Our Holiday Dinners

Melissa Houle said:

As my mother observed "Christmas is much mellower now that the children are in their forties."

It's really true. Christmas and other holidays have become much easier and less stressful as
everyone has "grown up". Partly due to maturity, partly because the focus has shifted to the newer
generation, all in all it's a good thing.

Christmas was a important when I was young, it became less so for a time, and now it's become
important and wonderful again.

--
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Goomba38 said:

Nancy Young said:

Paula Dean's

Ohmygosh I can't *stand* to listen to that lady!! Her inane chatter with that horrible voice (no,
not accent, I live with that accent. It's her voice added to the stupid giggling she does) drives
me bonkers!!! It's almost painful. I can't help but worry that anyone outside of the South will
judge all southerners by her.
:/
Goomba

I guess I don't watch enough Food TV to know the names of all the "stars". Is she the Southern
Cooking person?

We laugh because she puts cheddar cheese in everything, including lasagne.

Practice safe eating - always use condiments

sf said:

I guess I don't watch enough Food TV to know the names of all the "stars". Is she the Southern
Cooking person?

We laugh because she puts cheddar cheese in everything, including lasagne.

(laugh) Yeah, she is inordinately fond of putting cheddar in every pasta dish. Today she made some
kind of spaghetti/tomato meat sauce and layered it with cheddar, and of course, my fave, topped it
with cheddar and melted the whole thing together. Gack. What the hell, she amuses me.

nancy

I made the Christmas breakfast I'd planned - fresh croissants with gypsy ham, a smidgen of herb
butter, and cheddar cheese heated up in the oven to melt everything. I overestimated the oven
temperature and burnt the bottoms (oops) but once they were scraped off they tasted delicious. And
we had a fruit plate with cherries, strawberries, peach and apple dipped in lime.

Lunch was a big family affair. Roast turkey and chicken, roast potatoes, ham, vegetables courtesy of
Mister Edgells (ugh) and gravy out of a tin (ugh again) I have to say I found it rather
disappointing... last year one of my cousins (who's a chef and who was having his first big family
christmas) brought gourmet potatoes, stuffing and gravy and it really lifted the meal. I was looking
forward to more treats, but he didn't do anything special this time round. 🙁 The most exotic thing
on the table was the herb bread I brought...

Dessert was traditional christmas pudding (made to my grandma's family recipe), icecream and
custard. My mother made one and my aunt made the other and as seems to be traditional she couldn't
get the recipe right. She's very distressed that she can't make a good christmas pudding, but maybe
one day she'll get it right.

~Karen AKA Kajikit

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Quoted message said:

Melissa Houle said:

As my mother observed "Christmas is much mellower now that the children are in their forties."

It's really true. Christmas and other holidays have become much easier and less stressful as
everyone has "grown up". Partly due to maturity, partly because the focus has shifted to the newer
generation, all in all it's a good thing.

Christmas was a important when I was young, it became less so for a time, and now it's become
important and wonderful again.

I agree with all of what you say. I think for my mother, it also really helps that she no longer has
to put four excited kids to bed at a somewhat decent hour on Christmas Eve then stuff four stockings
until approximately one a.m. only to be re-awoken at five or six a.m by excited kids who can't wait
to see what Santa brought them.<G>

Melissa

sf said:

I guess I don't watch enough Food TV to know the names of all the "stars". Is she the Southern
Cooking person?

We laugh because she puts cheddar cheese in everything, including lasagne.

yes, she's a southern lady from Savannah, GA (originally elsewhere in GA) although I've never seen
her passion for cheddar? Her story is interesting in so much as she was a divorced woman with two
sons to feed and started some sort of lunch service and it outgrew her. She now has some restaurant
called "The Lady and Two Sons" or something like that. I've never been there. I do like the looks of
her range/oven on the series.. wonder how well it really works? Goomba

I made my first EVER prime rib roast on Christmas. Because of a supplier problem, all I could get
was boneless, but it was delicious. I prepared it thus, using a recipe from www.epicurious.com

Roast 30 large cloves of garlic, unpeeled, in 1/4 C. olive oil for about 35 minutes at 350 F. Drain
the oil into a food processor and let the cloves cool. Peel the garlic, add to the processor. Add
1/4 C. prepared horseradish sauce, and puree. Place a 6 lb. boneless rib roast on a rack in the pan
you will bake it in. Salt and pepper the roast lightly, then coat all sides with the garlic puree.
Cover and refrigerate for 3 hours up to 1 day. (I let mine set for 24 hours). Cook at 350 F for 20
minutes per pound.

I served this with twice-baked potatoes, asparagus w/hollandaise, rolls, and a congealed salad for
the 4yo. 'Twas very good.

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Quoted message said:

Nancy Young said:

My dinner was excellent, at least to my taste. Standing rib roast with Paula Dean's house
seasoning (salt pepper and granulated garlic) rub, don't be shy, put on plenty ... and her
brandied mushrooms.

Ohmygosh I can't *stand* to listen to that lady!! Her inane chatter with

that

Quoted message said:

horrible voice (no, not accent, I live with that accent. It's her voice

added to

Quoted message said:

the stupid giggling she does) drives me bonkers!!! It's almost painful. I

can't

Quoted message said:

help but worry that anyone outside of the South will judge all southerners

by her.

Quoted message said:

:/
Goomba

Kajikit said:

Dessert was traditional christmas pudding (made to my grandma's family recipe), icecream and
custard. My mother made one and my aunt made the other and as seems to be traditional she couldn't
get the recipe right. She's very distressed that she can't make a good christmas pudding, but
maybe one day she'll get it right.

