OT: Christmas Lunch/Dinner/Linner Menu

[KeithK7624]

I'm spending my first Christmas abroad and will be having about 15-20 people over.. since there is no bowl game tailgate menu thread, I figured I'd start a Xmas day one.

The menu includes:

Drinks
- Egg nog and soco
- mulled wine
- Irish coffee

Apps
- Shrimp Cocktail
- Sausage stuffed Mushroons
- Spinach & Artichoke Dip

Main
- Turkey
- Ham
- Biscuits
- Truffle Mashed Potatoes
- Stuffing
- Pork stuffing
- Green Beans
- Broccoli Casserole
- Gravy

Desserts
- Guests to bring

Why are you all serving? What should I add?

Merry Christmas Everyone!

 

[RutgersROB]

Christmas eve is 7 fishes

 

[RU1993]

Christmas Eve is prime rib and Christmas Day is turkey

 

[gunboat]

Xmas dinner in the dinning room at Seabrook with Mom in law. She is 99 years young.

 

[runrayrun]

Xmas Eve 7:

Calamari in sauce over pasta
Fried Shrimp
Steamed Clams
Mussels
Lobster Mac n Cheese
Cod in Oil
Anchovies

Optional:
Swedish Fish candy

 

[Debtbubble]

Sounds good.

I try to do it with more vegetables, salads, chicken and fish.

 

[FanuSanu52]

Xmas is my favorite meal of the year.

Smoking a ham and grilling an elk tenderloin over wood. Possibly a prime rib, too, but might save that for New Years.

Sides: marinated mushrooms, roasted asparagus and campfire-style potatoes. Maybe a Caesar salad.

Dessert: smoked-apple bourbon pie, hopefully pulled out of the oven seconds before serving, locally made ice cream on the side. Probably some cupcakes or cookies from the bakery, too.

Days after: awesome leftovers in front of bowl game of the day.

Xmas Eve I usually order seafood from the Pacific NW and make a cioppino or the like, but keeping it simple this year with sushi/sashimi takeout.

 

[FanuSanu52]

Drinks: local bourbon, wine, assorted beers and maybe mulled apple cider, brandy optional.

 

[bac2therac]

Christmas Eve is kielbasa, sauerkraut, mashed potatoes, applesauce and rye bread...a 40 year tradition

Christmas Day is another replica of thankgiving with a few switches.....Turkey, stuffing, lasagna, green bean casserole, cranberry mold, stuffed celery, sweet potato casserole, orange fluff, cheesecake, cookies, and bandurnicki/lokse...a slovakian buttery delight made by my brother carrying on the tradition my grandmother and great aunt started

 

[ashokan]

The usual foods but with some historical things like Christmas pudding (with brandy - flaming) and "Everlasting Syllabub"

http://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1715-an-everlasting-syllabub

 

[KingHigh]

Christmas eve is 7 fishes

Gross!

Edit: when I had this traditional Italian Christmas feast, the fish was right off the "Larry david" sandwich from cye.

 

[mildone]

I have hosted Christmas dinner for my family for about 20 years or so now. I make Beef Wellington (three whole filets worth). We have mushrooms, peas, and various other veggie-type things and typically have various Christmas cookies, including gingerbread cookies for desert.

 

[RC1991]

Christmas will be lasagna but as a kid my mom used to make home made manicotti, lasagna, stuffed shells,etc. Christmas Eve was at an aunts and Hungarian style....but seeing the 7 fishes menus makes me think we may want to do a variation Pacific NW style now that we live out here and it will be our first Christmas in the area.

 

[Beancounter88]

Gotta say, some pretty awesome food choices on this board so I'm jealous. But I'll be in warm locale, so I don't care if I'm having 7-11 taquito.

As for you gunboat, you're going straight to heaven for the mitzvah. Well done!