Your Christmas meal plans

[channlluv]

GLC, do you roast your chicken on that ceramic cone-shaped dish with the veggies underneath to soak up the drippings, or is the sombrero-looking thing purely for presentation?

Roxy

[Owlie]

We're doing turkey, as always. I don't know what we're doing for Christmas Eve, since that always changes.

[Anelia]

Our tradition is to have pork for Christmas. So we're going to have steaks

[salsabike]

Our usual--fresh Dungeness crabs, steamed clams, mashed potatoes, salad, dessert. Paper plates. That's it!

[spazzdog]

It's the 1st family Christmas I've had in too many years to remember, but the tradition here is Mulligan Stew (a family recipe passed down father to son through several generations). Its basically a beef stew with a bunch of veggies in it.

All the step-sisters, spouses, nephew, nieces & spouses & children will come over here (my dad & s-moms) at noon - we eat then open presents and everyone watches football.

There will be 22... well, maybe only 21 as my dad has been in the hospital since Tuesday nite and they aren't sounding like they will discharge him for Christmas yet.

spazz

[azfiddle]

Update: my sister-in-law & her boyfriend ordered a pre-made turkey dinner. We're going to reheat and eat at the adult care home where my mother-in-law is... hope my mother-in-law remembers who I am.

[shootingstar]

Azfiddle: Sounds like a good family turkey dinner to share there at the adult care home with your MIL.

Some changes since original posting at beginning of thread:
butternut squash moved to Christmas Day. He also wants to prepare a brunch of dessert crepes which will have blueberries and saskatoon berries.

Then on Christmas Day dinner we will have savoury crepes.

I'm sure we'll eat a slice of either bakery bought linzertorte which is a German/Austrian tarte with thin hazelnut crust and raspberry jam-almond filling.

We've even figured out vaguely for New Year's Eve....a cheese fondue.

[GLC1968]

GLC, do you roast your chicken on that ceramic cone-shaped dish with the veggies underneath to soak up the drippings, or is the sombrero-looking thing purely for presentation?

Roxy

Roxy - yes, we roast it on that thing. I have a metal version as our ceramic one kept cracking even though we treated it well. It does a fantastic job on both the chicken and the veggies! It works particularly well with free-range birds which tend to be a little less fatty than regular grocery store birds.

In fact, I've never served it that way because the dish gets way too hot and I always overload the veggies (so it can be messy). It's pretty impressive looking for company that might be hanging out in the kitchen as you cook, though!

[solobiker]

I have to work so DH is in charge of cooking. We will be having smoked turkey. It takes about 5 hours to cook on our smoke and I love the way it tastes and there is minimal cleaning involved which is even better