What's everyone preparing for Christmas dinner? My menu includes roast chicken with yam and sweet potatoes, organic salad with balsamic vinegar and almond sherbet. Might toss in something choclate later on.
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Turkey. Its christmas! Gravy, potato's, carrots, turkey, brussel sproats, onions, turkey, mashed potato's, turkey.. have I mentioned turkey yet?
but Im not cooking it. apparently my grandmother and two of her daughters are. My mother is arriving just in time for the dinner so she wont be helping.
We will be doing a roast duck for Christmas dinner. (my favourite)
Roast Beast
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We will be doing a roast duck for Christmas dinner. (my favourite)[/DIV]
Mmmm. That sounds good! I like your idea!
Is that a picture of a past one you did Lise? that looks good as well! I got a question for you, maybe you can tell me, my gf and some of our other asian friends always like yams at bbq's. I normally didnt do them but now I do.
Nope, Russ but it comes close. Found it on the net and I was surprise because it looked almost identical to mine.
Yam as an Asian dish? The only thing I know about the root veggie is to either boil or roast it.
Cute pic weird al.
Exactly which beast
Will become your feast.
For the turkey it would be a relief
If for your feast, you chose a roast beef.
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I'm not too sure yet. I might do either a roast duck, beef or chicken. And of course, mashed potatoes, brussel sprouts, brocolli, desert (haven't decided) and other foods that I haven't thought about yet.
Since I still have plenty of turkey left, that will be it. Brussels sprouts, carrots, mashed potatoes, gravy, cole slaw. Enough for a crowd, really. Not that I expect one.
purelife, do you roast the duck itself? Got a recipe?
Yup, I just sprinkled salt and pepper and added some garlic/ginger on the skin and rubbed a little bit of olive oil. I baked it on its own. Surprisingly, it turned out excellent and moist. (oh, and cover the duck with a lid or tin foil). You can put it on top of a bed of onions. But, duck baked on its own already has tons of flavor.
Hm. Never done that before. Maybe I'll try that. Where do you buy a whole duck?
I brought a frozen duck at Superstore. I've only made it once last year for Christmas. I suggest to bake chicken as well because there wasn't a lot of meat on the duck.
I cooked a duck once and found that there really was very little to it once the fat was removed. I never bothered again.
My family banned Turkey about 3 years ago. We found that when Turkey is cooking everyone feels sluggish and tired. There was one Christmas where we all lolled in front of the TV playing with our new "toys" all day and had minimal energy.
We now do steaks, yorkshire pudding, carrots with brown sugar, steamed broccoli, and scalloped potatoes. Totally doesn't go, but we held a vote and that's what everybody wanted!
I'd have no objections to that at all, Ally. A brilliant combined choice
Sounds wonderful, Ally. But after a feast like that I think I would still feel sluggish and just sit around admiring my presents!(//vny!://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/Teasing/5.gif)
What are you hoping to get or, more to the point, who do you expect to lay what at your paws?
I have no wishes or expectations. That way, anything that does come my way will be a welcome surprise. But I have received a card that is marked, "Do NOT open until Christmas". Hmmm...
Ah, from Kaycee no doubt, and for the big day he'll bring you a sparrow for your Christmas Dinner. Thoughful cat!
He sent my brother a fish with a candle for his birthday, so he could do no less for me!
I agree the duck is oily with lots of fat. Thats what makes it so good when you cook it in my opinion. I do mine similar to yours PL, I have also done it where I make slices in the duck and jam garlic on toothpicks into the slots. Then I let it soak like that covered in maple syrup (real stuff so its thin and flows easily) in a ziplock so its always immersed.
Cover it in montreal steak seasoning when I put it in then throw the oil into the maple syrup mixed sauce and keep basting every so often. I usually do two or three at a time though.
Ham takes wicked done like that as well.
Looks like a marvellous idea for ham. I'll have to try that.
Ah! I forgot to add that when you do it after its marinated in syrup, you add oil and terriyaki sauce.
It IS good. Well to me anyhow. Pretty simple too.
Teriyaki sounds like a great addition to the recipe. Thanks, Russ.