morningsong said:

I don't roast any type of fowl unless I brine it the night before, even if it's just a regular ole Sunday chicken . It's too easy a thing to do to never have to eat a dry bird never again in your life.

The German tradition is to either serve roast goose at Christmas, or roast duck with a served with sweet braised red cabbage and apples, and fat, gigantic dumplings similar to Matzoh balls called Knoedel. Knoedeln are so dense one per person is enough to give them "the Itis" for the full 72 hours that make up the official Christmas holiday

This year I'm taking on Christmas dinner for my husband's family, as his mom is elderly. With roast duck and roast salmon as my entrées, I'm assembling a simple, but tasty Christmas buffet as Christmas dinner has been sponsored at his sister's, and while she's literally a brilliant baker, a full dinner under her helm can be...ermmm, hit or miss For the last 2 Christmases, she basically suckered me into cooking dinner on the spot anyway, so this year I figured why not just cut out the shock and aggravation factor on my part and just declare straight out that "I'm happy to PLAN and PREPARE Christmas dinner for the 6-10 of us that'll be gathering, and that I'll be picking up the birds THIS week while they're on sale

Chancellor said:

Ooooh, but Chile, when you brine a turkey, those leftovers, though!!!! I use my leftover meat to make turkey curry, turkey stroganoff, or a looooong summed turkey ragu sauce that I slather over fresh made pasta noodles...or turkey lasagna with white alfredo sauce is good, too .

lust said:

babynoz said:

Then why not admit you'd eat just about anything and be done with it?

You dont like raw fish? What the fuck is wrong with you?

Ottensen said:

Ooooh, but Chile, when you brine a turkey, those leftovers, though!!!! I use my leftover meat to make turkey curry, turkey stroganoff, or a loooooong summed turkey ragu sauce that I slather over fresh made pasta noodles...or turkey lasagna with white alfredo sauce is good, too .

Now Turkey Curry sounds too Good...I LOVE, LOVE HOT & Spicey Food....I Love the Ghost Pepper but that bad boy aint Hot enough..I Laugh at the Popular Wing-Joints in my area when they nickname their sauces "Crazy, Insane, killer, Deadly"...I laugh cuz their so called Super-Duper-Hot sauces don't even touch the surface of Volcano-Heat....I'm searching for a Pepper or some kind of organic seasoning that will put me in the Hospital...Hurt me..I have a co-pay Insurance card...

Chancellor said:

If a ghost ain't hot enough, get yourself a Carlolina Reaper. It's twice as hot. Just don't touch your nutsack after handling it.

lust said:

If a ghost ain't hot enough, get yourself a Carlolina Reaper. It's twice as hot. Just don't touch your nutsack after handling it.

...LOL...Carlolina Reaper?...Hmmmm....

Chancellor said:

I've come to the conclusion that I no longer want the WHOLE azz Turkey on a platter unless it's Fried or Grilled (Grilled Turkey is LIFE)...I'm thinking about making a Lasagna for X-mas (I said thinking)...I'm one of those Bruhs that take 3 days to cook one meal....I like everything to be fresh and prepared with my Love...I season my meat the night before, I gotta chop up everything..I'm cooking and washing, cooking and washing as I go.....We'll see how I feel by Dec 22....

Grilled Turkey is awesome!!

Well Chancellor, I think you know what quality living is all about

Chancellor said:

lust said:

If a ghost ain't hot enough, get yourself a Carlolina Reaper. It's twice as hot. Just don't touch your nutsack after handling it.

...LOL...Carlolina Reaper?...Hmmmm....

Oopps typo. "Carolina reaper". The scotch bonnet is 100,000-300,000 on the scoville scale. The Ghost pepper is about 1 million. The reaper peaks at 2.2 million so I'd suggest loeading the freezer with toilet paper the night before you mess with the reaper.

