was it good?

On Dec 25, 11:56*pm, The Sun Tribe > wrote:
> was it good?

Venison and steelhead, the poor man's surf and turf.

There were two parts. Lunch was centered around a cheese
souffle, made (not by me) exactly according to Julia Child's recipe,
an approach that highly reliably comes out perfect.

Dinner was centered around an inpromptu salad of watercress, shallot,
roasted potatoes (not warm), and sliced leftover rib roast that I
heated in the oven a few minutes in a bit of olive oil, and then partly
blotted afterwards. This salad was dressed in a vinagerette
using Provencal olive oil. With this we had a Robert Sauret
Zinfandel.

Steve

On Dec 26, 1:56*am, The Sun Tribe > wrote:
> was it good?

Too much, and it was fantastic!

Lunch/Dinner was mid afternoon, typical Newfoundland cooked dinner
with turkey, dressing, gravy, potatoes, carrots, turnip, cabbage and
turnip greens. And don't forget the peas pudding and blueberry
pudding. Oh and cranberry sauce. And salt riblets. The veggies and
puddings all get boiled in the pot with the salt riblets for that
salty taste. This was all cooked by my aunt, to great appreciation of
the clan. Dessert was my territory, i made a bread pudding out of
some slightly stale white bread and croissants, a custard of eggs, egg
nogg and cream and sugar, and then sprinkled dried cranberries,
chopped walnuts and a bit of chopped dark chocolate on top. Served up
with a caramel rum sauce. Yum!

Around 8 we broke out the turkey leftovers for simple sandwiches of
turkey, dressing and cranberry sauce on white bread. It was one of
those days where no one touched the "junk" food we all just ate too
much at dinner.

tint

"The Sun Tribe" ha scritto nel messaggio news

> was it good?

Yep! Eleven expats did a coop dinner at the country home of one of us.
Hostess made the turkey and dressing. I made a sformato of potatoes, leeks
and parmigiano and baked pureed carrots with cumin and thyme. Someone else
made a wonderful red bell pepper soup. Yet another made lots of appetisers
plus I brought Moroccan ones left from a dinner party. A Swiss girl made
Christmas plum pudding with custard sauce. Those who don't cook brought a
variety of wines and liqueurs. It was all too much which at this season is
just enough.

Giusi wrote:
> "The Sun Tribe" ha scritto nel messaggio news
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>> was it good?
>

Jumping off Giusi's post since I must have deleted the original..

We had roast turkey...I picked up two just-breasts, butterball brand,
which was actually 4 breasts since we only like white meat. Roasted
that, served with gravy, stuffing, sweet potato casserole, carrot/raisin
salad, deviled eggs, veg tray, boiled shrimp with cocktail sauce, pecan
pie, pumpkin pie and the neverending cookies. Riesling for me,
sparkling apple cider for dh and the kids. Leftovers are fabbo today.

I followed a friend's advise for gravy and deglazing the roasting pan
with red wine...then making the roux, etc and the gravy was the best
gravy that I have ever made.

"The Sun Tribe" > wrote in message
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> was it good?


Prime rib and yes, it was very good. At home we have a ham too so that was
a little late snack yesterday, diner today.

Appetizers were shrimp, and a roll up of puff pastry filled with Toscano
salami and two cheeses.

Pistachio cheesecake was the dessert.

I was invited out - yay.
Hostess served cider, beer etc with crab dip and crackers.
DInner consisted of jamabalaya, bread and salad.
Passed fudge and cookies and that was it. Simple, tasty, adequate.
Only five of us, so she wasn't about to mess with a turkey and sides,
I guess.

Another dinner guest brought some flat, lacey, cheese things - said
she just puts cubes of cheese in microwave and lets melt. Tasty. I'll
have to try 'em.

I brought her some low cal macaroons I made. I drizzled top with
chocolate. Once more I learned the benefit of a double boiler. No
other way to melt chocolate and not burn it or turn to cement.

val189 wrote:
> Once more I learned the benefit of a double boiler. No
> other way to melt chocolate and not burn it or turn to cement.

