Suzie Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 So guys, what are you guys cooking? :) I know Alton Brown Dravin and Beefche usually share some yummy recipes so I cannot wait to find out what they will be cooking! Dravin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palerider Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 Will be making a Carrot Cake from scratch. That's my contribution. Suzie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dravin Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 This year's Christmas Eve will be Germany. We'll be making rinderrouladen with rotkraut and bratäpfel for desert (recipes are untested). classylady, theSQUIDSTER and Suzie 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 I'll be making our traditional Chocolate Lush/Robert Redford dessert. Everything will be traditional: spiral cut glazed ham, funeral potatoes, orange fluff (though I've been making it with Greek yogurt instead of cottage cheese). I'm trying some gluten-free dinner rolls for hubby's sake. I'm all about the comfort food right now, and my waistline shows it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iggy Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 When I was growing up our Christmas dinner was Turkey, mashed potatoes w/ giblet gravy. Stuffing. Scalloped Oysters, scalloped corn, green beans with crumbled bacon, green jello with shredded cabbage, carrots, finely chopped celery served with miracle whip. Relish trays of: home made cranberry & orange relish, pickles: dill, sweet, crab apple & watermelon. For dessert ~ pies. The traditional pumpkin, but also pecan, apple, cherry and Grandma's 100% home made mince meat. Once in a while Grandma would make Raisin pie. Since the 1st of the month there is the fudge, dozens of cookies, divinity, penuche, home made peanut brittle. By the time New Year day comes, we are all in sugar comas. The one thing at the Christmas dinner table I wouldn't eat as a child - the scalloped oysters - I now, as an adult - love. One day I will have to make it so Husband knows what I pine for - first husband detested it. Suzie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bini Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 I'm not doing anything incredibly special this year, mostly, my parents are cooking meals for us. They are fantastic cooks! But I'm in charge of desserts. This year I got into cake pops. I started in the summer making different kinds, sometimes cookies, and sometimes brownies. I'm playing with recipes and getting creative with decorating. Seriously, it is FUN. Suzie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmiGerman Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 (edited) This year's Christmas Eve will be Germany. We'll be making rinderrouladen with rotkraut and bratäpfel for desert (recipes are untested). Rouladen and Rotkohl. :) Great. Edited December 22, 2014 by JimmiGerman Dravin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palerider Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 Besides a carrot cake.....sometimes I make a English Trifle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dravin Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 Rouladen and Rotkohl. :) Great. I'm glad it's actual German approved. Just_A_Guy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backroads Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 (edited) My parents will be serving a Ted - Mex style breakfast casserole (a recent tradition) and I'm not sure what my in-laws will serve for dinner.In other news yesterday I made killer gingerbread cookies. Edited December 22, 2014 by Backroads Suzie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vort Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 My parents will be serving a Ted - Mex style breakfast casserole (a recent tradition)That's where they stand up and give an inspirational 20-minute lecture in Spanish on how they prepared the meal. mordorbund, Backroads and pam 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pam Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 Our Christmas dinner will be simple this year. Ham, mashed potatoes and gravy, stuffing, yams and rolls. Wednesday (Christmas Eve day) we're spending the entire day baking and making Christmas treats. Fudge, no bake cookies, gingerbread men cookies (of course), sugar cookies and Kiss Cookies. Oh and pumpkin/chocolate chip bread. Suzie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmiGerman Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 (edited) I'm glad it's actual German approved. Gern geschehen. One thing that seems important for me, if the receipt doesn't involve it: in the middle of the Roulade belongs a stripe of a pickled gherkin, we call it Gewürzgurke, but only a stripe, in the way of a longside sliced quartered gherkin, and a stripe of bacon. And a good sharp mustard. It makes the taste fantastic. You know the Hamburgers and McDonald's? Of course. There is always some Gurkenslices on them. It makes the taste more delicate. And the only spices used in the traditional German cuisine are: salt and pepper. See again McDonald's: they don't use anything else, except onions, and I think they also belong to the Rouladen. Once I was a store manager assistent at McDonald's here in Hamburg. At Gänsemarkt, the biggest store here, where thousands Hamburgers were sold a day. But I'm not so experienced in Rouladen as my mother and my grandmother once were, only what's in my memory. And another thing: tinned Rotkohl needs several hours before it really tastes, not fresh out of the tin. The best is when it becomes a bit dark red, oxidated, a little bit "durchgeschmort", you may say, then it's the best. When we had Grünkohl at the time of my youth, it always tasted the best the next day. It's the same with Sauerkraut or Weißkohl or Rotkohl. Fresh out of the glass or can - forget it. Edited December 23, 2014 by JimmiGerman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dravin Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 (edited) Gern geschehen. One thing that seems important for me, if the receipt doesn't involve it: in the middle of the Roulade belongs a stripe of a pickled gherkin, we call it Gewürzgurke, but only a stripe, in the way of a longside sliced quartered gherkin, and a stripe of bacon. And a good sharp mustard. It makes the taste fantastic. You know the Hamburgers and McDonald's? Of course. There is always some Gurkenslices on them. It makes the taste more delicate. And the only spices used in the traditional German cuisine are: salt and pepper. See again McDonald's: they don't use anything else, except onions, and I think they also belong to the Rouladen. Once I was a store manager assistent at McDonald's here in Hamburg. At Gänsemarkt, the biggest store here, where thousands Hamburgers were sold a day. But I'm not so experienced in Rouladen as my mother and my grandmother once were, only what's in my memory. The recipe I've found is essentially pickle, onion, mustard, bacon, salt, pepper, and beef. And another thing: tinned Rotkohl needs several hours before it really tastes, not fresh out of the tin. The best is when it becomes a bit dark red, oxidated, a little bit "durchgeschmort", you may say, then it's the best. When we had Grünkohl at the time of my youth, it always tasted the best the next day. It's the same with Sauerkraut or Weißkohl or Rotkohl. Fresh out of the glass or can - forget it. We'll be making it from scratch. Due to Beefche not wanting to use red wine we found a recipe that doesn't call for it, I don't know just how authentic a red wine free version will be (quite a few of the recipes I found called for it) but hopefully it'll turn out okay. You say it tastes best the next day? Maybe I'll have to make it tomorrow in preparation for Christmas Eve so it can have a night in the fridge. Edited December 22, 2014 by Dravin Backroads 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmiGerman Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 (edited) You say it tastes best the next day? Maybe I'll have to make it tomorrow in preparation for Christmas Eve so it can have a night in the fridge. Make it tomorrow in preparation for the next day and put in in the fridge. That's what I would recomment. You don't need red wine. You can, but it's not necessary to make it an excellent meal. The recipe I've found is essentially pickle, onion, mustard, bacon, salt, pepper, and beef. Just as I say. Gutes Gelingen, und einen schönen Weihnachtsabend mit einem tollen Essen! Edited December 22, 2014 by JimmiGerman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pam Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 That's where they stand up and give an inspirational 20-minute lecture in Spanish on how they prepared the meal. I was kind of wondering what a Ted-Mex dinner was. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dravin Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 Gutes Gelingen, und einen schönen Weihnachtsabend mit einem tollen Essen! Dankeschön. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just_A_Guy Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 Beefche and Dravin, you inspire me! Growing up, we always had either homemade hamburgers (Dad's childhood tradition) or shrimp with rice (Mom's childhood tradition); and a dessert of plum pudding, lemon sauce, and "hard sauce". When my in-laws heard about my own parents' shrimp tradition, they liked it so much they adopted it for themselves and so now we all get together Christmas Day Night for a shrimp dinner. As for Christmas Eve - A couple of years ago Just_A_Girl's and my home teacher gave us a recipe for a pot roast, simmered for four hours in a beef broth/sparkling burgandy cider reduction. That has become our family Christmas Eve tradition; but with our kids being young and having less-refined palates, we're planning to fry them up some hamburgers. Next year, I'm going to try my hand at plum pudding. Suzie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slamjet Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 A couple of ribeyes, a couple of potatos, a little bit of salad, bolillo rolls, cheesecake. Keeping it simple and within my cooking skill-set (i.e. store-bought stuff). Suzie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmiGerman Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 (edited) That's where they stand up and give an inspirational 20-minute lecture in Spanish on how they prepared the meal. I'm always a bit concerned when I see how much time it takes to prepare and to cook a good meal, and how fast it's finished then. Edited December 23, 2014 by JimmiGerman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzie Posted December 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 Wow, impressive you guys. :) I will be making Beefche's macaroni and cheese as a side dish, I made it a couple of times and it was a hit with the kiddos so it is a tradition now. Eowyn, would you mind sharing your recipe for funeral potatoes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vort Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 1. Go to a funeral. Backroads 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backroads Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 I was kind of wondering what a Ted-Mex dinner was. :)I'm not even going to fix the post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palerider Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 New Year's Day lunch will be Pancakes and sausage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 I wish I had a tried-and-true recipe. Unfortunately this year I've been using Vort's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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