What's For Dinner?: Christmas Edition

[muppy]

8 minutes ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

Yum. I have really been into making dumplings this year (your ordinary Chinese pork ones), including ‘making my own dough. Have made some that have come out restaurant quality. I haven’t upped my game to your level though! 

i saw this movie in the theater years ago, and the audience was audibly groaning with hunger during the dinner scene. 

Yummmmmmm...done well there is no more melt in your mouth delicious food on the planet. Delicioso!!! I'll swap u 6 tamales for 6 dumplings LOL

 

I WISH!~!~!!!

Edited December 23, 2021 by muppy

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

2 minutes ago, muppy said:

Yummmmmmm...done well there is no more melt in your mouth delicious food on the planet. Delicioso!!! I'll swap u 6 tamales for 6 dumplings LOL

 

I WISH!~!~!!!

i would do that trade in a heartbeat! I love tamales. But I have never gotten up the courage to try to make them. It seems so challenging. 

[Jauronimo]

16 minutes ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

Yum. I have really been into making dumplings this year (your ordinary Chinese pork ones), including ‘making my own dough. Have made some that have come out restaurant quality. I haven’t upped my game to your level though! 

i saw this movie in the theater years ago, and the audience was audibly groaning with hunger during the dinner scene. 

I used store bought wonton skins for the shumai and I'm using frozen baos for the steam buns.  If you're making your own skins then you're completely at my level or higher.

 

I have made my own wonton wrappers a few times and while the finished product was awesome (except for the half fail soup dumplings I've attempted) I was normally left regretting the decision halfway through.  The dough is so elastic that rolling out nice round skins took me far too long. I did watch a youtube vid of a woman who ran the dough through a pasta roller and punched out perfectly round skins with a mold.

 

The bao dough is relatively easy but I didn't feel like portioning and rolling.

[muppy]

13 minutes ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

i would do that trade in a heartbeat! I love tamales. But I have never gotten up the courage to try to make them. It seems so challenging. 

it's a labor of love. Hubby is mexican and he has done it from childhood. 3 day process not counting shopping for 12 dozen. Its crazy laborous but delicious. he makes red chili with pork. The leftover sauce/pork is great with added hominy to make a mexican soup called pozole.

 

merry Christmas Miyagi-san 🙂

Edited December 23, 2021 by muppy

[Success]

When I was growing up, my family would always do the Thanksgiving dinner again - exactly.

 

Which was cool.  Because at Thanksgiving, we knew it wouldn't be another year.  I loved the repeat.

 

These days, it's ribeye, taters, salad, bread, chocolate (in some form).

 

[Saxum]

We went shopping today and got 6 5# Long Island Ducklings.

One for Christmas, one for New Years Day, one for Lunar (Chinese) New Year and three just to eat when we want.

I believe my wife is going to make Orange Duck, yams and a salad.  Other items I may have a little of but need to watch my sugar.

[loyal2dagame]

19lb prime rib bone on roast with a garlic butter rub, 8lb pork loin roast with a sweet and spicy rub, oven roasted potatoes and carrots,  broccoli,  and a tray of lasagna. 

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

9 hours ago, Limeaid said:

We went shopping today and got 6 5# Long Island Ducklings.

You heartless bastard!

(must have already eaten three...🤔)

***
Holiday dinner at Limeaid residence:

 

Edited December 24, 2021 by Ridgewaycynic2013

[Johnny Hammersticks]

Is anyone making figgy pudding?

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

19 minutes ago, Johnny Hammersticks said:

Is anyone making figgy pudding?

Urban Meyer?  Hey, it's a football message board!

[LewPort71]

Ribeye Steak on the grill.  Temp is expected to be 60*

Shrimp cocktail.

Some type of taters sayeth Mrs. Lew

Pumpkin Pie.

 

Beverages to include Bloody Mary's  and / or  Margaritas

 

[EmotionallyUnstable]

I had about 40 shrimp 

[Poleshifter]

This year, I am living solo and dining solo on Christmas Day.

 

But I love a real turkey dinner, so I will attempt to simulate a turkey dinner using boxed ingredients.

 

Kind of weird, but par for the weirdness of the year 2021.

 

Butterball sliced turkey from the deli. Stuffing, gravy, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce. We'll see how this all turns out.

 

[Chef Jim]

We're moving Monday so everything is in boxes.

 

I can't tell you otherwise my Chef License will be revoked. 

[Poleshifter]

15 hours ago, Poleshifter said:

This year, I am living solo and dining solo on Christmas Day.

 

But I love a real turkey dinner, so I will attempt to simulate a turkey dinner using boxed ingredients.

 

Kind of weird, but par for the weirdness of the year 2021.

 

Butterball sliced turkey from the deli. Stuffing, gravy, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce. We'll see how this all turns out.

 

Hey, it turned out pretty well. I even went back for seconds. I hope everybody had a lovely Christmas Day.

[loyal2dagame]

4 hours ago, Poleshifter said:

Hey, it turned out pretty well. I even went back for seconds. I hope everybody had a lovely Christmas Day.

You may have dined by yourself,  but you're never alone as a Bills fan on Christmas.  Merry Christmas and Go Bills!

[Just Jack]

20 hours ago, Chef Jim said:

We're moving Monday so everything is in boxes.

 

I can't tell you otherwise my Chef License will be revoked. 

 

Applebees? 

[Chef Jim]

1 hour ago, Just Jack said:

 

Applebees? 

That would have been an upgrade. 

[Tierlifer]

For some of the Jerry Sullivans who lost in main thread….a nice dish of crow for them after todays big W by the Bills. 

[boater]

On 12/25/2021 at 3:48 AM, Poleshifter said:

This year, I am living solo and dining solo on Christmas Day.

 

But I love a real turkey dinner, so I will attempt to simulate a turkey dinner using boxed ingredients.

 

Kind of weird, but par for the weirdness of the year 2021.

 

Butterball sliced turkey from the deli. Stuffing, gravy, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce. We'll see how this all turns out.

 

That's a perfectly acceptable approach. I hope you got good results.

 

Me... my oven is on the fritz. Try making a holiday meal without an oven. But I pulled it off. I made a turkey breast in the pressure cooker--it was amazing. And the kids raved about that funky store brand stuffing.