Next Christmas, I'm going to cook...
When I saw the SE post last nght about Buche de Noel at the same time I was watching something on Food Network and it was mentioned there as well, I realzied that a few weeks ago, I had toyed with making one this year.
But then i got into cookie mania and settled on rum cake for the big dessert, and yule logs were forgotten. Until about 9 last night.
Well SEaters, what didn't you make this year that you think you might make next year?
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15 Comments:
We did "carnitas fest" this year (carnitas, homemade tortillas, salsas, queso fundido, beans and rice), and dessert was sauteed pineapples and bananas served with vanilla ice cream. Normally we do turkey or roast beef, but those who would have complained (cough, our mothers, cough, cough) about the non-traditional meal didn't attend.
Next year, I think we'll do Asian. I've wanted to make the Momofuku pork buns recipe for awhile.
maered at 12:22AM on 12/26/08
Maybe, if I buy one sometime during the year, a deep fried turkey
More pastries and cookies.
pjracz10 at 12:29AM on 12/26/08
I have been wanting to do a steamship of roasted beef and yorkshire pudding, roasted veg and gravy for years. I think that might be on the menu. And Trifle
JerzeeTomato at 2:32AM on 12/26/08
I'll cook the same thing next year that I cooked this year: Roast Duckling with duck fat fried potatoes and peas w/ mushrooms and pearl onions.
1stmakearoux at 9:09AM on 12/26/08
Next year I'm going to go away and not spend weeks getting spanikopita, cookies, pates etc. together!
I think a tropical beach sounds just fine.
Nonny at 9:11AM on 12/26/08
I was told by my family yesterday that apparently I am going to be cooking christmas dinner! lol
Lilartist at 9:43AM on 12/26/08
next christmas i'm going to cook .... NUTHIN' ..... (yeah right)....
still cleaning up after yesterday.... always hectic and fun, too much food always.....
pooch at 11:07AM on 12/26/08
Wow, girl, you think about Christmas even more in advance than I do and that's saying something! For me, Christmas Eve is the day I consider painstakingly - Christmas Day, not so much.
Depends on how many people I'm having to dinner - whether or not I try something new. Christmas Eve 2007 I had 14 people and did all familiar dishes that I know off the top of my head. This year, I only had seven people and made 2 things that were sort of "new and different." I made stuffed calamari which I hadn't made in years. I also made bacala salad for the first time in my life. I got a recipe from Jerzee Tomato! I think she would have been proud. More of it went than I anticipated with bacala being somewhat an acquired taste. It was yummy.
Next year - maybe I'll get around to that gingerbread house I keep threatening to make. We'll be in our new house in Atlanta and I think it would be a great time to throw a huge party - complete with gingerbread house.
chiff0nade at 11:29AM on 12/26/08
We only had 15 for supper last evening, down from the 25-30 that usually attend - we cooked two 20lb. turkeys, used one and my husband is presently carving another one for today - my Mom is British and for her, Boxing Day is a huge celebraion and others besides family join us - she is getting on and unable to cook AND host any longer, so now, we share the duties - I am just unloading the dishwasher and setting the tables for today - expecting up to 40 - French Canadian Tourtiere, turkey, ham (hot or cold), with all the trimmings, a cheese board, salad and British trifle, a pizza round of mincemeat pie, the dreaded homemade fruitcake for dessert! Tomorrow after cleaning and revamping the house, I will make turkey stock from the two carcasses for later. Next year - hmmm - right now, a warm beach, and a cocktail with a fancy umbrella is sounding good - but honestly, something like a roast beef with Yorkshire is not as time consuming as turkey for a large crowd.
I fine as well, the preparation and cooking of food is not as bad as the actual semantics of serving it and keeping it all hot! Any ideas?
bareneed at 12:33PM on 12/26/08
@chiff, it's not that I'm thinking about it early, it's that I'm constantly thinking about what new things I want to make, what old things are keepers...and not just holiday stuff, I'm thinking about food experiments for regular meals, too. Yes, I'm just crazy about food.
As for the gingerbread cake, my FIL brought up the gingerbread cake I make for them many, many years ago. It was a replica of the family house. DH made the template, I made the gingerbread, we both worked on assembly, and I did the decorating. Funny part was when we got to the roof, and neither of us could remember what color it was. We had to go look at it.
dbcurrie at 12:35PM on 12/26/08
I'm constantly thinking about what new things I want to make, what old things are keepers...
This is how my holiday menu usually gets longer. Those "keepers" just keep multiplying and then I can't bear to have a holiday or gathering without them!
chiff0nade at 2:58PM on 12/26/08
@barneed, that "keeping hot" thing always gets me, too, and now that I live at high altitude with a dry climate, everything seems to cool off so much faster than when I lived at sea level with normal humidity.
This year, I used one of my ovens as a warming oven, and I had a few things ready that I kept in there, in serving dishes covered with foil. That worked well.
The meats needed to rest, and you don't really need your meat piping hot, so that wasn't an issue.
I think maybe next time I'll use some of my cast iron ware to keep stuff hot. If the pots are already hot, I can put warm food inside them, and it will stay hot until I dish it out.
dbcurrie at 5:58PM on 12/26/08
Nothing. We'll take the dinner cruise we did last year.
beth1 at 10:23PM on 12/26/08
A crown roast of pork, but then again, I've been saying that for years....
Kimc54 at 11:42PM on 12/26/08
The dinner. Enough said!!
lamora at 12:22AM on 12/27/08