Thread: Christmas dinner plans

"Dimitri" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> 22 pound whole ham which I will score & "debrine" in apple juice 2
> days prior to warming/glazing.
> Boston baked beans
> German sweet/sour red cabbage
> Quartered red potatoes tossed in butter/cream/parsley
> Steamed Baby trees (broccoli) & cheddar cheese sauce
> Home made Mac & Cheese (grandkids)
>
> YOU?

Good on you for making something special for the grands!

Felice

On Wed, 21 Dec 2011 08:22:17 -0800, "Dimitri" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>22 pound whole ham which I will score & "debrine" in apple juice 2 days
>prior to warming/glazing.
>Boston baked beans
>German sweet/sour red cabbage
>Quartered red potatoes tossed in butter/cream/parsley
>Steamed Baby trees (broccoli) & cheddar cheese sauce
>Home made Mac & Cheese (grandkids)
>
>YOU?

I've got a spiral cut ham, gonna make corn pudding to go with, and
something ["oriental"] green beans ... and a pineapple upside down
cake.
My cats love corn... this one is not spicy and contains no onions:
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/grandmas-corn-pudding/

Also along with my usual Crystal Palace I picked up a case of
Freixenet Cordon Negro Brut.

Have A Happy!

On Dec 21, 11:22 am, "Dimitri" <Dimitr...@prodigy.net> wrote:

> YOU?

Another turkey. With a different stuffing. We're not sure where this
recipe came from but it became one of our favorites years ago:

Seafood-Fennel Stuffing

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
-------- ------------ --------------------------------
10 cups French bread -- 1/2" cubes
1 pound shrimp, shelled and cut into pieces
1 large can crabmeat (1 lb.)
1 large onion -- chopped
1 each red and green bell pepper (3/4 cup) -- chopped
3 Tablespoons butter
3 each eggs -- beaten
1 can cream of shrimp soup, condensed (10 3/4
oz.)
1/4 to 1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup fresh fennel -- chopped
(or 1/2 tsp. crushed fennel seed)
1/2 teaspoon black pepper

(If desired) Spread bread cubes in a shallow baking pan. Bake at 300
degrees F for 10-15 minutes or until dry, stirring once.

In medium skillet cook onion, bell peppers and fennel (if using fresh)
in butter until
crisp-tender. Cool.

In large mixing bowl, stir together crab meat, shrimp, onion/pepper
mixture, eggs, soup, 1/4 cup of milk, fennel (if using seed), and
black pepper. Stir in bread cubes until coated. For moister
stuffing, stir in more milk.

Bake in casserole(s) 45 minutes at 325 degrees F.

--
Silvar Beitel

On Dec 21, 10:22*am, "Dimitri" <Dimitr...@prodigy.net> wrote:
>
> 22 pound whole ham which I will score & "debrine" in apple juice 2 days
> prior to warming/glazing.
> Boston baked beans
> German sweet/sour red cabbage
> Quartered red potatoes tossed in butter/cream/parsley
> Steamed Baby trees (broccoli) & cheddar cheese sauce
> Home made Mac & Cheese *(grandkids)
>
> YOU?
>
> Dimitri
>
>
No idea. It will be celebrated at two different houses; one Christmas
Eve and the other one Christmas day.

On Wed, 21 Dec 2011 08:22:17 -0800, "Dimitri" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>22 pound whole ham which I will score & "debrine" in apple juice 2 days
>prior to warming/glazing.
>Boston baked beans
>German sweet/sour red cabbage
>Quartered red potatoes tossed in butter/cream/parsley
>Steamed Baby trees (broccoli) & cheddar cheese sauce
>Home made Mac & Cheese (grandkids)
>
>YOU?

Fig and walnut tapenade
Some cheese spreads that are undecided.

10 pounds crab legs
Calamari (frozen from Costco)
Hush puppies
Cheddar biscuits

Not sure if a salad or veggie would be best.

If I go with a salad I'll raid the salad bar at the local hospital.
It's wonderful and I can't make a salad as cheap.

It's just us and Louise's two daughters so it's going to be a simple
meal. One was over last night and we had prime rib which was great so
the feasting has already started.