Ottensen said:

morningsong said:

Actually from here on out every turkey I get from now on I'm brining. I went in the frig expecting to cutup half a turkey to put in the freezer, I found a skeleton with a wing. Put what was left in the freezer to make broth or something but I hadn't expected the thing to be inhaled in just a few days because according to everyone around me they can't stand turkey. And turkey already had it's special day in the states, so no more giant birds until next year.

I did a carmelized Red Salmon fillet last year, it was fabulous and easy.

I really need to do something to honor my Floridridian ancestory, might have something to do with 'gator I'm afraid.


What's wrong with just saying Holiday treats? A whole lot of people are celebrating a lot of things at this time of year. If your going to be inclusive then be inclusive. Unless your celebrating some unknown mass day then more power to you.

I'm eating everybody's food at this time of year, had Potato latkes with sour cream and homemade applesauce yesterday for lunch, they were good too.

I don't roast any type of fowl unless I brine it the night before, even if it's just a regular ole Sunday chicken . It's too easy a thing to do to never have to eat a dry bird never again in your life. The German tradition is to either serve roast goose at Christmas, or roast duck with a served with sweet braised red cabbage and apples, and fat, gigantic dumplings similar to Matzoh balls called Knoedel. Knoedeln are so dense one per person is enough to give them "the Itis" for the full 72 hours that make up the official Christmas holiday This year I'm taking on Christmas dinner for my husband's family, as his mom is elderly. With roast duck and roast salmon as my entrées, I'm assembling a simple, but tasty Christmas buffet as Christmas dinner has been sponsored at his sister's, and while she's literally a brilliant baker, a full dinner under her helm can be...ermmm, hit or miss For the last 2 Christmases, she basically suckered me into cooking dinner on the spot anyway, so this year I figured why not just cut out the shock and aggravation factor on my part and just declare straight out that "I'm happy to PLAN and PREPARE Christmas dinner for the 6-10 of us that'll be gathering, and that I'll be picking up the birds THIS week while they're on sale

All these years I've never had goose, I'll wait until someone else tackles it, I'm not experimenting they cost in these parts. Duck I love but getting that crispy skin is a pain and a half. I think this year the ordering part of the dinner is sounding more appealing, but I better get on it, 9 days left. I've never done this.

I love Devinity candy. My grandmother used to make it every Christmas and she passed recently. I need to learn how to make it.

OldFriends4Sale said:

Grilled Turkey is awesome!!

Well Chancellor, I think you know what quality living is all about

I've only had it once...Years ago for thanksgiving my Mother gave her Turkey to a coworker who took apart the entire Turkey, seasoned it, Grilled it on the Grill then bathed it with his special Spicey Red sauce..You talking about AWESOME...It's not an easy task so he always charged people to do it...We always hear about people Frying Turkeys but it's rare that we hear about Grilling that bad boy...LOL...

lust said:

Oopps typo. "Carolina reaper". The scotch bonnet is 100,000-300,000 on the scoville scale. The Ghost pepper is about 1 million. The reaper peaks at 2.2 million so I'd suggest loeading the freezer with toilet paper the night before you mess with the reaper.

Actually, "Carolina" was what I thought I saw the first time until I looked again...I'm gonna check it out..and you so Nasty (like me)...LOL...The Heat/natural Vitamin C is good for the digestive system....

Chancellor said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

Grilled Turkey is awesome!!

Well Chancellor, I think you know what quality living is all about

I've only had it once...Years ago for thanksgiving my Mother gave her Turkey to a coworker who took apart the entire Turkey, seasoned it, Grilled it on the Grill then bathed it with his special Spicey Red sauce..You talking about AWESOME...It's not an easy task so he always charged people to do it...We always hear about people Frying Turkeys but it's rare that we hear about Grilling that bad boy...LOL...

I wouldn't mind trying grilled turkey because the fried turkey is overrated IMO.

Superfan1984 said:

I love Devinity candy. My grandmother used to make it every Christmas and she passed recently. I need to learn how to make it.

brings back great memories for me too. the following recipe for divinity is pretty close to my grandmother's.

Divinity recipe from Betty Crocker

: http://www.bettycrocker.c...cc19bca138