What's for Christmas Dinner?

Lise · Dec 18 06 10:01

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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Russ · Dec 18 06 10:10

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.

P.C. · Dec 18 06 10:11

We will be doing a roast duck for Christmas dinner. (my favourite)

weird al · Dec 18 06 10:32

Roast Beast

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Russ · Dec 18 06 10:37

P.C. wrote:
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.

Lise · Dec 19 06 04:00

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.

P.C. · Dec 19 06 06:36

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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purelife · Dec 19 06 08:57

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.

kitten · Dec 19 06 08:59

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.

Lise · Dec 19 06 10:42

purelife, do you roast the duck itself? Got a recipe?

purelife · Dec 19 06 11:10

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.

Lise · Dec 19 06 11:22

Hm. Never done that before. Maybe I'll try that. Where do you buy a whole duck?

purelife · Dec 19 06 11:28

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.

kitten · Dec 19 06 11:30

I cooked a duck once and found that there really was very little to it once the fat was removed. I never bothered again.

Ally · Dec 19 06 11:33

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!