Monday is dinner with my son and my mom and we're going out so I don't
have to cook.

Lou

Dimitri wrote:
> 22 pound whole ham which I will score & "debrine" in apple juice 2 days
> prior to warming/glazing.
> Boston baked beans
> German sweet/sour red cabbage
> Quartered red potatoes tossed in butter/cream/parsley
> Steamed Baby trees (broccoli) & cheddar cheese sauce
> Home made Mac & Cheese (grandkids)
>
> YOU?
>
> Dimitri


salmon will be involved

not sure what else yet

On 21/12/2011 11:22 AM, Dimitri wrote:
> 22 pound whole ham which I will score & "debrine" in apple juice 2 days
> prior to warming/glazing.
> Boston baked beans
> German sweet/sour red cabbage
> Quartered red potatoes tossed in butter/cream/parsley
> Steamed Baby trees (broccoli) & cheddar cheese sauce
> Home made Mac & Cheese (grandkids)
>
> YOU?
>
I am making cranberry sauce and my wife is making chocolate eclairs. We
are going to my brother's for Christmas dinner and my sister in law will
be doing almost everything, and her mother always makes Christmas
pudding and caramel sauce.

On Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:07:15 -0600, Lou Decruss
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Fig and walnut tapenade

Do you make this yourself? If so, have you posted it? It sounds
really good..

Christine
--
http://nightstirrings.blogspot.com

In article <jct13p$hbb$[email protected]>,
"Dimitri" <[email protected]> wrote:

> 22 pound whole ham which I will score & "debrine" in apple juice 2 days
> prior to warming/glazing.
> Boston baked beans
> German sweet/sour red cabbage
> Quartered red potatoes tossed in butter/cream/parsley
> Steamed Baby trees (broccoli) & cheddar cheese sauce
> Home made Mac & Cheese (grandkids)
>
> YOU?

The good news this year is Christmas eve dinner will be tamales. The
influence here is my MIL, who is Basque, but grew up on a sheep ranch in
Arizona.

D.M.

On Wed, 21 Dec 2011 08:22:17 -0800, "Dimitri" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>22 pound whole ham which I will score & "debrine" in apple juice 2 days
>prior to warming/glazing.
>Boston baked beans
>German sweet/sour red cabbage
>Quartered red potatoes tossed in butter/cream/parsley
>Steamed Baby trees (broccoli) & cheddar cheese sauce
>Home made Mac & Cheese (grandkids)
>
>YOU?
>
>Dimitri


Bought a Morel EZ Cut ham for a meal on or about Christmas.

Christmas day, going to a friend's house for prime rib. She may have
it in the oven when we get there, but I'm in charge of finishing it to
medium rare and doing the carving. Probably eight of us for dinner
and a day of relaxation together.

On 12/21/2011 08:22 AM, Dimitri wrote:
> 22 pound whole ham which I will score & "debrine" in apple juice 2 days
> prior to warming/glazing.
> Boston baked beans
> German sweet/sour red cabbage
> Quartered red potatoes tossed in butter/cream/parsley
> Steamed Baby trees (broccoli) & cheddar cheese sauce
> Home made Mac & Cheese (grandkids)
>
> YOU?

I may have posted this already (my dad and stepmom don't eat flour,
sugar, wheat, nuts, or dairy, and they'll be here for one day, so I'm
making the whole dinner friendly to their diet):

Standing rib roast (no gravy, just the jus on the side -- if there's
enough of it, I'll cook it down into a gravy-like substance)
Crash hot potatoes (
thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2008/06/crash-hot-potatoes/ )
Baked sweet potatoes
A pumpkin (or individual winter squashes) stuffed with brown and wild
rice and herbs
Some sort of green vegetable
Cooked carrots
Corn
Huge salad with homemade no-sugar dressings and for my dad, James's
homemade salsa (he's always preferred salsa on his salad instead of
dressing)
Layered red/white/green fruit salad in a glass trifle dish
Sugar-free pumpkin custards (my dad and step-mom drip liquid sweet-n-lo
on theirs; I use the recipe from Libby's (though I don't buy that brand,
'cause they're Nestle) and just leave out the crust and the sugar)
Coffee and tea

Serene
--
http://www.momfoodproject.com

On Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:56:21 -0700, Christine Dabney
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:07:15 -0600, Lou Decruss
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Fig and walnut tapenade
>
>Do you make this yourself? If so, have you posted it? It sounds
>really good..
>
>Christine

I've posted it and remember you commenting on the Kefalograviera
cheese. I love the stuff but it's not something you scarf down the
whole batch. I'll probably only make a half batch.

