Is it just me or is turkey best on Thanksgiving and barely that day. mtmuley
What you all cookin for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day
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Not just you.
noharleyyet
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We did charcuterie boards, assorted fruit, and a bunch of bite sized assorted sweets…was ok but not as good as our usual smoked meat spreads.
Per usual - posole with red chile today with the extended family midday. We then made my daughter’s favorite for tonight - slow cooker carnitas for tacos. Tomorrow it’s French toast in the morning with the kiddos and then grazing all day before some big ribeyes for dinner. 70 in Denver tomorrow?!?!? Will be nice to fire up the grill.
Merry Christmas to all you hunt talkers!!!!
Merry Christmas to all you hunt talkers!!!!
Nick87
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Italian beef tonight. Biscuits and gravy tomorrow morning. Prime rib in the evening.
WanderWoman
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Red posole is my favorite thing to make on Christmas Eve. We made some with bison shoulder today.
Tradewind
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Yup, usually meat that is not a bird
Nick87
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I'm in the minority. Love a good smoked turkey.
Gellar
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Same. I brine for 24 hours, and pull at 155. 165 turns to dry ass real fast.
Gellar
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We will have a small crowd tomorrow with my father in law and my mom and dad at our house. We are just going to do a few different steaks including a couple filets, a couple ribeyes and a venison loin, twice baked potatoes, cranberries, asparagus, green bean casserole, rolls and pie.
JV842
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I did a “Christmas Spiced” smoked brisket…brined it for 5 days, then seasoned w black pepper, fresh ground coriander/allspice berries/star anise, and garlic powder. N I made pickled onions n a cranberry bbq sauceI don’t disagree. However, my daughter lives in France, so this will be her one turkey per year.
Khunter
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Christmas eve was homemade pizzas and a great spinach salad.
I make a legit scratch red sauce with anchovy in it for one and pesto for the other.
Pizza 1: red sauce, fresh mozzarella, fresh minced garlic, thin sliced onion, pepperoni, fresh roasted NM green chiles
Pizza 2: pesto sauce, goat cheese, kalamata olive, onion.
Christmas dinner Lobster tails, elk lion and sides.
I make a legit scratch red sauce with anchovy in it for one and pesto for the other.
Pizza 1: red sauce, fresh mozzarella, fresh minced garlic, thin sliced onion, pepperoni, fresh roasted NM green chiles
Pizza 2: pesto sauce, goat cheese, kalamata olive, onion.
Christmas dinner Lobster tails, elk lion and sides.
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Gulf of America
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Homemade pizza tonight for me too. Although we took the easy route with jar sauce. Elk pepperoni, onions, mushrooms, pepperoncini, olives, and bacon with red sauce on one, buffalo chickie and blue cheese with celery, mushrooms, tomato, olives, and bacon on on the other. Tomorrow prime rib on the smoker.
Khunter
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I would not give one micro second of consideration to any fool that only eats overdone meat if at all, regardless of family relation. Cook her a thin tortured crispy breakfast steak and serve a perfect prime rib for normal people. Guess we may hear after tomorrow how she balks at the beautiful rare prime rib she insisted on.Didn’t read the first seven pages….
Well, for the first time ever, my MIL wants to have prime rib!
Funny, because she literally won’t eat meat at all if it’s not charbroiled to crumbly, tough perfection… I suggested I do a twice smoked ham….? She insists on a prime rib for Christmas. I’ll try and remember to let yall know how it turns out. I told her I’ll be doing a ham either way
Irrelevant
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At the in-laws... I'm certain this is one of the levels of hell...
My MIL for Christmas Eve dinner made instant potatoes, canned vegetable medley, shoe leather pork chops.
The real key was how much cat hair was in it? The answer isn't zero
Thought of you @Nick87
My MIL for Christmas Eve dinner made instant potatoes, canned vegetable medley, shoe leather pork chops.
The real key was how much cat hair was in it? The answer isn't zero
Thought of you @Nick87
Khunter
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Heck with that. You deserve better. I smoke a few throughout each year at least and maybe once per year among those for a crowd to eat day of. smoke brisket freezes fine! and make a great ingredient throughout the year for other dishes ( scrambled eggs, taco, chili, stew, sandwiches….) in addition to being great warmed for another brisket meal. Freeze in big hunks and not sliced in advance for best results, but the main thing is don’t wait for a crowd to justify smoking a brisket.
How was it? Sounds amazing.
