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butterfly77 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-24-05 04:59 PM
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what are you cooking this christmas eve?
Dinners or desserts, or is someone else cooking for you.
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FuzzySlippers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-24-05 05:07 PM
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1. Pork loin in cider with rosemary,
mashed Yukon Gold potatoes, and tiny peas. I'm cooking it. Wish someone else were. Anybody?
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GrpCaptMandrake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-24-05 06:01 PM
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8. I've got something similar going
A pork loin stuffed with lemon slices, apples, onions, raisins and crushed juniper berries poaching in cider.

Pies are baking in the convection oven (pumpkin for the traditionalists and key lime for the Parrotheads)
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-24-05 05:09 PM
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2. People do special Christmas Eve dinners?
:shrug:

I'm not doing any cooking tonight.
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FuzzySlippers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-24-05 05:51 PM
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5. Why don't you stop by? We have plenty.
:hi:
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-24-05 07:25 PM
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11. That's quite a road trip, but thanks.
:hi:
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bicentennial_baby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-24-05 05:11 PM
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3. we're having our traditional Xmas Eve dinner
cooked by mom...Clam Chowdah and Egg Salad sandwiches :9
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butterfly77 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-24-05 07:26 PM
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12. Any recipes
Edited on Sat Dec-24-05 07:27 PM by butterfly77
ingredients and measurements, or a pinch of this and a pinch of that.
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auntAgonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-24-05 05:12 PM
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4. I made
kung po chicken and rice.

later we'll have an assortment of appetizers.

nothing special.

aA
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Tripper11 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-24-05 05:53 PM
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6. So far...we've baked cookies....
and a ham. I also, for the first time made tortiere(French Canadian meat pie). It smells like it should, I hope it tastes as good!
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spindrifter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-24-05 07:26 PM
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13. What is in tortiere?
Sorry, but I never heard of it.
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realisticphish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-24-05 05:54 PM
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7. Heroin
seriously, though, nothing. My mother finished some pies for tomorrow's family get-together, but tonight we're probably just going to have sandwiches or something
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maveric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-24-05 06:02 PM
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9. Stuffed Shells.
Large pasta shells stuffed with ricotta cheese and spinach, cooked in maveric's fine marinara sauce.
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Rowdyboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-24-05 07:24 PM
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10. Currently: butterbeans....Just finished "sugar free" banana pudding
Earlier I boiled and picked a six lb hen so the whole house smells like chicken cooking.
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B Calm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-24-05 07:26 PM
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14. Frozen pizza, doctored up of course and Pacfico Beer to wash it down
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spindrifter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-24-05 07:31 PM
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15. All of this sounds pretty good--
even the boiled chicken. I', saving up for tomorrow: ham, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, salad, peas w/ mushrooms (guest is bringing them) and pumpkin pie w/ whipped cream.
The kid is visiting the "in laws" in the south east. They were having deep fried turkey, rotele and velveeta dip (I hope not for the turkey), some kind of sweet potato casserole and I don't know what else.
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LiberalEsto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-24-05 07:34 PM
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16. Traditional Estonian, minus the blood sausage
Roast pork tenderloin glazed with cranberry jelly
roasted (previously boiled) potatos
sauerkraut
salad
Kringel (a type of slightly sweet yeast bread containing candied fruit)
Spice cookies
and a non-Estonian Jello & Cool whip dish that substitutes for the usual whipped pink farina dessert, because I can never do the farina correctly.

Roasted blood sausage is usually part of this Christmas eve dinner in Estonia, but my family refuses to even think about it.
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BelleCarolinaPeridot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-24-05 07:35 PM
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17. Dominos Pizza
Tomorrow , Cornish game hens and a bunch of good stuff .
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-24-05 08:42 PM
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21. Us, too. Tonight, cook's night off!
:toast:
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Evergreen Emerald Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-24-05 07:36 PM
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18. We are having homemade soup for dinner
Edited on Sat Dec-24-05 07:37 PM by Evergreen Emerald
We made cookies this morning, decorated them in the afternoon and now are in the middle of building the gingerbread house. We are now in the waiting stage. The frosting/glue must dry so we can decorate it. The soup is brewing on the stove.

Hmmm...I need a glass of wine.

