Re: Whattya Makin' For Christmas Dinner?
 

Turdukin with southern dressing and candied sweet potatos.

Right now I am enjoying Bloody Bulls while the cooking is taking place.

Hopefully it willl warm up enough to enjoy an EPC later in the afternoon.:tu

Merry Christmas to All!:)

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hopefully 4 fingers of Zaya in about 5 hours.

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We are having a standing rib roast, creamed spinach and garlic mashed red bliss potatoes with a bottle of Mollydooker Carnival of Love!

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Well ... I've decided to do a traditional Puerto Rican holiday dinner. Given that it's the first time that I've done this myself, it's been a three-day process. Four main dishes, plus dessert:

• Arroz con gandules (rice with green pigeon peas)
• Habichuelas rosadas con arroz blanco (pink beans with white rice)
• Pasteles (green banana and root vegetable masa/cake stuffed with savory meat or veggie filling, wrapped in a green banana leaf, and boiled -- kind of resemble tamales except they're nothing like them. LoL!)
• Pernil (pork shoulder picnic cut with skin-on, stuffed and marinated with mashed up garlic, onion, etc., and slow roasted)
• Bizcocho de ron (rum cake with a rum glaze)

Pork shoulder picnic cut
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/b...r/IMG_1889.jpg

Seasoned
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/b...r/IMG_1895.jpg

Pasteles
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/b...r/IMG_1925.jpg

What they look like cooked (this was a test run yesterday)
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/b...r/IMG_1934.jpg

Bizcocho de ron
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/b...r/IMG_1966.jpg

The pork is cooking right now (probably 3-4 hours left) and I'll do the rice and bean dishes closer to dinner time. I LOVE this kind of food!!!!!

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I'm shocked I was the last one who posted here. I'll have to drop another photo in later today....

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No Italians here yet? Seafood feast on Christmas Eve has been my favorite meal of the year for as long as I can remember.

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As promised....

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4014/...7db0a7a7_o.jpg

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I made a perfect Prime Rib. Cooked it at 325 degrees until the internal temp reached 115.

:dr

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We did the traditional turkey this year with all the trimmings, and pumpkin pie with whipped cream for desert. Along with a couple bottles of fine wine, a good time was had by all, and the best part - leftovers!!

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My Christmas meal was ironic - I first watched Charlotte's Web, then stuck my ham in the oven.


Oink.

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Cioppino & Lasagna