(posted and emailed)

Never having had Christmas Pudding, I am curious-- what differentiates a good one from a bad?

gloria p

Goomba38 said:

sf said:

I guess I don't watch enough Food TV

I do like the looks of her range/oven on the series.. wonder how well it really works?

I don't know about her range, but I can give a warning to anyone who is thinking about buying a
JennAire wall oven (or any self-cleaning oven for that matter). Look carefully into the oven and
NOTICE where the oven light is located!

It's a bear to replace burned out bulbs in mine because it is located at the back - on the oven
ROOF, not on the back wall the way most are. You have to be a contortionist to get it out. In fact,
I couldn't ever get the cover back on properly, so I had to take it off and remove the bulb whenever
I wanted to clean the oven. Now, something or other is stripped, I can't get the screws out and the
oven needs cleaning like crazy... so I guess I have to spring for a technician. Grrrr. It's the
details that drive you absolutely crazy. Other than that particular brain fart, their engineers
designed a fine oven - it looks great and works well.

Practice safe eating - always use condiments

Nancy Young said:

sf said:

I guess I don't watch enough Food TV to know the names of all the "stars". Is she the Southern
Cooking person?

We laugh because she puts cheddar cheese in everything, including lasagne.

(laugh) Yeah, she is inordinately fond of putting cheddar in every pasta dish. Today she made
some kind of spaghetti/tomato meat sauce and layered it with cheddar, and of course, my fave,
topped it with cheddar and melted the whole thing together. Gack. What the hell, she amuses me.

I used to think that my SIL who is married to someone from Alabama just didn't know how to make
lasagne.... now I know she's doing it the Southern way when she puts in Cheddar.

<sigh> It doesn't matter what style it is - I still think it's gross!

Practice safe eating - always use condiments

YUM!!! Was my invitation lost in the mail?

<G>````````````

Kajikit said:

I made the Christmas breakfast I'd planned - fresh croissants with gypsy ham, a smidgen of herb
butter, and cheddar cheese heated up in the oven to melt everything. I overestimated the oven
temperature and burnt the bottoms (oops) but once they were scraped off they tasted delicious.
And we had a fruit plate with cherries, strawberries, peach and apple dipped in lime.

Lunch was a big family affair. Roast turkey and chicken, roast potatoes, ham, vegetables courtesy
of Mister Edgells (ugh) and gravy out of a tin (ugh again) I have to say I found it rather
disappointing... last year one of my cousins (who's a chef and who was having his first big
family christmas) brought gourmet potatoes, stuffing and gravy and it really lifted the meal. I
was looking forward to more treats, but he didn't do anything special this time round. 🙁 The
most exotic thing on the table was the herb bread I brought...

Dessert was traditional christmas pudding (made to my grandma's family recipe), icecream and
custard. My mother made one and my aunt made the other and as seems to be traditional she
couldn't get the recipe right. She's very distressed that she can't make a good christmas
pudding, but maybe one day she'll get it right.

~Karen AKA Kajikit

Nobody outstubborns a cat...

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Practice safe eating - always use condiments

sf said:

Nancy Young said:

sf said:

I guess I don't watch enough Food TV to know the names of all the "stars". Is she the Southern
Cooking person?

We laugh because she puts cheddar cheese in everything, including lasagne.

(laugh) Yeah, she is inordinately fond of putting cheddar in every pasta dish. Today she made
some kind of spaghetti/tomato meat sauce and layered it with cheddar, and of course, my fave,
topped it with cheddar and melted the whole thing together. Gack. What the hell, she amuses me.

I used to think that my SIL who is married to someone from Alabama just didn't know how to make
lasagne.... now I know she's doing it the Southern way when she puts in Cheddar.

<sigh> It doesn't matter what style it is - I still think it's gross!

Hey, don't label all us Southern folks by the way that woman (whoever the hell she is) cooks! I've
never added cheddar to lasagna in my life!

Jill

jmcquown said:

sf said:

On Sat, 27 Dec 2003 18:35:29 -0500, Nancy Young <[email hidden]> wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I used to think that my SIL who is married to someone from Alabama just didn't know how to make
lasagne.... now I know she's doing it the Southern way when she puts in Cheddar.

<sigh> It doesn't matter what style it is - I still think it's gross!

Hey, don't label all us Southern folks by the way that woman (whoever the hell she is) cooks! I've
never added cheddar to lasagna in my life!

Jill

And I'm here in Alabama and I do not put cheddar in my lasagna. My Nana would spin in her grave.
Maybe your SIL could use some cooking tips. Pan Ohco

Pan Ohco said:

jmcquown said:

sf said:

On Sat, 27 Dec 2003 18:35:29 -0500, Nancy Young <[email hidden]> wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I used to think that my SIL who is married to someone from Alabama just didn't know how to
make lasagne.... now I know she's doing it the Southern way when she puts in Cheddar.

<sigh> It doesn't matter what style it is - I still think it's gross!

Hey, don't label all us Southern folks by the way that woman (whoever the hell she is) cooks!
I've never added cheddar to lasagna in my life!

Jill

And I'm here in Alabama and I do not put cheddar in my lasagna. My Nana would spin in her grave.
Maybe your SIL could use some cooking tips. Pan Ohco

It's coming from somewhere and must be widespread, Pan O, otherwise cheddar in lasagne wouldn't make
it onto the small screen in a Southern Cooking show.

Practice safe eating - always use condiments

jmcquown said:

Quoted message said:

Hey, don't label all us Southern folks by the way that woman (whoever the hell she is) cooks! I've
never added cheddar to lasagna in my life!

Jill

oh, come on. there are persistent rumors of an incident in high school...

your pal, blake