What's on the menu for Christmas Day/Eve?

[Buckly]

Originally Posted by SunKneeMarie

there's a name for those hamburger things? i thought it was just a mistake my mom made and we ate it...

Nope! People do eat them on purpose.

[Jan&Chas]

steak and jumbo crab legs ...and....I am going to have the makings for Oprah's famous Pomegranate martinis. I made them this past weekend when my sister and her husband visited for the weekend. They were delicious!

[SunKneeMarie]

Originally Posted by Buckly

Nope! People do eat them on purpose.

They were good... I just thought she was browning hamburger meat and onions and then realized she was out of tomato sauce for spaghetti, so she was ad-libbing...

we ate like that a lot growing up...

[SunKneeMarie]

Originally Posted by Jan&Chas

steak and jumbo crab legs ...and....I am going to have the makings for Oprah's famous Pomegranate martinis. I made them this past weekend when my sister and her husband visited for the weekend. They were delicious!

oh, can we see the recipe for the martinis?

[mommy dearest]

Originally Posted by Buckly

Crumbled hamburger with onions that you eat on a bun. Steamburgers????

I remember these......we used to have a Maid-rite burger place in Waukegan many years ago......I can't remember Heather if you and I ever ate there.....it would have been when you were little.They were yummy, I think there are still maid rite burgers in Iowa or Ohio somewhere.

[Jan&Chas]

Originally Posted by SunKneeMarie

oh, can we see the recipe for the martinis?

1/2 cup pomegranate juice, 4 shots of vodka, 2 oz. contreau, lemon wedge or lime. I like lime better. (this makes 2 martinis)... Shake in shaker, the colder the better!! yumm.

[Cosmo]

Christmas tamales...yummy!

[JameyBano]

Originally Posted by JameyBano

On Christmas Eve, I am planning to cook either a standing rib roast or a prime rib. For side dishes, I am making homemade macaroni and cheese, mashed pototoes, au jus gravy, and green bean casserole (my stepkid's favorite).
We will have plenty of red zinfandel and pinot noir! For appetizers, I will make a cheese ball and veggie tray with dip.
For dessert, Christmas cookies that I am baking today and a cake made from a pan in the shape of a Christmas tree.
On Christmas Day, we are flying out of Fort Fun, IN at 6:40am to go to MIL in Louisiana. We will have gumbo, boudin, oyster dressing, ham, sweet potato crunch, and pecan pie. Another tradition that they do in Louisiana is a King Cake. A charm is hidden inside the cake, whoever finds it has good luck all year (and has to buy next year's cake).
On 12/26, I will go on a diet

Last night I got together with a friend to make cookies and rum cake.
Here are my friends Carly and Park, and my son Adam decorating:

Yummy... well some of them look good! (my wine was good, too!)

Looks like we will have a White Christmas in NE Indiana!!! Looking out my front door...

Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukah to all!

[cyndyj1]

Making cookies with kids. Gosh I miss those days. Now my boys are old enough they don't have time for things like that. It really was fun.

Then again that gives me the freedom to have my favorite meals for the holidays - Baileys & coffee and a cigarette for breakfast, wine and cigarettes for dinner.

[Buckly]

Originally Posted by SunKneeMarie

They were good... I just thought she was browning hamburger meat and onions and then realized she was out of tomato sauce for spaghetti, so she was ad-libbing...

we ate like that a lot growing up...

They are good! I do prefer them with cream of mushroom soup in them. But some people in the family don't like mushrooms. So that was stopped a few years ago. I still make them at home though. Nothing like burger dripping with mushroom soup and mustard. YUMMY!

[Buckly]

Originally Posted by mommy dearest

I remember these......we used to have a Maid-rite burger place in Waukegan many years ago......I can't remember Heather if you and I ever ate there.....it would have been when you were little.They were yummy, I think there are still maid rite burgers in Iowa or Ohio somewhere.

We have 3 maid-rites joints in towns (each about an hour away). I've never eaten one at a restaruant. But my mother LOVES them. It's not something I would go out to get.

[NorthMinnesota]

Jacko!!!! Sounds wonderful...if you give out recipes I'd love to have this one:Oven-roasted Cauliflower with Goat Cheese cream. I love cauliflower and goat cheese!!! And Amaretto dressing if you're feeling generous!!!! Please!!!

[jamesblonde]

Originally Posted by JameyBano

Last night I got together with a friend to make cookies and rum cake.
Here are my friends Carly and Park, and my son Adam decorating:

Yummy... well some of them look good! (my wine was good, too!)

Looks like we will have a White Christmas in NE Indiana!!! Looking out my front door...

Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukah to all!

Jamey, that makes me want to bake cookies and have a white Christmas.

[roni]

Originally Posted by Heather

Michael and I just decided last night (I let him pick from a host of options). We're having beef tenderloin with shallot gravy, twice-baked potatoes, and green bean casserole ( we didn't get it for Thanksgiving, so we're craving it).

It's just the two of us.

Just the two (or how ever many in the immediate nest) can be so nice.

We'll do Christmas eve with others, and will drive to the coast on the 26th, but Christmas Day, just the two of us, a fire in fireplace and.......who knows

[roni]

Originally Posted by catnhat

For the past few years my family join in with my son's girlfriends family at her parents home..
Darren's gal Toni is Italian... We enjoy one BIG fat Italian Christmas dinner..
The appetizers alone would make a wonderful meal

Christmas day we have in the children and their mates and a few friends.
Turkey and trimmings..

If you have a lot of guests, does it take two BIG fat Italians?

Sorry, could not resist....