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« on: December 23, 2009, 12:00:49 PM » |
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Right now in process of making Pecan Fingers cookies. They are so good. You roll them into the shape of a finger, bake at 250 for an hour then roll in powdered sugar while still warm. My family just loves them.
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« Reply #2 on: December 23, 2009, 12:32:39 PM » |
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Ah, food! My second favorite topic after cats. I love anything with pecan, JJ.
I made homemade marshmallows (yes, you can make marshmallows instead of buying them), then made them gourmet by:
- dipping some in chocolate and rolling in ground pecans
- dipping some in white chocolate and rolling in toasted coconut
- dipping some in melter peanut butter chips and rolling in Skor bits
- rolling some in organic cinnamon
I'm having a small Christmas eve dinner and we all just LOVE East Indian food, so I'm cooking:
- Tandoori turkey
- Biryani (rice)
- Dahl Makhni (lentils in a spicy sauce)
- undecided on veggies but okra and eggplant would be appropriate
My contribution to my bro's Christmas lunch will be baked beans and mashed potatoes (still no replacement fridge -- and doing fine).
If anyone wants recipes, I'll post.
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« Reply #3 on: December 23, 2009, 12:46:30 PM » |
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Same here, bug! Except for cats, there's nothing I'd rather talk about than food! (We love Indian food too, BTW.)
I've been making lots of things with squash and pumpkin (thanks again to CSA abundance). Did you know you can make squash cake? It's yummy!
For many people, chowders are traditional for Christmas Eve supper. I will be making a cheese vegetable chowder with lots of those late fall/early winter veggies that I have stored.
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« Reply #4 on: December 23, 2009, 01:47:46 PM » |
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I'm making traditional Italian cookies (like in this cookbook) http://www.amazon.com/Sweet-Marias-Italian-Cookie-Tray/dp/0312156707Instead of the traditional Christmas lasagna, I'm going to stuff manicotti with my lasagna recipe for a change of pace. Stuffing will consist of ricotta cheese, mozarella, wafer thin proscuitto, eggs, seasonings). Meatballs. Tossed salad with olive oil/vinegar dressing. Something chocolate for dessert. Our dogs love meatballs. So do the cats actually.  |
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« Reply #5 on: December 23, 2009, 03:51:41 PM » |
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« Reply #6 on: December 23, 2009, 07:57:47 PM » |
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Catbird, that chowder sounds like a great idea. I don't make them too often, but they're great when it's really cold out. JM, we'll have to swap lasagne recipes one day. I make a minimalist one, but everything, including the pasta is from scratch so that doesn't happen very often either.
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Red and Bones, my baby boys, you'll always be in my heart. Mom will see you later. Look after each other, ok?
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« Reply #7 on: December 23, 2009, 10:21:13 PM » |
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Oh, all of your dishes sound so good! Christmas Eve we're having posole, which is a stew of hominy, pork and red chile. Along with crock pot pinto beans and tortillas. DH is hoping for grilled steaks on Christmas. We'll have to see if Santa delivers the steaks  Happy eating! Don't forget to put the cookies out for Santa  |
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« Reply #8 on: December 23, 2009, 11:29:29 PM » |
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Doing Thanksgiving dinner again since my son couldn't be home then. Christmas Eve we have an appetizer & cocktail party at a friends house so no dinner. For baking; pizzelles, snickerdoodles, sugar cookies, peanut butter choc kiss cookies,choc chip cookies, orange coconut cookies, choc covered macaroons [out of Troopers reach ! ] & butter cookies with walnuts & cherries & oatmeal raisin coolies.[I skipped several types this year] For breads , banana, cranberry /orange, pumpkin/raisin /pecan, apple/ginger/walnut ,zuchini/pineapple/carrot, & pound cake & apple/pear pie. Only 4 types of fudge this year, choc/marshmallow, dark choc, pb, & milk choc.[the vanilla & penuche didn't turn out because of the blizzard].Just 8 of us for dinner ,so it will be small this year. |
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« Reply #9 on: December 24, 2009, 12:42:52 AM » |
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Bug, that sounds great, I love Indian food too. We will be eating out, so I just made some appetizers (puff pastry filled with a mix of cheese, yogurt, lemon zest, wasabi, smoked salmon, capers) and of course a cake. I'll probably make some chestnut flour bread with mixed seeds tomorrow. Won't be cooking&baking much, since I had to bring home lots of work  |
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« Reply #10 on: December 24, 2009, 11:28:03 AM » |
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Just Me, What time is dinner? 2 p.m. sharp (EST) Come on down, Mary Blonde!!!! errr. over We once had 2 acquaintances pop in unexpected to visit us on Thanksgiving. They flew in from Holland on holiday.  We never know who will show up.
JM, we'll have to swap lasagne recipes one day. I make a minimalist one, but everything, including the pasta is from scratch so that doesn't happen very often either.
Cool, bug. Lasagna once a year on Christmas, but no baccala. My mother's side of the family (Naples) always fried smelts on Christmas Eve. |
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Eventually they will understand,
Replied the glorious cat
For I will whisper into their hearts
That I am always with them
I just am....forever and ever and ever.
Poem for Cats, author unknown
"A kitten in the animal kingdom is like a rosebud in a garden", author unknown
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« Reply #11 on: December 24, 2009, 12:48:56 PM » |
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but no baccala Wise choice! Isn't that something like lutefisk? (DH is of Norwegian descent...) I have stained fingers from having just roasted and peeled a ton of beets, some of which will go into a green salad with pear tomorrow. Next step, get the cranberry trifle in to chill (kind of a fusion of American and English traditions, but we like it.) I'm making lasagne for Christmas dinner too, but not a tomato in sight! It's filled with roasted squash and mushrooms, and the sauce is bechamel, with gruyere for the cheese. (I am of French ancestry, in part.) |
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« Reply #12 on: December 24, 2009, 01:18:48 PM » |
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2 p.m. sharp (EST) Come on down, Mary Blonde!!!! errr. over I wish I could but the planes here don't have skis on them for landing! |
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« Reply #13 on: December 24, 2009, 06:29:11 PM » |
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Fizzy. Posole. I LOVE that soup! Please, please send me your recipe. I had it at Folklorama's Mexican pavilion one year (annual festival of nations here in town) and they served it with raw onions, radishes and something else, I forget. It was the best soup I'd ever had.
JM, fried smelts. Yum. My mom always made fried smelts for us when we were kids. I mentioned this to dh and he looked at me in disgust and told me he used them as bait. There's only one Italian store to get authentic baccala here and we haven't tried it. It isn't something my mom had very often.
Catbird. Bechamel is one of the layers of the lasagne I make. I guess we've borrowed part of our recipe from the French.
My Indian dinner turned out fantastic! Happy eating everyone!
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« Reply #14 on: December 24, 2009, 10:30:38 PM » |
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JM ummm haven't had fried smelts in years. A late friend and his family would go every may down to lake michigan and put out the nets and go smelting. Take em home, clean em, then freeze a lot and fry the rest.
leslie what time is dinner at your house - gosh, could make a whole meal out of all those wonderful deserts your making. Do you have help or do you make all of it yourself?
alek that chestnut flour bread sounds really good. Bet it was delish if its anything like your creations.
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