December 26, 20222 yr Raclette with iberico and honey on rosemary toasts:Bourbon honey ham with all the fixins:
December 26, 20222 yr That’s a sexy plate. Care to share more about that rice?Was my mom’s riff on dirty rice, but with some fall flavor.About a pound of sage breakfast sausage, browned. Saute about half an onion, a pound of sliced mushrooms, and a cup or so of slivered almonds. Add three boxes of uncle Ben’s long grain and wild rice mix with the seasonings, add an extra cup of wild rice, a coupla teaspoons of chicken bouillon, all in a wide pan. Add about 6 cups water, simmer, turning the rice over a coupla times.
December 26, 20222 yr Popular Post Buncha culinarily gifted assholes on this site. This thread is both inspiring and intimidating. I don't consider myself much of a cook, but figured I'd try out a goose this year because why not? Longcat version is on the Turkey thread. It was also my HS senior's last Christmas under our roof, and we had my MIL for Christmas with us for the first time since our boys were tiny, so somehow over the course of the day this morphed from our usual buffet in PJs to my wife getting out her grandmother's china for the first time ever. Had a great time. Dry brined and roasted a goose which HEB actually had while being open: As my wife is a Miss St grad and my son has it on his short list, it was served Crossbones Style in honor and memory of Cap'n Leach: Roasted potatoes are always good (I like Kenji's Serious Eats version), but the goose fat absolutely took them to 11: Stole a recipe for Brussels sprouts with pancetta and chestnuts from Nigella Lawson: And finished with her Christmas Pudding recipe which nobody but me likes: That's fine, just means more Cointreau cream for me. Merry Christmas, assholes.
December 26, 20222 yr Popular Post Stayed home this year due to having a newborn, so I was cooking for just my wife and myself, and the dog of course. We decided to have beef bourguignon. It’s delicious, although a bit time consuming to do everything right. Not an issue today because all we were doing was watching Christmas movies anyways. It came together nicely.
December 26, 20222 yr Breffiss, my favorite: Challah French toast bacon, eggs w/ hot sauce. Coffee. Lasagna, the wife and kid’s dinner request. Merry Christmas, you filthy animals.
December 26, 20222 yr On 12/22/2022 at 8:44 AM, Celery Man said: was about to put this in the wives/stupid shit thread (because this is absolutely correlated with my wife's batshit craziness) but it doesn't exactly fit. Cookies are done, just spent the evening dropping off boxes Those cookies look amazing.
December 26, 20222 yr 9 hours ago, CooterBrown said: We decided yesterday to do a Christmas Story style Xmas dinner and hit up a Chinese restaurant. Showed up at First Chinese BBQ at 5. It took an hour to get a seat and 90 minutes to get our food. I’m planning ahead next year and getting Wu Chow reservations early. I really liked getting out of the house for dinner since I was going stir crazy. You see, it’s…smiling at me. Whack.
December 26, 20222 yr 8 hours ago, wild_turkey said: Stayed home this year due to having a newborn, so I was cooking for just my wife and myself, and the dog of course. We decided to have beef bourguignon. It’s delicious, although a bit time consuming to do everything right. Not an issue today because all we were doing was watching Christmas movies anyways. It came together nicely. I love making beef bourguignon, and yes, you do need to set aside a huge chunk of time to make it right. That looks outstanding.
December 26, 20222 yr 13 hours ago, CooterBrown said: We decided yesterday to do a Christmas Story style Xmas dinner and hit up a Chinese restaurant. Showed up at First Chinese BBQ at 5. It took an hour to get a seat and 90 minutes to get our food.
December 26, 20222 yr Probably not as tasty as some of the food posted above, but my young nephew decided to eat an anchor keychain!
December 26, 20222 yr Ordered a Snow’s brisket for family Christmas Eve and grilled flanks marinated in pineapple/soy and chickens to go with it. Christmas we went with a Turkey breast from Snows, home made Parker house rolls, hasselback potato’s and air fryer zucchini. It all went over well.
December 24, 20232 yr My SIL and BIL host a Grinchmas on the 23rd every year. I was in charge of the Roast Beast (prime beef tenderloin)
December 24, 20232 yr Popular Post On 12/26/2022 at 9:44 AM, South Austin said: I love making beef bourguignon, and yes, you do need to set aside a huge chunk of time to make it right. That looks outstanding. Damn. Speak the truth. Our day is jammed up tomorrow. So I set aside today to make it, and it's always better the next day, right? Anyway, my 14 year old picked up a stomach bug, and we have ended up at urgent care due 2 hours (he's better now). So I didn't get started until around 1 pm today. Also was making pizza dough for Christmas day. I'm finished and so done right now. But Great Success! Edited December 26, 20231 yr by dcbc
December 25, 20232 yr Popular Post Charcuterie, Mexican shrimp/avocado cocktail, and rib roast, whole grain mustard mashed potatoes, and creamed spinach.
December 25, 20232 yr Popular Post i've posted my gumbo before...so just sharing when my roux was perfectly burnt orange and my matching manicure 😁🤘 and the color about 15 mins later, right before i added the trinity 😊 merry christmas!
December 25, 20231 yr A simple breffiss, but one we have every year in our little home. Merry Christmas, you filthy & surly animals.
