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Old 11-23-2005, 07:35 PM   #1
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What's in your oven/ stove/ bbq?

Sounds kinda like a Capital One commercial, but really now that the holidays are upon us and we are all cooking more...

Whatcha cookin'?

Today is my Grandma's 80th birthday, so we have lots of family heading our way and I volunteered to bring the prime rib.

Here's two 17 pounders ready for the table! (yes my oven is greebly - the roasts spattered all over the inside, so I will be cleaning tomorrow)

Show me your holiday meal(s), and I'll show you mine!!

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Old 11-23-2005, 08:28 PM   #2
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Pete just slipped 3 wheat free apple pies into the oven.
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Old 11-23-2005, 09:16 PM   #3
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My Turkey Day Menu:
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Chicken Tikka Masala
Chicken Shahi Korma
Chicken Vindaloo
Vegetable Samosas
Whole green lentils with spinach and ginger
Papadam
Homemade Nan in several flavors

2x Pecan Pie
2x Pumpkin Pie
Bread Pudding from homemade bread

I convinced everyone in my family to toss out the turkey this year and do something a little less bland. We kept the traditional deserts because we've never had an Indian dessert that didn't suck.

I'll try and remember to take pictures of the food tomorrow. The pies have already been violated and they are fan-f'n-tastic.
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Old 11-24-2005, 12:40 AM   #4
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Grant - Nan bread? I guess I spell it Naan bread myself, which is probably wrong. I loooove it!!!

Can we come to your house & have dinner?
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Old 11-24-2005, 12:50 AM   #5
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The Acme has cooked my turkey this year.

I decided to be responsible for the wine. Since work has been busy I did not stomp my own grapes. I just braved the Hell that is a State Store on the Day Before a Holiday. This is a much more arduous process than just making the wine.

I bought Smoking Loon Merlot, and some of that fruity flavor Arbor Mist stuff ... the Island Fruits, for no other reason than I kind of remembered I liked it on an earlier trial.

Because this is the official kick off of the Yule Season, I grabbed a bottle of Penn Dutch Egg Nog (alright, it was an impulse purchase. I was in line at the cash register and thought, "oh yeah, damn, I need some of that too!!")

I rounded out my impulse purchases with a miniature Holy Hand Grenade™.

Fair warning, I may post in the Posting While Intoxicated thread tomorrrow.

I think this is the first time in about the last 9 years that I have not worked on Thanksgiving Day. Hospital policy is that I have to stop drinking one shift before my next shift, so I will have until 0800 Friday.
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Old 11-24-2005, 08:59 AM   #6
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Grant - Nan bread? I guess I spell it Naan bread myself, which is probably wrong. I loooove it!!!

Can we come to your house & have dinner?
I see many different spellings for a lot of Indian dishes (at restaurants run by Indian natives). Nan/Naan is one of those as is Vindalo/Vindaloo. It's probably the way they transliterate Hindi words into something that Anglo-phones can pronounce.

Anyone's welcome!

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East until you hit Montreal
South until you hit civilization
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Old 11-24-2005, 10:24 AM   #7
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18 lb Butterball turkey... should be ready about 3:30 PM!
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Old 11-24-2005, 10:27 AM   #8
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Toad-in-the-hole ... but it's not a holiday here ...
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Old 11-24-2005, 11:22 AM   #9
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Grant - civilization? Hmph... fine.

We had our prime ribs last night - they were awesome! Frankly though, I couldn't keep my hands off of the 50 lbs of fresh king crab my parents got.

I'll post pics of today's rotisserie ham that will be going on the grill in about 4 hours or so.
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Old 11-24-2005, 11:51 AM   #10
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22 pound turkey cooking at Mommy Dearests. With: bread stuffing, mashed tato's, sweet taters (see how you have to say them different?) the ever-traditional green bean casserole, corn casserole, crescent rolls, cranberry stuff, chocolate-chip pecan pie, chocolate cream pie X 2 (lots of kiddies), mince-meat, pumpkin and man, I'm full!

Starving. Don't eat till four.
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Old 11-24-2005, 12:26 PM   #11
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Grant - civilization? Hmph... fine.
I was referring to Canada. There's not much except forests and survivalists between Albany and Montreal unless you count Plattsburg.

T-3 hours until foooooood. Had pie for breakfast...yummah.
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Old 11-24-2005, 12:27 PM   #12
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jinx is making seafood stew with sea bass, tuna, salmon, shrimp, scallops, mussels, and other non meatbased items. ...in a very zesty tomato base with OJ and wine served with a wedge of orange as a finish. goddamn, goddamn. I made a tomato/motz/basil platter. taking them to my mom's later for the big feast.
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Old 11-24-2005, 05:37 PM   #13
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I plan to have a tea-smoked duck, cornbread dressing, and maybe a spinach Quiche this Saturday. I live alone and my kids were working today and all week end. Weather might move the duck back into the oven. Rain in the guess ta mate.
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Old 11-24-2005, 05:42 PM   #14
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The 15 year old has made a box cake and homemade cream cheese icing, and he's doing mashed potatoes (real ones, peeling the spuds himself and everything). I've made a green bean casserole and a loaf of bread machine Hawaiian bread, and we're putting a pork tenderloin on the grille in about an hour. Probably have another veggie on the side, plus a simple relish tray. tomorrow, we head down to the inlaws' for the real deal, but tonight, its just our fivesome and a relatively simple repast.
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Old 11-24-2005, 06:52 PM   #15
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Mmmmmm Hawaiian bread. Sliced up, buttered, and put under the broiler.

I'm drooling..... but it's probably because we are about 20 minutes away from leaving for dinner.
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