Merry Christmas
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bertha katzenengel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-24-05 07:53 PM
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19. already ate: prime rib/au jus, peanut beans, dinner rolls from scratch,
smashed potatoes, broccoli & cauliflower, etc... plus stacker cake & red velvet cake. Courtesy of my mother-in-law, a goddess in the kitchen as well as in my heart.
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ashling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-24-05 08:31 PM
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20. Fried chicken, mashed potatoed
(the real ones, not the stuff that comes out of a carboard container), Lima beans, baked sweet potatoes, homemade biscuits courtesy of yours truly, and chicken gravy.

My New Year's Resolution is to put more blood into my cholesterol system ... until then ....
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lakemonster11 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-24-05 08:46 PM
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22. We make homemade pizza on Christmas Eve.
We also have a couple of things to make in preparation for tomorrow. Nothing major---we made all of our cookies and fudge earlier in the week.
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-24-05 09:04 PM
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23. Chili and Johnny Cake
Got them jall a penos simmering in a nice thick chili with 'shrooms, beef, onions, pork, pintos and black beans.
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mac56 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-24-05 09:27 PM
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24. We made a beef roast in the crockpot
that we found the recipe for two years ago here on DU.

We baked all day for tomorrow's celebration: pecan pies, lemon chess pies, a fruit tart, and fudge.

Now drinking really good beer. Happy Christmas to all!
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Ellen Forradalom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-24-05 09:29 PM
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25. Plain old ravioli
Tomorrow for Hanukkah we do brisket, latkes and challah.

I do a mean brisket. :9 My husband says it's better than his mother's--the very highest compliment from the Jewish male :P
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Akoto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-24-05 09:34 PM
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26. Well, we don't really have special X-Mas Eve dinners, but ...
We had chicken sandwiches, as well as chicken soup with dumplings. :)

Tomorrow, we'll be having a big ham with all the fixins!
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nothingshocksmeanymore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-24-05 10:32 PM
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27. nothing
first year in a long time
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-24-05 10:41 PM
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28. I just whupped up a mess o'
Oeufs d' Oeditpus. Basically an omelet with cheese, mushrooms 'n' Spam.

Mmmmmm. Goooood. :9
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RevCheesehead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-25-05 01:06 AM
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34. Ah, the Christmas Spam...
...it sure gets around, doesn't it? :)
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Tsiyu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-24-05 10:43 PM
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29. We just finished baking two large pans of lasagna
and one of eggplant is baking right now. We'll have it with salad and garlic bread. No fish, like the traditional Italian Christmas Eve dinner, but close as we can get on a budget!

We're all helping out while we watch "It's a Wonderful Life." It's nice to have kids who love to cook.


Happy everything to everyone. It's fun to see what everyone else is doing :hi:
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-24-05 10:45 PM
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30. I made seafood newburg and shrimp cocktail. Tomorrow is honey baked ham
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greatauntoftriplets Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-24-05 10:50 PM
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31. Green beans...
My niece cooked the enormous rib roast.

My nephew-in-law did the roasted potatoes.

Usually, I would do it all....but my 93-year-old mother had a heart attack Thursday night and the family has been relieving me of duties. I spend much time at the hospital.
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Tsiyu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-25-05 01:45 AM
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35. Sorry about your mom, that sucks
I'm glad someone can help you have a holiday with so much else going on.

Hang in there. :)
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nothingshocksmeanymore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-25-05 09:43 AM
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37. ((((HUG))))))
I can relate although mine just spent the first part of December ill for weeks
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fortyfeetunder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-24-05 10:55 PM
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32. Leftovers
shrimp and spaghetti so I can get the fridge ready for tomorrow.

I have a turkey thawing, a sockeye fillet waiting to be grilled tomorrow, and sweet potatoes cooking. Cornbread for the dressing was made last night.
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yellowdogintexas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-25-05 01:01 AM
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33. a chocolate pound cake and hot rolls, to take to
the nephew's house for family meal.

I took my espresso machine over and we made cappucino, that was fun.


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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-25-05 02:06 AM
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36. tonight, I had the whole fam damily over. I cooked:
pecan-stuffed dates
roasted chickens with root vegetables and a prosciutto-sage "stuffing"
red sauce
mashed potatoes
dilled carrots
asparagus

chocolate toffee cookies
banana-cranberry bread

they all seemed to like it
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butterfly77 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-25-05 06:41 PM
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38. sounds good ...
did anyone eat anything particularly,spectacular today something you haven't eaten before?
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