszcz, golabki, kluski, mushroom soup, rye and Caraway bread. This is the most polish thing ever, and I love it. Tell me more about the fish. The girlfriend is polish, and she's been slowing making some of her grandmother's recipes. Delicious! I loves me some kraut. Squashy Nipples fucked around with this message at 23:07 on Dec 22, 2019 |
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Squashy Nipples posted:
Wife's family is Polish. The fish is pretty boring really. MIL has celiac so I just dredge cod chunks in a mix of eggs, yellow mustard and lemon juice, let that marinade for an hour then roll in cornmeal that's got salt and pepper tossed in. That all gets deep fried in peanut oil and I put a little more salt and lemon juice on to finish.
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Squashy Nipples posted:^^^ Heh? The cider I had at bars in the UK and Ireland were all lightly carbonated. Most bars serve the cider equivalent of bud or coors or what have you. Fine, but suffers a bit from mass production. It’s also a bit too sweet and fizzy to make good mulled cider. Get anything a bit more local and it’ll be flatter and less sweet.
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That Works posted:Wife's family is Polish. We always have a Polish Christmas but this year most of the family will be away so we delayed it until the 29th when we're all together again. Yours is way more ambitious. We're having golabki, a few different kinds of pierogies and a babka of some sort. Probaby chocolate because everyone likes it. My wife isn't a big fan of fruit kolache so I'm trying to think of a way to modify them with some other filling and I'm at a loss. Squashy Nipples posted:I've never seen the appeal of popovers.... seems like a waste of eggs to me. Fun fact! Popovers are almost the same exact thing as Yorkshire pudding it just uses butter instead of renderings. They're just to soak up the juices of the prime rib and they're great for that Croatoan fucked around with this message at 01:12 on Dec 23, 2019 |
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Croatoan posted:We always have a Polish Christmas but this year most of the family will be away so we delayed it until the 29th when we're all together again. Yours is way more ambitious. We're having golabki, a few different kinds of pierogies and a babka of some sort. Probaby chocolate because everyone likes it. My wife isn't a big fan of fruit kolache so I'm trying to think of a way to modify them with some other filling and I'm at a loss. Mines not as bad as it sounds since a couple different family members pitch in on it every year at least. I need to make some babka though. Kolaches filled with pastry cream could work. Or savory kolaches are awesome. In Texas the czech immigrants make jalapeno sausage and egg stuffed ones that are amazing for example.
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That Works posted:Kolaches filled with pastry cream could work. Or savory kolaches are awesome. In Texas the czech immigrants make jalapeno sausage and egg stuffed ones that are amazing for example. Yeah you can find them around me for breakfast but I want the cookie kind not the pigs in a blanket kind. The wife loved the idea of creme pat so I think you nailed it, thanks!
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Croatoan posted:sticky toffee pudding with a bourbon sauce. I was trying to figure out what to bring to my parents' and I think you just solved it. Do you go for a sweeter bourbon or something like Wild Turkey with some rye spice? or I could just make piña coladas because it's basically going to be a pleasant late spring day according to the forecast
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# ? Dec 23, 2019 01:38 |
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It's just ATK's recipe. It's pretty good. Bourbon Sauce Makes about 1 cup 1½ teaspoons cornstarch ¼ cup bourbon ¾ cup heavy cream 2 tablespoons sugar Pinch salt 2 teaspoons unsalted butter, cut into 8 pieces Whisk cornstarch and 2 tablespoons bourbon in small bowl until well-combined. Heat cream and sugar in small saucepan over medium heat until sugar dissolves. Whisk in cornstarch mixture and bring to boil. Reduce heat to low and cook until sauce thickens, 3 to 5 minutes. Off heat, stir in salt, butter, and remaining 2 tablespoons bourbon. Drizzle warm sauce over individual servings. (Sauce can be refrigerated for up to 5 days.)
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Croatoan posted:Yeah you can find them around me for breakfast but I want the cookie kind not the pigs in a blanket kind. The wife loved the idea of creme pat so I think you nailed it, thanks! Pecan pie- style filling could work too if she's into that
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I'm working 10:30-7:30 on Xmas, and then coming home and heading to bed because I think I'm back in at 6am the next day. Patients gotta eat and I get triple pay. Friday will be the uhh, fun-ish day. Or Saturday, one of those two days I'm planning to give my parents this letter and book and be like. "So uhh I'm not a guy, my name is Renee and like uhh. Hi."
