Thank goodness Thanksgiving is almost history. What's for Christmas dinner?

No one's eating!

Taters? That's worse than saying "delish" or "yummers," OP. Die in a grease fire, please.

Christmas? Well, let's pull the leftovers out of the freezer from Thanksgiving.

I'm not even thinking about Christmas yet. I'll probably spend it alone, with a small ham or roast chicken meal which I'll prepare myself. It's more enjoyable that way, and I hate having to travel just to see family. I love them, but it always feels like a waste of a holiday.

I AM making a candied thick-cut bacon appetizer to take to the Thanksgiving meal where I'll be a guest. I usually make dressing, but wanted something different this year.

Looks as though my invitation was lost in the mail ..... again.

Dining on the best in Mar-a-Lago.

I also said horsie sauce, Go ahead and grease me up and light the blow torch.

Unfortunately, I will be at my mom’s for Christmas. So, as tradition dictates, I must make a meat stuffed manicotti, green salad and garlic bread for Christmas Eve. My sister does a turkey (again) for Christmas Day. Then I cook again the day after Christmas for the larger family gathering.

This fresh ham from the ham thread looks so interesting that I think I’m going to make it for Christmas.

Switch out the cream cake for something chocolate and I am there OP! The quickest way to my hole is with prime rib.

Thank God it's over.

They cream horses, don't they?

Rap Snacks.

Do most people serve turkey again at Christmas in the states?

In Canada it is almost invariably turkey for Christmas dinner, but our Thanksgiving is always early October so we're out of not again territory.

Excep da Frenge, who eats da tortiere! Bud nod me, I have da celery and maybe a bit Cheese Whizz!

r2, I love me taters, too.

If the venerable Lydia can say puh-tay-duhs, taters ain't so bad.

“The States” = non-U

Canada doesn't go in for U or dopes.

Dope, yes, but we're out front like that.

Can i eat at your house OP ? triple YUM !!!!!

Yes darling R19, cum on ovah.

Will you do dishes?

[quote] Do most people serve turkey again at Christmas in the states?

My family did, R14. One time, IIRC, we had steaks (beef) instead. I don't go "home" for Christmas anymore, so I don't know what they do.

We do the same prime rib, horseradish cream, and garlic spinach but we add mashed potatoes and Yorkshire pudding. We have dessert but no one has room for it.

The prime rib is obscenely expensive but my partner insists on it.

My sister makes the EXACT same meal for thanksgiving and Christmas - turkey, stuffing, the green bean casserole, sweet potatoes with marshmallows, potatoes au gratin. Fortunately, I don’t go home for both events, so I only have to eat it once.

I wonder why goose never took off in the U S. Every time I read about a Christmas meal in the UK, goose always comes to up. Too fatty? The turkey lobby is cock blocking?

Our traditional Christmas meal is matahambres (translates literally into "kills hunger). It's an Argentinean dish, flank steak roulade with ham, hardboiled egg, celery, carrot and olive filling.

We usually do a prime rib too.

What's taters, precious? What's taters??

No one has goose because it tastes like GOOSE.

I had a craving for prime rib this past summer and didn't care what it cost (FWIW, $180). I stupidly allowed someone else to cook it and he murdered the thing. He is usually a great cook. It was well done all the way through. I wanted to murder him. I laughed it off. What else could I do? I'm still angry and it's been 5 months. I invited 7 people to dinner that day. No one said anything but I suspect they were disgusted too.

OP That’s a meal worthy of a Diners Card.

Seafood

What are you talking about, OP? I still have enough leftovers for the weekend.

I wonder if I have an unopened Advent Calendar in the back of my closet?

We actually celebrated Thanksgiving today instead of Thurs (partially due to the turkey not being thawed enough). So we had: turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, broccoli-cheese casserole, butternut squash, spinach & mushrooms, Fresh cranberry (but canned for me), dinner rolls, red velvet cake & pumpkin pie for dessert. I broke out the egg nog too!

R28, I’d be angry about overcooked prime rib. The end pieces are well-done, anyway. (I actually prefer the ends b/c of all the salt and pepper, but can understand it’s a waste to cook that brown through the middle.)

I also hate overcooked eggs and overcooked seafood. When I see someone leisurely overcooking food, I want to yank that pan off the burner.

Bring us some faggy pudding.

Beef bourguignon for Xmas.

R30 I hate you for that. I may not sleep tonight because of your "taste" in food.

Normally my family would make a ham for Christmas (and again for Easter), but I will be cooking Christmas dinner for myself this year and maybe have a few friends over. I'm thinking lamb as of right now but I don't know how keen the rest of them would be on it if I invited them over. I might even try making spanakopita. I'm not even Greek, I'm primarily Italian, lol.

I'm definitely making a variety of Italian Christmas cookies to give out to my friends at the very least.

R37 Lamb is my favorite meat. I might do that for Christmas and then prime rib for NYE.

Yum, I love lamb. I rarely get it because my little neighborhood market never has it. Whole Foods always had some nice lamb.

There’s nothing like a roast rack of lamb (frenched, of course). Not a ton of meat, however depending on number of guests and how “ravenous” they are. One good way around that is to serve some heavy (or heavier) hors d’ oeuvres. Also do filling sides (classic potatoes au grating with cream and Swiss or gruyere, stuff like that.)

I make my own version of fresh mint sauce to go with my roasted MR lamb. Fresh mint and Italian parsley, mixed in my blender with lemon, a bit of sugar, fresh ground salt and pepper. It's very refreshing.

Smoked ham with grandma’s sauce ..half red currant jelly half French’s yellow mustard heat in sauce pan. French bread sage stuffing. Granny Smith apple pie warm w/vanilla ice cream

I still have enough to make one last turkey sandwich. Yippee!

We're going on a six mile walk and picnic. We'll be carrying our own sandwiches and most of us will bring our own bottle of champagne.

I'm headed to the California central coast for a week of wine tasting. It's gorgeous there, the wine is sublime, I have a fabulous ocean home rented and I'm stoked.

^i don’t think the wineries are near the ocean there

R45 Possibly why I'm driving rather than walking there! There are many wineries near the central coast, from Santa Barbara and north from there. We have had some wonderful zins and cabs today. Life is good.

[quote] Life is good.

Tell us about it, dearie.

What are you wearing?

I've seen a wide range of Christmas traditions. My family always served beef tenderloin for dinner, my partner's family does ham. An ex's family did turkey, the partner of one of my partner's siblings always had did meat pies growing up and made us for one year.

Last year my partner and made sole, this year we've ordered vegan. On the the menu:

- Nut crusted mushroom Bauble -Rosemary Potatoes -Thyme Roasted Brussel Sprouts with Pumpkin Seeds -Butternut Squash with Cranberries and Onions -Cranberry Sauce -Spiced Pumpkin Soup -Scarlet Pie

Scarlet pie? What's that?

R48 Black. Like your soul.

Don't forget a traditional olive-shrimp tree!

R50, Scarlett pie at link

Sounds good OP. Im making oxtails stew with rice and for desert creme brûlée. Creme brûlée seems very fancy but it’s actually very easy to do.

OP, are you already beginning to freak out?

Hold tight.

FIVE days and counting down.

Look at these beauties. You can use a number of different fillings and substitute pork loin for flank steak.

^forgot to sign as r24.

Thanks R53, it sounds pretty decent. R55, nope, why would I freak out? I didn't invite you to dinner so all is good.