Xmas dinner

[ocnbrze]

what do y'all do for Xmas?

turkey? ham?

i usually cook turkey, but this year i'm gonna be doing something different. i'm gonna be making a seafood stew.....or my take on cioppino which is an italian seafood soup or stew.

its gonna have crab, shrimp, white fish (thinking halibut), lobster, and some vegetables in a tomato based broth.

when i do make it i'll post some picks and leave the recipe if anybody wants it.

so what are you guys going to be having for Xmas?

 

[Dannydet]

Ham but this year will be hotdogs, lol...

 

[ocnbrze]

Ham but this year will be hotdogs, lol...

hotdogs?????

LOL

 

[mikedt]

Last year we went to a Chinese restaurant, had Peking Duck and Dezhou Chicken, guess it will be the same this year.

 

[Hadron]

Usually turkey plus vegetarian options.
This year it will just be 3 of us, including 2 vegetarians, so there won’t be any turkey.

 

[olbriar]

This year I'm leaning towards a ham. Turkey is the norm but I don't anticipate a large dinner this year. I can scale down a ham dinner and will be best for the come and go company that we'll likely entertain.

 

[dontpanicbobby]

Just turkey and all the trimmings including boiled onions.

 

[ocnbrze]

Just turkey and all the trimmings including boiled onions.

boiled onions?

 

[dontpanicbobby]

My Mom's favorites. No idea where she picked that up from except maybe, because she was born and raised in Boston too, it's an Irish thing.

 

[dontpanicbobby]

Just both.

 

[ocnbrze]

Just both.

do you boil it in water or like chicken stock? not sure if i'm a fan of just boiled onion in water.

 

[olbriar]

I've basically boiled onions in a gravy. I like it baked over chicken fried steak, meatloaf, and liver.
Either a beef stock gravy or milk and flour gravy. I've never eaten just boiled onions.

 

[dontpanicbobby]

Water.
I must have cranberry sauce.

 

[olbriar]

Water.
I must have cranberry sauce.

Toss an onion into boiling water... that's it???

My wife is the big cranberry sauce eater at my house. I'm not a sweet eater so a little goes a long ways with me.

 

[Hadron]

My mother was Irish (as in born in Ireland, not distantly descended from Irish), and I have to admit that boiled onions was not part of her repertoire.

 

[dontpanicbobby]

Portuguese then.

 

[olbriar]

My ham dinner has turned into lasagna and garlic bread. No complaints.

 

[Unforgiven]

I'm cooking prime rib on the smoker. I normally do an entire roast, but since it is just us I'm only doing 3 ribs. Twice baked potatoes on the side, and Brussels sprouts with olive oil, kosher salt, and bacon.

 

[dontpanicbobby]

I like creamier vegetables but that sounds really good @Unforgiven

 

[ocnbrze]

its a pigenstein!!!!!!!

now that is a Xmas feast
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[dontpanicbobby]

I immediately thought Hawaii ^^^

 

[ocnbrze]

here is my xmas dinner....it was so bomb.com...LOL