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Manuel Calavera posted:I'm working 10:30-7:30 on Xmas, and then coming home and heading to bed because I think I'm back in at 6am the next day. Patients gotta eat and I get triple pay. Oh my gosh Renee is such a pretty name
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What kind of cheese goes with mushroom marsala?
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Suspect Bucket posted:Oh my gosh Renee is such a pretty name Thank you I picked it out myself. But for real. The short version of the story. Our family is French & German by heritage and I always liked how that name sounded.
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# ? Dec 23, 2019 04:31 |
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Renee is a super good name. Mr. Wiggles posted:We're doing prime rib, Yorkshire pudding, carrots, assorted pies. Btw, this is for Christmas Eve at the in-law's. We're doing a much smaller Christmas Day dinner with just those who live in my house on the 25th, and it's gall going to be German stuff - spaetzle, rotkohl, etc. I just started the sauerbraten tonight.
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# ? Dec 23, 2019 04:52 |
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I'm making duck breast with pineapple mostarda and hanger steak with bearnaise this year. My mom is making creamy rosemary potatoes, roasted brussels sprouts and sauteed spinach. I'm also doing the tropical egg nog we make at the restaurant I work at, which involves coconut cream and pineapple rum.
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That Works posted:Wife's family is Polish. I’m sure you’ve checked but mustard sometimes has flour in it.
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That Works posted:The fish is pretty boring really. MIL has celiac so I just dredge cod chunks in a mix of eggs, yellow mustard and lemon juice, let that marinade for an hour then roll in cornmeal that's got salt and pepper tossed in. I wouldn't call that boring! I love fish, and its all in the cooking. Cod gets lost if you add too much flavor, so that sounds just about right. I miss the New England cod, I really do, but I can live with haddock. I love haddock! Pretty much any prep, but there is a bar near my house that does a baked Haddock Newburg, that might be my favorite. That Works posted:Wife's family is Polish. I've now eaten enough Polish food to have some opinions: -Mass-market branded kielbasa from the supermarket is garbage. Find a polish deli/butcher, or move to Woonsocket, where they sell locally made stuff at the supermarket. -Best perogies, by far, are filled with sauer kraut, its just the best taste and texture combination. I will die on this hill. -Cabbage rolls are best when they are SMALL, like maybe 1 to 1.5 inches in diameter, bigger then rolled grape leaves. The ones from the Polish deli in Woonsocket are way too big, the size of big fat wet burritos. Perfectly cooked cabbage should be the star of the show, and if the rolls are too big, the filling-to-cabbage ratio is all wrong.
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Croatoan posted:Fun fact! Popovers are almost the same exact thing as Yorkshire pudding it just uses butter instead of renderings. They're just to soak up the juices of the prime rib and they're great for that Ahh, ok, that makes more sense. Last time I had them, my mom the Carb Queen just served them with butter as a side. Croatoan posted:It's just ATK's recipe. It's pretty good. Ugghh, that sounds amazing. Going to have to try that. How similar is this to the Hard Sauce that my gandmother used to buy for Christmas?
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Squashy Nipples posted:I've now eaten enough Polish food to have some opinions: You are correct about kielbasa I wish everyone had access to a bohemian butcher like I do. The more variety you try you might like some other pierogis. My family's favorites are potatoes with cheese and crumbled bacon or another kind with mushrooms and feta. That sounds ok for cabbage rolls but they're not golabkis. That's all. Edit: sorry I misread and thought you were using literal grape leaves. So I guess those are golabkis, but really small. I like more filling. If you go to the holiday cooking thread my recipe for golabkis is on the first page if you want to get your gf to check it out. The tomato sauce really brings it all together and the kind you find at buffets never has it. Croatoan fucked around with this message at 20:15 on Dec 23, 2019 |
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Can anyone guess what I'm making? Hint: not pasta! Hint 2: I'm either 35% done or 0.78125% done, depending on your perspective.
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BrianBoitano posted:Can anyone guess what I'm making? Hint: not pasta! a mess?
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# ? Dec 24, 2019 21:15 |
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Technically correct. But also something sweet. 86% done / 25% done by same metric!
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the mobius family's secret recipe pulled pork
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