December 25, 20231 yr Venison back straps, two stuffed and wrapped in bacon then grilled. Two cut into steaks and grilled with a Diane sauce. Typical sides. Everyone too tired from managing three girls 8, 5, 4, hyperagitated from Santa, sugar, toys.
December 25, 20231 yr Popular Post X-mas eve dinner.Different route than prob. the past 15 years where I had typically made seafood.
December 25, 20231 yr 15 minutes ago, ROFL BOX said: X-mas eve dinner. Different route than prob. the past 15 years where I had typically made seafood. What did you season with it and how did you cook it? Looks awesome.
December 25, 20231 yr I would have to dig through the garbage to see what they put on it...def. S&P, no idea what else.Super easy - was very interested because I did not have to season.~325⁰ for 40 min. & the hardest part was having to sit a fire.Did not even flip, only rearranged 2 smaller ones from low to high / bigger one from high to low once everything was @ ½ way.
December 25, 20231 yr Popular Post Reverse seared prime filets on the Primo, asparagus with crabmeat imperial, and my mom’s “Christmas rice” (kind of a take on dirty rice with wild rice and mushrooms):
December 26, 20231 yr I got too high and was worried about fucking it up but the tri tip is pretty damn good. Picture sucks for some reason though.
December 26, 20231 yr Herb crusted beef tenderloin red wine, mushroom, shallot, gravy/reduction mashed potatoes caesar salad SLAMMED. That gravy is ridiculous.hi
December 26, 20231 yr 3 hours ago, Brisketexan said: Reverse seared prime filets on the Primo, asparagus with crabmeat imperial, and my mom’s “Christmas rice” (kind of a take on dirty rice with wild rice and mushrooms): Any chance you could spare the rice recipe? Looks great!
December 26, 20231 yr Any chance you could spare the rice recipe? Looks great!The cool thing is that, to confirm it, I went through my mom’s old recipes. Found this version:It’s a little vague. Brown the sausage, then add the onion, almonds, and mushrooms all at once. When those are done (mushrooms cooked down), add the rest (rices, spices, water).Bring to boil, then simmer around 45 mins, check to see if you need to open up the rice a little. Maybe another 5-10 mins.
December 26, 20231 yr 6 minutes ago, Brisketexan said: The cool thing is that, to confirm it, I went through my mom’s old recipes. Found this version: It’s a little vague. Brown the sausage, then add the onion, almonds, and mushrooms all at once. When those are done (mushrooms cooked down), add the rest (rices, spices, water). Bring to boil, then simmer around 45 mins, check to see if you need to open up the rice a little. Maybe another 5-10 mins. For "seasoning," are you going with salt, pepper, oregano, thyme, cayenne, similar to a Cajun dirty rice? That looks really good.
December 26, 20231 yr For "seasoning," are you going with salt, pepper, oregano, thyme, cayenne, similar to a Cajun dirty rice? That looks really good.The seasoning pack from the Uncle Ben’s mix. Seriously, we never over complicated it. I add a dash of Cajun seasoning sometimes.
December 26, 20231 yr 9 minutes ago, Brisketexan said: The seasoning pack from the Uncle Ben’s mix. Seriously, we never over complicated it. I add a dash of Cajun seasoning sometimes. My second guess was add some Cajun seasoning. Good show!
December 26, 20231 yr Leftover steak and fried oysters with a couple scrambled eggs for breakfast should get the day going nicely.
December 26, 20231 yr 13 hours ago, ocugolf said: Herb crusted beef tenderloin red wine, mushroom, shallot, gravy/reduction mashed potatoes caesar salad SLAMMED. That gravy is ridiculous.hi Ok but how was your MIL’s pie?
December 26, 20231 yr did prime rib and lobster tails. pulled the meat at 115F from the green egg and let it rest wrapped in foil, then the in-laws were late, so it rested for about 1.5 hours. Still turned out great lobster tails were cut in half and grilled with some butter. Managed to not overcook them and they turned out great.
December 26, 20231 yr I kept it simple with some jerked chicken thighs and Bozo (Jack Allen’s) tamale dressing, along with green beans and homemade apple/cranberry cobbler (not pictured).
December 27, 20231 yr 9 hours ago, Etexhorn13 said: Ok but how was your MIL’s pie? Lmao. She didn’t bring one unfortunately. We told her to not bring anything down because it’s just the wife, myself, and her. She came with two dips, 3 types of cookies, a cheese ball, puppy chow, Chex mix, and summer sausage. We could have fed Patton’s army with the amount of shit she brought
December 27, 20231 yr Stayed at a VRBO so cooking implements were at a premium, but thankfully you can do a leg of lamb on just about anything…
December 30, 20231 yr I went a different direction with my "Christmas Menu" this year. Visiting family out-of-state, with others coming from Colorado, Minnesota, Wisconsin. I'm the "designated cocktail guy", so I went more structured this year... Was a big hit, with the "Rum Rum Rudolph" being the most favored (of course it was the first day, so not the best choice by me I guess).
December 31, 20231 yr On 12/26/2023 at 11:09 PM, ChickenSandwich said: Air fried left over fried turkey skin, Tres Market chicken salad/bread
December 24, 20241 yr Glad this got bumped...I couldn't find my mom's rice recipe, and there it is a few posts up.
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