ISO: ISO Christmas Eve menus?
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We always have our main Xmas meal on Xmas Eve.menu inside for this year
25 to sit down ages range between 80 and 6
We are eating on the "dining deck but the weather is horrid and windy so hold thumbs everthing will go well.
We will start with welcoming drinks of
Pim's no 1 with all the fruit and mint and cucumber peel etc
starter snacks
crackers, baguette slices, chips
Egg Mousse
Avocado Mousse
Cucumber Mousse (debating on this one)
Starters
Oysters
Smoked Salmon, Blini's, creme freisch etc
(Children are organizing this so not sure what other seafood)
Plated with salad
Main Meal
Turkeys stuffed with bread stuffing and sausage stuffing (I am doing 2 turkeys and am very keen to vary the norm of whiskey glazed turkey to doing the Scottish one posted by Olga)
Small pork sausages from England
Spiral Ham (never done one before) with pineapple, mustard and brown sugar glaze
Roast potatoes
Various veggie dishes brought by a friend
Desserts
Pinapple fluff
Brandy Butter (cold)
Christmas pud from England
Cheesecake with fresh passion fruit topping
Pecan Caramel pie
Mince Pies from England
AND
we have boxes of our favourite English tradition...Christmas Crackers, funny hats, silly verses...THIS is what makes our meal traditional for us all (so fun, LOL)
25 to sit down ages range between 80 and 6
We are eating on the "dining deck but the weather is horrid and windy so hold thumbs everthing will go well.
We will start with welcoming drinks of
Pim's no 1 with all the fruit and mint and cucumber peel etc
starter snacks
crackers, baguette slices, chips
Egg Mousse
Avocado Mousse
Cucumber Mousse (debating on this one)
Starters
Oysters
Smoked Salmon, Blini's, creme freisch etc
(Children are organizing this so not sure what other seafood)
Plated with salad
Main Meal
Turkeys stuffed with bread stuffing and sausage stuffing (I am doing 2 turkeys and am very keen to vary the norm of whiskey glazed turkey to doing the Scottish one posted by Olga)
Small pork sausages from England
Spiral Ham (never done one before) with pineapple, mustard and brown sugar glaze
Roast potatoes
Various veggie dishes brought by a friend
Desserts
Pinapple fluff
Brandy Butter (cold)
Christmas pud from England
Cheesecake with fresh passion fruit topping
Pecan Caramel pie
Mince Pies from England
AND
we have boxes of our favourite English tradition...Christmas Crackers, funny hats, silly verses...THIS is what makes our meal traditional for us all (so fun, LOL)
Hi Earnie, for years we had oyster stew. Oysters were more plentiful and not a health hazard>>
and I could buy beautiful small ones dipped from huge containers in the old meat markets or farmers markets (DeKalb Farmer's Market in Atlanta is one place I remember buying them). I wonder if that's permitted now, I haven't seen them like that for ages. And the ones that come in the jars don't seem to taste as good. This year I think I will do a bouillabaisse or crab cakes. Haven't decided yet.
and I could buy beautiful small ones dipped from huge containers in the old meat markets or farmers markets (DeKalb Farmer's Market in Atlanta is one place I remember buying them). I wonder if that's permitted now, I haven't seen them like that for ages. And the ones that come in the jars don't seem to taste as good. This year I think I will do a bouillabaisse or crab cakes. Haven't decided yet.
music-city-missy
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I hadn't thought about the Oyster Stew for years...
Oysters were something very special and we would buy a couple of jars and make a very simple oyster stew on Christmas Eve.
I had an aunt that won't touch onions but covers everything with ketchup. So when one my cousins was little I will never forget that he got some ambition in cooking from me (I was in my early 20's at the time and he was about 4) he loved onions and my grandmother always kept an old margerine dish in the fridge with them sliced or chopped. We were all in the den and he came in there and was so proud of himself - said he had made a better oyster stew. He dumped the whole thing of onions in the oyster stew. My aunt ran as fast as she could and dipped them out swearing all the time. But then she swore that they weren't in ther long enough to make a difference. YEAH right - it had just come to a boil.
Maybe I'll have to make some oyster stew this year - I've never made it for my family.
Oysters were something very special and we would buy a couple of jars and make a very simple oyster stew on Christmas Eve.
I had an aunt that won't touch onions but covers everything with ketchup. So when one my cousins was little I will never forget that he got some ambition in cooking from me (I was in my early 20's at the time and he was about 4) he loved onions and my grandmother always kept an old margerine dish in the fridge with them sliced or chopped. We were all in the den and he came in there and was so proud of himself - said he had made a better oyster stew. He dumped the whole thing of onions in the oyster stew. My aunt ran as fast as she could and dipped them out swearing all the time. But then she swore that they weren't in ther long enough to make a difference. YEAH right - it had just come to a boil.
Maybe I'll have to make some oyster stew this year - I've never made it for my family.