What did I cook this weekend.....

[podz]

Making duck for the main course today:

I made a stuffing with sliced banana shallots, capers, kalamata olives, artichoke hearts and air-dried country-style ham.

Drizzled olive oil all over the outside, sprinkled sugar on top and finally got it into the oven:

 

[gratus fermentatio]

Making duck for the main course today:

I made a stuffing with sliced banana shallots, capers, kalamata olives, artichoke hearts and air-dried country-style ham.

Drizzled olive oil all over the outside, sprinkled sugar on top and finally got it into the oven:

Can't see your pics from here podz.
Regards, GF.

 

[podz]

Can't see your pics from here podz.
Regards, GF.

Damn dropbox, fixing it now.

 

[Staestc]

Man, I got a lot of catching up to do! Lots of great food that I'll have to read later.

Breakfast Strata Lorraine before the egg mixture.
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I have a Mexican egg casserole already put together and in the fridge.

 

[beergolf]

Making duck for the main course today:

I made a stuffing with sliced banana shallots, capers, kalamata olives, artichoke hearts and air-dried country-style ham.

Drizzled olive oil all over the outside, sprinkled sugar on top and finally got it into the oven:

MMMMMM I love duck. I did it for Thanksgiving.

 

[LakesideBrewing]

Busy with prep all day, hopefully I'll get some pics up later. But for now, here is our Christmas Menu:

Have a great day, everyone!

 

[passedpawn]

Making duck for the main course today:

That' looks great!

I broke down a duck yesterday for confit.

 

[Staestc]

Busy with prep all day, hopefully I'll get some pics up later. But for now, here is our Christmas Menu:

Have a great day, everyone!

Absolutely Awesome!!

 

[Staestc]

So now I've knocked out a hashbrown casserole to go with the Strata Lorraine and the Mexican breakfast casserole, all waiting for the oven. And these garlic green chili cheese grits that are already in the oven now. And my daughter made the sweet rolls last night.

 

[Kharnynb]

Apetisers are served

Potatoes, Karelian pies, christmas spice bread.
Karelian pies are store bought, we ran out of time.

clock wise:
warm smoked salmon
tomato herring
gravlax
cold smoked salmon.
Filled olives in the middle

french cream, onions and salmon roe.

2 different pickled herrings( storebought)

 

[podz]

And for dessert, the cake that one of my girls named "diabetes waiting to happen" - Snickers Peanut Butter Brownie Ice Cream Cake.

Recipe:

http://www.eatmorechocolate.com/recipe/snickers-peanut-butter-brownie-ice-cream-cake/

 

[Kharnynb]

Ham with peas and prunes

Pickles, red root and carrot bits.

Potato, carrot and rutabaga casserole.

Sauces and preservatives for the ham.

 

[Kharnynb]

our food's eaten, and i'm too full to do much more than roll in front of the tv with another porter and will hopefully check your christmas dinners later today or tomorrow.

 

[Gavin C]

Delicious food

More Delicious food

Hyvää joulua!

Merry Christmas to our Finnish friends. Those are some incredibly delicious and interesting Christmas feasts on display.

I'm just doing a boring old turkey and ham again (not a proper ham that I cook myself, sigh) tomorrow. Your culinary skills are in a different league. Wow!

 

[podz]

Hyvää joulua!

Merry Christmas to our Finnish friends. Those are some incredibly delicious and interesting Christmas feasts on display.

I'm just doing a boring old turkey and ham again (not a proper ham that I cook myself, sigh) tomorrow. Your culinary skills are in a different league. Wow!

@Kharnynb has displayed the 100% traditional Finnish christmas table

Myself, I'm considered somewhat of a heretic in a country where less than 0.0001% of the population dares to deviate from the norm.

 

[Kharnynb]

podz is a bit of a heathen, but we like him anyway

As a dutch guy surrounded by finnish inlaws in the heart of finland, not some big city like podz, i have no choice but to camouflage my foreigness

 

[unionrdr]

Made my two cheese bombs again. Molded & in the fridge now, started a lil late, thanks to YouTube copywrite BS. Mixed 2 pints full fat sour cream with two full fat bars cream cheese. Then added 3-8oz bars Monterrey-Jalapeno jack finely shredded & 3 rounded TBSP's Herbs De Provence. Wife getting last batch of cookies done now. Pit bbq'd turkey & ham tomorrow.

 

[ChefRex]

podz is a bit of a heathen, but we like him anyway

As a dutch guy surrounded by finnish inlaws in the heart of finland, not some big city like podz, i have no choice but to camouflage my foreigness

You do a fine job at it, looks delicious!

 

[Gavin C]

podz is a bit of a heathen, but we like him anyway

As a dutch guy surrounded by finnish inlaws in the heart of finland, not some big city like podz, i have no choice but to camouflage my foreigness

Here's a little taste of home

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[slym2none]

And for dessert, the cake that one of my girls named "diabetes waiting to happen" - Snickers Peanut Butter Brownie Ice Cream Cake.

Recipe:

http://www.eatmorechocolate.com/recipe/snickers-peanut-butter-brownie-ice-cream-cake/

That's disgusting. I think I just had an orgasm.

 

[podz]

That's disgusting. I think I just had an orgasm.

It is so sweet and heavy that 4 of us didn't even manage to eat a fourth of it.

Used a pint of Häagen-dazs vanilla ice cream, homemade Hershey's best brownies (made with dutch cocoa, haha), and whole bottles of Hershey's chocolate and caramel thick sauces. Also threw in some cashews just to keep it interesting.

 

[schematix]

It is so sweet and heavy that 4 of us didn't even manage to eat a fourth of it.

Used a pint of Häagen-dazs vanilla ice cream, homemade Hershey's best brownies (made with dutch cocoa, haha), and whole bottles of Hershey's chocolate and caramel thick sauces. Also threw in some cashews just to keep it interesting.

Ugh reading that made my pancreas ache! Would love to take a bite though... but just 1!

 

[mattmmille]

Well, not cooking too much this holiday. Cookies done in advance. The rest was simple party stuff like meatballs in sauce served with rolls, deli platter, etc. Tomorrow will be brunch stuff, like a Mexican green chili strata and fruit. (Plus contributions from others). I'm not sure I will get an official "meal" in the next couple of days. (Unfortunately, a brother in-law will be cooking a dry aged prime rib tomorrow and I will be elsewhere, eating the strata. *sigh*

 

[BGBC]

7 fishes. Crab and oyster dip:
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Serrano wrapped shrimp and fried smelts:
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Baked whiting:
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Also had canned Spanish scallops and baby bok Choy with fish sauce to round out the seven.

 

[Melana]

Standing rib roast of beef.

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[Melana]

Breakfast

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[Melana]

Cranberry cake

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[BGBC]

Cranberry cake

Looks delicious (and the breakfast buns too). How many layers on the cake?

 

[Melana]

Looks delicious (and the breakfast buns too). How many layers on the cake?

Three. I will get an interior shot later

 

[Temptd2]

@Melana, that cake is just stunning - too pretty to cut and eat! LOL!

My sister will be joining us later. We'll start with appetizers - bacon-wrapped jalapeno poppers and shrimp with cocktail sauce, and whatever libations anyone wants - champagne, Pineapple Upside Down Cakes (cake vodka and pineapple juice), or whatever. Dinner will be rotisseried prime rib, twice-baked potatoes, small artichokes with lemon/garlic aioli - DSis is going to make one of her famous salads (they vary - last one was arugula, sliced pears, shaved Parm cheese, citrus vinaigrette) and she's also bringing some sort of dessert. We'll pop a bottle of Silver Oak Cabernet too.