What's for dinner at your place tonight?

[Bo Diddley]

What time should we show up?

We're eating at 7 to try to get away from some of the heat. Don't be late!

[Non Sequitur]

I'm doing something different for Christmas dinner this year. Tamales. Red pork tamales to be exact. I've exhausted YouTube to see how to do it, but if anyone has done it before I'm open to last minute suggestions.

[Bo Diddley]

I'm doing something different for Christmas dinner this year. Tamales. Red pork tamales to be exact. I've exhausted YouTube to see how to do it, but if anyone has done it before I'm open to last minute suggestions.

That sounds great. One of my employees told me they often make tamales for Christmas but they're not doing that this year because it's a lot of work.

[Scott R Nelson]

We're having crock pot roast, made by my daughter. Anything my wife and I don't have to fix is great. Her four teenagers will make sure that there are no leftovers.

[BigFatMeanie]

Nothing for dinner. We had a huge brunch after church this morning and it's "fend for yourself" the rest of the day. Everyone generally just fills up on candy and junk on Christmas anyway.

For New Years I was thinking of doing a brisket if I can find one under $100.

[Bo Diddley]

Nothing for dinner. We had a huge brunch after church this morning and it's "fend for yourself" the rest of the day. Everyone generally just fills up on candy and junk on Christmas anyway.

For New Years I was thinking of doing a brisket if I can find one under $100.

I've been seeing them around 3.99/pound at Costco. The one I smoked last night was a little smaller than usual--11 pounds.

[Pelado]

Nothing for dinner. We had a huge brunch after church this morning and it's "fend for yourself" the rest of the day. Everyone generally just fills up on candy and junk on Christmas anyway.

For New Years I was thinking of doing a brisket if I can find one under $100.

Our brunch is happening a little later than usual, but we'll likely not worry about dinner today, either.

[CJF]

The CJF Christmas Lunner menu:

Prime Rib with au jus and/or horseradish
Porchetta with a white wine lemon butter sauce
Roasted Lemon Herb Potatoes
Roasted Glazed Carrots
Green Salad
Sauté corn in brown butter
Popovers

The menu was put together for 20 or so and about 50% have canceled due to Covid. So this will probably be our meal today and the rest of the week.

[Donuthole]

I'm doing something different for Christmas dinner this year. Tamales. Red pork tamales to be exact. I've exhausted YouTube to see how to do it, but if anyone has done it before I'm open to last minute suggestions.

For future reference, they sell “homemade” tamale masa at most supermercados Latinos. That makes the process much easier.

[Clark Addison]

I used to do a big Christmas dinner with a rib roast as the centerpiece, but ever since my son left, I am the only one who really loves it. Also, we do a huge "breakfast", which is usually around 1:00, which makes a huge dinner somewhat redundant. So for the last few years we do charcuterie, and then I also get some filet steaks from Costco, and I cut them thin, griddle 'em up, and have sandwiches on King's Hawaiian rolls. It's not the fanciest but my daughters like it.

[USUC]

How many of you have the big Christmas dinner on Christmas Eve vs Christmas? Growing up it was on Christmas day but my wife wants the meal done on Christmas Eve partly due to her heritage and partly to just relax on Christmas.

Last night we did shredded beef tacos and had extended family over. I've been snacking on leftovers today but I'll probably make pan pizzas in a cast iron pan in a couple of hours.

[BigFatMeanie]

Our Christmas Eve tradition is to eat out. Last night was Spitz.

[Bo Diddley]

Our Christmas Eve tradition is to eat out. Last night was Spitz.

Nice. Bo Diddley approves.

[Non Sequitur]

For future reference, they sell “homemade” tamale masa at most supermercados Latinos. That makes the process much easier.

I wish I had done that. The flavor of the tamales was good, but I think I screwed up the consistency of the masa. The tamales came out like individual packets of tamale casserole wrapped in corn husks. After much googling the consensus is that I either had too much liquid in the masa or not enough liquid in the masa or that I didn't steam the tamales long enough or that I steamed them too long. The next time I try tamales I'm going to hire out someone's abuela for a day to mentor me.

[beefytee]

image.jpgMy wife was happy to adopt my family’s tradition of getting Chinese takeout every Christmas Eve. Unfortunately the place we have gotten it from for over a decade has gotten very popular and crazy on Christmas Eve. This year we ordered it at 3 pm and it was ready pretty quickly, so I guess the rule is order it before 4 pm.

We did fondue this year for Christmas dinner because that is what our exchange student usually has. We had some pork tenderloin to dip in oil and some vegetables and bread to dip in cheese. It turned out great. The cherry on top was the Swiss fondue chocolate that his mother sent us. It was so good. It was a bag of chocolate balls by this company https://www.chocolatfrey.com/. I don’t see it listed on their products there though.