Holiday Dinner??? Where you going or who to come over to your house to eat?

What's on the menu?

What you going to do with the left overs?

"Do they know it's christmas time at all>?"

My parents, sister and niece are coming over to join us.

We'll have turkey for the meat eaters (a meat substitute or Quorn sausages for me and my niece) with brussels sprouts, carrots, possibly swede, roast parsnips, potatoes and onions and Christmas Pudding afterwards. I think I'm also going to make my sky-high yorkshire puddings (I'm good at those) and Paxo sage and onion stuffing.

Leftover turkey will be used for turkey sandwiches on Christmas Day night and leftover veg will be turned into Bubble and Squeak on Boxing Day.

There will be three dogs, who will also take care of the turkey.

ahhhh Christmas

Going over to Shay's on the 25 for foods and fun

the eve of the 24th we always go to a gathering at my parents with snack foods

the 26th ... BOXING day... all the kids and grandkids will be at my pad and TR is cooking a huge feast

i have been making fudge and divinity ...cookies and treats to pass round on all those days

shrimp wrapped in bacon, cheesesquares, deer sausage and crakers, chips and dip, and the pickle tray for appetitzers


grilled cornish game hens, greens, corn bread, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, barbequed spare ribs, corn pudding, broccoli spears, mac and cheese

and cookies cookies cookies and ice cream for dessert

various wines, beer and sodas for drinks

expecting about 15 people through out the day

butterfli25 said:

make that 16

nothing.

Going to the in laws , theres gonna be 9 or so of us .

Probably gonna have all the usual food gubbins , over do it and end up feeling ill afterwards

Sausages wrapped in bacon

Mach said:

c'mon over !

Mach said:

Mach...what's divinity? I've been hearing about it on cooking shows.

butterfli25 said:

That sounds delicious!

What's the recipe for shrimp wrapped in bacon?

my hubby is doing it.



I would lightly saute the shrimp in garlic and olive oil and then wrap it in bacon, put a toothpick through it and put in in a basket on the grill.



not sure how he's doin it

goin to pick up a ready- made dinner package from Picadilly

turkey
dressing/gravy
cranberry sauce
rolls
pecan pie

it's gonna be quiet.

we decided to go non traditional this year since he was gone last christmas and will most likely be gone next . I am tired of turkey and ham.


he's doin most of the cooking I'll do the spareribs and the veggies

my oldest daugher will do the mac and cheese

my youngest daughter will make the cookies

and I am hopin mama will do the sweet potato pie!!!!

we always have lots of friends and soliders that come thru there won't be any leftovers.
[Edited 12/22/05 8:17am]

I don't have my children this Christmas, so to keep from getting depressed, I will be hanging with my friends getting drunk all day long.

applekisses said:

candy ...




Divinity

½ cup light corn syrup
2 ½ cups sugar
¼ teaspoon salt
½ cup water
2 egg whites
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup coarsely chopped nuts

In saucepan mix corn syrup, sugar, salt, and water. Cook, stirring, until sugar is dissolved. Continue cooking, without stirring, until 248 degrees registers on candy thermometer or a small amount of mixture dropped into very cold water forms a firm ball (this means it is firm when in the water but flattens when removed from water).

Beat egg whites until stiff but not dry. Pour about half of the syrup over the egg whites slowly, beating constantly. Cook remainder unti 272 degrees (F) registers on candy thermometer, or until a small amount of the mixture when dropped in very cold water forms hard but not brittle threads. Add slowly to the first mixture and beat until mixture holds its shape. Add vanilla and nuts and drop by spoonfuls onto wax paper to form small candies. Makes 1 & 1/2 pounds of candy

butterfli25 said:

Yeah that's about how I would have done it though I would have started with a glass of schnaps!

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

come to my house. I'm making honey barbecued chicken, baked macaroni, $1000 creme pie, ham, string beans, and mashed potatoes.

Mach said:

It kind of sounds like an Italian candy called Terrone, but you'd make it with honey instead of corn syrup. We eat it at Christmas time. It's yummy!

2the9s said:

peach or pepermint?

DynamicSavior said:

dude, i would so come over! even though i don't celebrate x-mas it'd still be nice to at least hang out with somebody instead of riding around on the bus all day long.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

I don't celebrate it either. I just like to be around people on "that day" because that's what I've become accustomed to growing up. Bring your ass over here. I have porn and food. That's a damn party. OH! And alcohol.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

What do you celebrate then?

Nothing, i plan to sit alone in this empty room with a strand of hair in one hand and a pistol in the other.

MickG said:

LIFE!!

liberation said:

don't forget the wiskey, rope, duck tape and phone.

DynamicSavior said:

exactly!

On Xmas eve I will be going to my parent's house and my brother and his family will be there. My mom will likely make a buffet of finger foods, veggies and fruit, small sandwiches, shrimp cocktail, meatballs of some kind, dips, crackers and cheese, cookies, candies and the like. She always goes way overboard, but that's a mom for ya. I will be spending the night and the next day it will be just my mom and dad and I and we've made a tradition of having steak and crab legs together (just the 3 of us) every Xmas. That's right folks, I actually eat steak once a year.
I'm looking forward to it, actually.

CarrieMpls said:

Carrie that sounds yumster , can I be your guest

My family Italian tradition:
Lasagna, Garlic Bread, marinated mozarella w/ cherry tomatoes, shrimp, scallops, mussels, roast pork, pepper shooters, roasted peppers.Dessert - plenty of cookies, pies, & cake.

1sexymf said:

OH GOD you got me all wet!