I melt chocolate on a burner on low heat all the time. Haven't bothered with
a double boiler in years. Most people make the mistake of using chocolate
chips for all applications, and chocolate chips are formulated to stay
together, not melt smoothly. Try using couverture formulated for dipping or
molding, or just Lindt or Ghirardelli from the supermarket. Just remember to
take it off the heat before it's fully melted and stir!

We had pan seared/roast tenderloin of pork (marinated in JC's dry pork
marinade) with a mustard cream/stock/wine reduction, mashed potatoes, and
spinach gratin. Chocolate mousse for dessert. It was very good.

Every Christmas Eve, our family goes to a Benihana style restaurant.

--
"In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found,
than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace
to the legislature, and not to the executive department."

- James Madison

Traditional as can be! Turkey and dressing, mashed potatoes and
gravy, cranberry sauce, mac & cheese, deviled eggs, red velvet cake
and chocolate pie. Redneck's delight!

"The Sun Tribe" > wrote in message
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> was it good?

Pot roast. It was okay. It would have been a whole lot better if the rolls
were good.

We have holidays at my mother's but she doesn't want to go to much effort to
cook anymore. I think from now on I'll go at least a day early and cook.

Ms P

"The Sun Tribe" > wrote in message
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> was it good?

Mandatory (for Jewish people) Christmas dinner at a local Chinese Restaurant
with friends. We had an excellent meal and washed it down with an '06
Chteau St. Michelle Dr. Loosen 'Eroica' Riesling.

Happy Holidays to all,
Jon

"The Sun Tribe" > wrote in message
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> was it good?

Snacking before present opening was cheese/crackers, bread and cheese dip or
olive oil dip, stuffed mushrooms, tourtiere, mimosas'.

Dinner was beef tenderloin done very rare with gravy, twice baked potatoes,
creamed spinach, asparagus, rolls.

Dessert was my strawberry mousse and a Twinkie pudding thing my niece made.
I didn't have room for either.

The tenderloin was the highlight for me. I don't eat red meat often and it
was heaven.

On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 07:03:20 -0800 (PST), Okierazorbacker
> wrote:

>Traditional as can be! Turkey and dressing, mashed potatoes and
>gravy, cranberry sauce, mac & cheese, deviled eggs, red velvet cake
>and chocolate pie. Redneck's delight!

Sounds delicious!

Carol

ham
green beans
corn casserole
fruit salad (five cup salad)
rolls
sweet potato pie

My inlaws are coming over tonight to eat leftovers with us. We will
have biscuits instead of rolls.

I had originally planned on pumpkin pie and sweet potato casserole.
Aldi's did not have any pumpkin, so I decided to make sweet potato pie
and added the corn casserole to the menu.

Tara

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>,
The Sun Tribe > wrote:

> was it good?

Paella with duck and sausage. It was VERY good.

Steve Pope wrote:

> There were two parts. Lunch was centered around a cheese souffle, made
> (not by me) exactly according to Julia Child's recipe, an approach that
> highly reliably comes out perfect.
>
> Dinner was centered around an inpromptu salad of watercress, shallot,
> roasted potatoes (not warm), and sliced leftover rib roast that I heated
> in the oven a few minutes in a bit of olive oil, and then partly blotted
> afterwards. This salad was dressed in a vinagerette using Provencal olive
> oil. With this we had a Robert Sauret Zinfandel.

Well, lesse...all day, I had scrambled eggs, steamed broccoli, a salad, a
sandwich and a bloody mary.


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On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 13:21:01 -0800, Blinky the Shark
> wrote:

>
>Well, lesse...all day, I had scrambled eggs, steamed broccoli, a salad, a
>sandwich and a bloody mary.

You sound like a bachelor.


--
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interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

sf wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 13:21:01 -0800, Blinky the Shark
> > wrote:
>
>> Well, lesse...all day, I had scrambled eggs, steamed broccoli, a salad, a
>> sandwich and a bloody mary.
>
> You sound like a bachelor.
>
>

And quite a self-sufficient one!

gloria p

In article >,
sf > wrote:

> On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 13:21:01 -0800, Blinky the Shark
> > wrote:
>
> >
> >Well, lesse...all day, I had scrambled eggs, steamed broccoli, a salad, a
> >sandwich and a bloody mary.
>
> You sound like a bachelor.

