xmas dinner

Blair P. Houghton said:

Spatchcocked chicken with cajun seasoning. Perfect Rice. Steamed broccolini with salt and pepper.
Toasted Head chardonnay.

Samuel Smith's Old Brewery Pale Ale for dessert.

oh yum ...

--
If I can't be a good example, then I'll just have to be a horrible warning.

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Samuel Smith's Old Brewery Pale Ale for dessert.

Whaaat? Not Winter Welcome?

-L.

We ate:

Cornish game hens Cornbread dressing Green beans Cranberry sauce Parker House rolls Chocolate and
walnuts in puff pastry cups

We've already had our turkey and ham for the season, so I wanted to try something new. It was my
first try at Cornish game hens. They were good! I gave them a generous butter massage and rubbed in
lots of seasoning salt. They came out nicely golden brown and tasty.

Tara

Tara said:

We've already had our turkey and ham for the season, so I wanted to try something new. It was my
first try at Cornish game hens. They were good! I gave them a generous butter massage and rubbed
in lots of seasoning salt. They came out nicely golden brown and tasty.

We had our turkey dinner last Sunday because it was the only time we could get my son and mother
together due to her going away to my brother's for Christmas and he having to go back home to work
on Christmas Day. We had a nice roasted fresh turkey, mashed potatoes, veggies, salad, fresh rolls.
Dessert was traditional stuff, carrot pudding with caramel sauce and a selection of cookies and a
fruit platter.

For Christmas dinner we had my brother and his kids over. I made a Tortiere and my wife made Turkey
Divine with the leftovers from Sunday.

Scheduling Christmas was difficult this year because of work schedules. My son had to work nights
this week. One sister in law is a nurse who had to work afternoon shifts. Another SIL manages a
store and had to work Christmas Eve and Boxing Day. Gone are the days when we used to be able to get
the whole family together on Christmas Day. :-(

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Gone are the days when we used to be
able to get the whole family together on Christmas Day. :-(

I know. For the last few years, my mother's side of the family has had Thanksgiving and Christmas
celebrations together the Saturday before each holiday. It's much easier on those who have to travel
or who have several houses to visit for the holidays. I grew up traveling here and there on the
holidays and as an adult I enjoy being in my own house on the holiday proper.

Tara

-L. said:

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Samuel Smith's Old Brewery Pale Ale for dessert.

Whaaat? Not Winter Welcome?

It was part of a gift-pack that had one each of the Oatmeal Stout, Pale Ale, and Brown Ale, plus
two authentic Samuel Smith's coasters and a nice curvy pint glass with the Yorkshire White Rose
logo on it.

I've had this year's Winter Welcome Ale, and you're right, it's one of their best in a long time.

Then I saw all the merchantduvin.com paraphernalia in the box, went to their website, and scored
these two babies:

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der/to=f/co=1.html store.merchantduvin.comsOpen ↗
p=itemfly/tf=sortorder/to=f/co=1.html

This is the glass that came in the box, btw; it's almost identical to my Guinness logo pint glass,
except of course that has a harp and "GUINNESS" on it.

store.merchantduvin.comtf=sortorOpen ↗
der/to=f/co=1.html

Actually, I don't think that's it. The bottles are 18.7 floz (550 ml) and almost exactly fill the
one I have. I know it's bigger than 16 oz, but it's not quite 20 oz. That's the shape, though. Those
are great for ales and stouts.

--Blair "I see a little kitchen chemistry session coming on."

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-L. said:

Blair P. Houghton <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

Quoted message said:

Samuel Smith's Old Brewery Pale Ale for dessert.

Whaaat? Not Winter Welcome?

It was part of a gift-pack that had one each of the Oatmeal Stout, Pale Ale, and Brown Ale, plus
two authentic Samuel Smith's coasters and a nice curvy pint glass with the Yorkshire White Rose
logo on it.

I've had this year's Winter Welcome Ale, and you're right, it's one of their best in a long time.

Actually the two we had so far weren't as good as others we have had in the past. May have been the
storage - the store where I bought it doesn't get that some beers have to stay cold. We look forward
to it every year - it's one of the only beers I will drink. I do like their Nut Brown though.

Quoted message said:

Then I saw all the merchantduvin.com paraphernalia in the box, went to their website, and scored
these two babies:

store.merchantduvin.comtf=sortOpen ↗
order/to=f/co=1.html store.merchantduvin.comsf=sOpen ↗
ku/sp=itemfly/tf=sortorder/to=f/co=1.html

This is the glass that came in the box, btw; it's almost identical to my Guinness logo pint glass,
except of course that has a harp and "GUINNESS" on it.

store.merchantduvin.comtf=sortOpen ↗
order/to=f/co=1.html

Actually, I don't think that's it. The bottles are 18.7 floz (550 ml) and almost exactly fill the
one I have. I know it's bigger than 16 oz, but it's not quite 20 oz. That's the shape, though.
Those are great for ales and stouts.

Cool - I will keep these in mind for DH's Bday. Thanks, -L.

Veggie sushi with radish sprouts and avocado, **real** wasabi, and veggie yaki soba. Baby loved the
noodles and gazing at the koi, and I thought the tea exceptional. blacksalt

-L. said:

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Actually, I don't think that's it. The bottles are 18.7 floz (550 ml) and almost exactly fill the
one I have. I know it's bigger than 16 oz, but it's not quite 20 oz. That's the shape, though.
Those are great for ales and stouts.

Cool - I will keep these in mind for DH's Bday. Thanks,

I tested it tonight.

Bang-on 20 oz. That last 1.5 ounces is only a few millimeters tall in the wide mouth of the glass.

--Blair "The top shelf of my crystal cabinet is starting to look
mighty blighty."