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I know from various posts in the past a number of us take cooking delicious meals pretty seriously. Just wondered how many of us are venturing off the beaten path of Christmas turkey and doing something different.

I will be cooking a 15 pound, 6 rib prime rib roast. AnD it will be done perfectly, seared on the outside and then an even doneness from edge to edge of mid way between rare and medium rare. That will be joined by classic Yorkshire pudding, cooked in a pan, not in those silly muffin trays. After those two items, I don't care about the rest. LOL

Some sort of beef roast, not a prime, however, cooked over charcoal on my Weber grill with a rotisserie keeping an eye on it, or, cooked indoors on an ancient Farberware electric grill in the same fashion, if it is raining as it is supposed to.
The wife is the mashed potato princess, who learned from the mashed potato queen (my mother) how to make a pot of garlic mashed potatos that will bring an American adult male to his knees with tears of joy in his eyes.
There will be some sort of green vegetables, shrimp cocktail, a fruity wine she likes, and Sam Adams Boston Lager that I like, but, I only care about the first two items.


And the beer.

Best,
Ted

Rock Cornish game hens with baked potatoes, broccoli, carrots and Caesar salad- and a fine Merlot to go with on Sat. evening Christmas Eve. Sunday, with all the gals and grand-kids here for the day, Roast saddle of venison (a deer I harvested with son-in-law Geoffrey), mashed potatoes sans garlic, rolls, cornbread stuffing, Waldorf salad, Lambrusco and or Zinfandel for the adults, milk for the grandkids- later, Folgers coffee and Dutch apple pie with Kool-Whip and or cheese, your choice..

Spiral cut ham with brown sugar and pineapple glaze, pineapple rings, sweet potato casserole with candied pecan topping, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, applesauce, whole wheat rolls, homemade yellow cake with chocolate icing, vanilla ice cream and homemade cookies.

Wine and beer for the adults and milk and juice for the grandkids.

Many people favor prime rib over filet mignon, I don't know because I've had many filets that were cooked to perfection but I don't know that many restaurants that would tackle a prime rib.

My wife created a tradition for our family. She makes quail and dumplings for Christmas morning breakfast. Absolutely wonderful.

And we are having smoked beef tenderloin for the main meal.

That sounds delicious Mike. I've been doing a variation on Eggs Benedict for my family Christmas morning for almost 40 years now.

Now that's a breakfast James!

american Bison,Buffalo roast

Sounds like a good meal. How do you do the venison saddle?

My mothers side of the family is Italian so on Christmas Eve we always have sauce,homemade pasta/ravioli,meatballs/sausage. We also have baccala (cod) and probably ham. For Christmas we have prime rib and more sauce and mannicotti plus many side dishes. A good wine is a must on both days.