He used to have a wife, but one night while they were both sleeping, she
turned over. Before he realized what he was doing, he had already eaten
her! Sharks are kind of that way, you know. Don't ever waken a
sleeping shark.

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA

The Sun Tribe wrote:
>
> was it good?

Of course it was good. I cooked it

Boneless leg of Australian lamb (was the same price as the ham
originally scheduled; ham remains in the freezer until New year), rubbed
inside and out with garlic/rosemary/salt/pepper/peanut oil paste. Cooked
in the rotisserie.

For vegetables, sweet potato casserole (cooked in orange juice/zest with
pecans and cranberries) and braised cabbage (braised with onions, garlic
and chicken broth). Served with a cheap Aussie Shiraz (plonk that will
taste better as mulled wine).

No dessert. Tea was accompanied by assorted seasonal baked goods.

"Okierazorbacker" > wrote in message
...
> Traditional as can be! Turkey and dressing, mashed potatoes and
> gravy, cranberry sauce, mac & cheese, deviled eggs, red velvet cake
> and chocolate pie. Redneck's delight!

Chocolate meringue pie? Chocolate pudding in a baked traditional pie crust
topped with meringue? Can't get any mo' suther'n.
-ginny

On Dec 25, 11:56 pm, The Sun Tribe > wrote:
> was it good?

I just wasn't paying attention. After the first bite I ran to the
trash bin to check the wrapper and, sho' nuf, I'd bought a Smithfield
ham. Smithfield is great, but you gotta cook it differently.

I salvaged dinner, but we are going to eat ham biscuits, bean soup,
whatever else I can improvise, until Groundhog Day. Did make some
good biscuits and soup today, though.

Have a cowabunga Kwanzza , or bargain shopping or whatever you
celebrate now.

bulka

sf wrote:

> On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 13:21:01 -0800, Blinky the Shark >
> wrote:
>
>
>>Well, lesse...all day, I had scrambled eggs, steamed broccoli, a salad, a
>>sandwich and a bloody mary.
>
> You sound like a bachelor.

I've been married three times. No batchelor here. I have, however, been
happily single since 1989.


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Dan Abel wrote:

> In article >,
> sf > wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 13:21:01 -0800, Blinky the Shark
>> > wrote:
>>
>>
>> >Well, lesse...all day, I had scrambled eggs, steamed broccoli, a salad,
>> >a sandwich and a bloody mary.
>>
>> You sound like a bachelor.
>
> He used to have a wife, but one night while they were both sleeping, she
> turned over. Before he realized what he was doing, he had already eaten
> her! Sharks are kind of that way, you know. Don't ever waken a sleeping
> shark.

Good advice!

Sleeping sharks we're always - always - dreaming of food.


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On Dec 27, 5:30*pm, Blinky the Shark > wrote:
> sf wrote:
> > On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 13:21:01 -0800, Blinky the Shark >
> > wrote:
>
> >>Well, lesse...all day, I had scrambled eggs, steamed broccoli, a salad, a
> >>sandwich and a bloody mary.
>
> > You sound like a bachelor.
>
> I've been married three times. *

You...you...troll..op!

Best thing was my friend, Linda's once-a-year-treat, "plain potao pie".

It's layers of sliced baked potaoes alternated with layers of darkly
caramelized onions, peppers and a jar of jalanenos. Then a layer of
(browned) sausage, finally, a thick layer of sharp cheddar. Bake an
hour or so, Oh, there's a LOT of crushed red in there, too.

This is real comfort food.

pineapple upside down cake was nice, too.,

Lass

On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 13:39:35 -0800, sf > wrote:

>On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 13:21:01 -0800, Blinky the Shark
> wrote:
>
>>
>>Well, lesse...all day, I had scrambled eggs, steamed broccoli, a salad, a
>>sandwich and a bloody mary.
>
>You sound like a bachelor.

Now what makes you say that? Christmas Eve I had prime rib dinner
with all the trimmings. Christmas day I had roast leg of lamb and
honey glazed spiral cut ham also with all the trimmings. I did it the
way most of us bachelors do...... Go to someone else's house :-).