Christmas Menus

[Party_Taco 3742]

Raclette with iberico and honey on rosemary toasts:



Bourbon honey ham with all the fixins:

[Brisketexan 105161]

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.

[Damor 1236]

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.

[wild_turkey 3168]

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.

[Dutch 4474]

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.

[Sam Lin 3559]

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.

[Kennythetiger 9398]

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. 

[South Austin 52521]

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.

[TonyTexas 10518]

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.

 

[HookEm 2467]

Probably not as tasty as some of the food posted above, but my young nephew decided to eat an anchor keychain!

 

 

[Kennythetiger 9398]

Glad the pointer’s there to identify the keychain. 

[Brew 3049]

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.

[Anastasis 23479]

Over a few days we pull some things together.

 

 

 

 

 

[Anastasis 23479]

Extended Xmas meal.

 

[Firemans4Horn 18117]

My SIL and BIL host a Grinchmas on the 23rd every year. I was in charge of the Roast Beast (prime beef tenderloin)

 

 

[dcbc 14492]

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, 2023 by dcbc

[Jerry Callo 8707]

Christmas Eve starts with a brisket and fried egg taco.

[Mac8111 2107]

Believe it

[Jerry Callo 8707]

Shrimp etouffee for dinner tonight.

[Etexhorn13 3052]

Charcuterie, Mexican shrimp/avocado cocktail, and rib roast, whole grain mustard mashed potatoes, and creamed spinach. 

[Zepol87 9188]

Something light to start. God damn these people eat late 

 

[mchookem 16338]

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!

 

[Dutch 4474]

A simple breffiss, but one we have every year in our little home.



Merry Christmas, you filthy & surly animals.

[Texzilla58 4740]

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.

[ROFL BOX 6649]

X-mas eve dinner.

Different route than prob. the past 15 years where I had typically made seafood.

[Post Oak 20253]

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.

[blacklab 11941]

 Brisket

 

emergency floor clean up crew 

turkey

bone in pork roast

[jw4381 3085]

Good god you bitches can cook. 

[ROFL BOX 6649]

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.

[Brisketexan 105161]

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):

[DaysOff 7959]

Classy Jew Chinese Takeout here.

[Zepol87 9188]

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. 
 

[ocugolf 1214]

Herb crusted beef tenderloin

red wine, mushroom, shallot, gravy/reduction

mashed potatoes 

caesar salad

SLAMMED. That gravy is ridiculous.hi

[dcbc 14492]

Sausage and mushroom quiche courtesy of the lovely wife.

[ocugolf 1214]

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!

[Brisketexan 105161]

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.

[dcbc 14492]

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.

[Brisketexan 105161]

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.

[dcbc 14492]

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!

[Gen. Applewhite 226]

Leftover steak and fried oysters with a couple scrambled eggs for breakfast should get the day going nicely. 
 

 

[Etexhorn13 3052]

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?

[gyroprotagonist 2594]

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.  

 

[Judge Roybeanbag 11819]

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). 
 

[ocugolf 1214]

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 

[ChickenSandwich 9843]

Air fried left over fried turkey skin, Tres Market chicken salad/bread

 

[Party_Taco 3742]

Stayed at a VRBO so cooking implements were at a premium, but thankfully you can do a leg of lamb on just about anything…

[SurlyORama 164]

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).

 

[Underdog 28742]

On 12/26/2023 at 11:09 PM, ChickenSandwich said:

Air fried left over fried turkey skin, Tres Market chicken salad/bread