Lou
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Fig And Walnut Tapenade

1 cup chopped dried black mission figs
1/3 cup water
1/3 cup chopped/pitted kalamata olives
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
1 tablespoon capers, drained and coarsely chopped
1 1/2 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme leaves
salt
fresh ground black pepper
1/2 cup toasted and chopped walnuts

In a medium saucepan combine chopped figs and water. Cook over medium
heat, stirring occasionally until liquid has evaporated and figs are
soft. About 7 minutes.

Transfer figs to a mixing bowl. Add olives, olive oil, balsamic
vinegar, capers, and chopped thyme. Mix and add salt and pepper to
taste.

Refrigerate for 24 hours. (up to 3 days)

Bring to room temperature and mix in chopped walnuts.

Serve with Kefalograviera cheese slices on thin slices of French
Baguette bread.

Other Greek cheeses will work as will Manchego or Blues.

Do NOT serve cold.

On Wed, 21 Dec 2011 19:23:13 -0800, Serene Vannoy
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On 12/21/2011 08:22 AM, Dimitri wrote:
>> 22 pound whole ham which I will score & "debrine" in apple juice 2 days
>> prior to warming/glazing.
>> Boston baked beans
>> German sweet/sour red cabbage
>> Quartered red potatoes tossed in butter/cream/parsley
>> Steamed Baby trees (broccoli) & cheddar cheese sauce
>> Home made Mac & Cheese (grandkids)
>>
>> YOU?
>
>I may have posted this already (my dad and stepmom don't eat flour,
>sugar, wheat, nuts, or dairy, and they'll be here for one day, so I'm
>making the whole dinner friendly to their diet):
>
>Standing rib roast (no gravy, just the jus on the side -- if there's
>enough of it, I'll cook it down into a gravy-like substance)
>Crash hot potatoes (
>thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2008/06/crash-hot-potatoes/ )
>Baked sweet potatoes
>A pumpkin (or individual winter squashes) stuffed with brown and wild
>rice and herbs
>Some sort of green vegetable
>Cooked carrots
>Corn
>Huge salad with homemade no-sugar dressings and for my dad, James's
>homemade salsa (he's always preferred salsa on his salad instead of
>dressing)
>Layered red/white/green fruit salad in a glass trifle dish
>Sugar-free pumpkin custards (my dad and step-mom drip liquid sweet-n-lo
>on theirs; I use the recipe from Libby's (though I don't buy that brand,
>'cause they're Nestle) and just leave out the crust and the sugar)
>Coffee and tea
>
>Serene

That sounds wonderful Serene. You made a great menu around some pretty
stiff dietary limitations.
You live by your motto, "food isn't love, feeding people is love"

koko
--
Food is our common ground, a universal experience
James Beard

www.kokoscornerblog.com

Natural Watkins Spices
www.apinchofspices.com

On Dec 21, 10:23*pm, Serene Vannoy <ser...@serenepages.org> wrote:
> On 12/21/2011 08:22 AM, Dimitri wrote:
>
> > 22 pound whole ham which I will score & "debrine" in apple juice 2 days
> > prior to warming/glazing.
> > Boston baked beans
> > German sweet/sour red cabbage
> > Quartered red potatoes tossed in butter/cream/parsley
> > Steamed Baby trees (broccoli) & cheddar cheese sauce
> > Home made Mac & Cheese (grandkids)
>
> > YOU?
>
> I may have posted this already (my dad and stepmom don't eat flour,
> sugar, wheat, nuts, or dairy, and they'll be here for one day, so I'm
> making the whole dinner friendly to their diet):
>
> Standing rib roast (no gravy, just the jus on the side -- if there's
> enough of it, I'll cook it down into a gravy-like substance)
> Crash hot potatoes (
> thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2008/06/crash-hot-potatoes/ )
> Baked sweet potatoes
> A pumpkin (or individual winter squashes) stuffed with brown and wild
> rice and herbs
> Some sort of green vegetable
> Cooked carrots
> Corn
> Huge salad with homemade no-sugar dressings and for my dad, James's
> homemade salsa (he's always preferred salsa on his salad instead of
> dressing)
> Layered red/white/green fruit salad in a glass trifle dish
> Sugar-free pumpkin custards (my dad and step-mom drip liquid sweet-n-lo
> on theirs; I use the recipe from Libby's (though I don't buy that brand,
> 'cause they're Nestle) and just leave out the crust and the sugar)
> Coffee and tea
>
> Serene
> --http://www.momfoodproject.com

Verrry thoughtful of you. I'm sure they will love and appreciate it.

On Dec 21, 11:22*am, "Dimitri" <Dimitr...@prodigy.net> wrote:
> 22 pound whole ham which I will score & "debrine" in apple juice 2 days
> prior to warming/glazing.
> Boston baked beans
> German sweet/sour red cabbage
> Quartered red potatoes tossed in butter/cream/parsley
> Steamed Baby trees (broccoli) & cheddar cheese sauce
> Home made Mac & Cheese *(grandkids)
>
> YOU?


Eating out. "Twas hard to find a place - I have learned to make
reservations EARLY. Calendar for 2012 duly noted.

Making date nut bread for gifts. Maybe some chocolate biscotti.

On Dec 21, 8:22*am, "Dimitri" <Dimitr...@prodigy.net> wrote:
> 22 pound whole ham which I will score & "debrine" in apple juice 2 days
> prior to warming/glazing.
> Boston baked beans
> German sweet/sour red cabbage
> Quartered red potatoes tossed in butter/cream/parsley
> Steamed Baby trees (broccoli) & cheddar cheese sauce
> Home made Mac & Cheese *(grandkids)
>
> YOU?
>
> Dimitri

Roast tenderloin, rosemary potatoes, salad of some sort, appetizers
for sure and of course...lots of wine!

"Chemo the Clown" <> wrote in message-
On Dec 21, 8:22 am, "Dimitri" <> wrote:
> 22 pound whole ham which I will score & "debrine" in apple juice 2 days
> prior to warming/glazing.
> Boston baked beans
> German sweet/sour red cabbage
> Quartered red potatoes tossed in butter/cream/parsley
> Steamed Baby trees (broccoli) & cheddar cheese sauce
> Home made Mac & Cheese (grandkids)
>
> YOU?
>
> Dimitri

Roast tenderloin, rosemary potatoes, salad of some sort, appetizers
for sure and of course...lots of wine!

Organizing our family is more difficult than navigating the Atlanta airport.
Our time slot is 10:30 am - after some of them must have breakfast with
another grandmother and before lunch with yet another. I'm only serving
party food: pralines, caramel corn, nuts and bolts, cannon balls and Judy's
candied walnuts. Polly

On Dec 21, 6:22*am, "Dimitri" <Dimitr...@prodigy.net> wrote:
> 22 pound whole ham which I will score & "debrine" in apple juice 2 days
> prior to warming/glazing.
> Boston baked beans
> German sweet/sour red cabbage
> Quartered red potatoes tossed in butter/cream/parsley
> Steamed Baby trees (broccoli) & cheddar cheese sauce
> Home made Mac & Cheese *(grandkids)
>
> YOU?
>
> Dimitri

I'm thinking sushi and KFC. Here's what I'd really like:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D65e-pUfpj8

In article <jct13p$hbb$[email protected]>,
"Dimitri" <[email protected]> wrote:

> 22 pound whole ham which I will score & "debrine" in apple juice 2 days
> prior to warming/glazing.
> Boston baked beans
> German sweet/sour red cabbage
> Quartered red potatoes tossed in butter/cream/parsley
> Steamed Baby trees (broccoli) & cheddar cheese sauce
> Home made Mac & Cheese (grandkids)
>
> YOU?
>
> Dimitri

Tourtiere on the 25th; standing rib roast on the 26th. With sides both
nights.
--
Barb,
http://web.me.com/barbschaller September 5, 2011