What's on your menu for Christmas?

[Allifunn]

Allifunn, I would like to have the baked French Toast recipe...and I am curious, what is riced potatoes?

Baked French Toast
1 24 inch baguette, sliced diagonally into 20 slices
6 large eggs
3 cups whole milk
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 cup pecans lightly toasted
1/2 stick butter
2 cups blue berries (fresh or frozen)
Butter a 13 x 9 inch baking dish. Arrange the bread in one layer in the dish. Whisk the eggs, milk, vanilla & 3/4 cup brown sugar together and pour over the bread. Cover and chill 8 hours or over night.
Preheat oven to 400.
Sprinkle pecans & berries over the bread. Melt 1/2 stick of butter and the remaining 1/4 cup brown sugar together, whisking to incorporate. Drizzle over bread and bake 20-25 minutes.
Serve with blueberry syrup:
1 cup blueberries
1/2 cup maple syrup
1 TBSP fresh lemon juice.
Cook berries & syrup together until berries burst (I prefer frozen so they won't burst..just cook for about 5-10 minutes) Pour syrup through a sieve to eleminate solids. Stir in lemon juice and serve from a small pitcher, gravy boat or creamer.
Syrup can be made a day in advance...chilld and reheated before serving.

I have made this several ways ..without the pecans, without the blueberries...all ways it is wonderful!

Where does someone buy a goose? Never bought one or seen one for sale. I think I would like to try some different things this year. Balder and his bro like to cook meat outside, you know, things like bear.

PS That is my first double quote reply!

:clap_1: Yay on your double quote! Publix can order you a goose! Although I think they carry them in Atlanta this time of the year.

darlene: I am in this family. trust me. you don't want to do it. if you like potatoes, do not, I repeat DO NOT ever do this to a potato.

I am just plain dissapointed in you Toots!!!!:roll: Riced potatoes are a family tradition and my kids LOVE them!!! Memories of Dad, Mike & Brad all ricing potatoes...dad half in the bag and "supervising" They are wonderful with lots of madam's goose gravy on top!

 

[kathydwells]

Baked French Toast
1 24 inch baguette, sliced diagonally into 20 slices
6 large eggs
3 cups whole milk
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 cup pecans lightly toasted
1/2 stick butter
2 cups blue berries (fresh or frozen)
Butter a 13 x 9 inch baking dish. Arrange the bread in one layer in the dish. Whisk the eggs, milk, vanilla & 3/4 cup brown sugar together and pour over the bread. Cover and chill 8 hours or over night.
Preheat oven to 400.
Sprinkle pecans & berries over the bread. Melt 1/2 stick of butter and the remaining 1/4 cup brown sugar together, whisking to incorporate. Drizzle over bread and bake 20-25 minutes.
Serve with blueberry syrup:
1 cup blueberries
1/2 cup maple syrup
1 TBSP fresh lemon juice.
Cook berries & syrup together until berries burst (I prefer frozen so they won't burst..just cook for about 5-10 minutes) Pour syrup through a sieve to eleminate solids. Stir in lemon juice and serve from a small pitcher, gravy boat or creamer.
Syrup can be made a day in advance...chilld and reheated before serving.

I have made this several ways ..without the pecans, without the blueberries...all ways it is wonderful!


:clap_1: Yay on your double quote! Publix can order you a goose! Although I think they carry them in Atlanta this time of the year.

I am just plain dissapointed in you Toots!!!!:roll: Riced potatoes are a family tradition and my kids LOVE them!!! Memories of Dad, Mike & Brad all ricing potatoes...dad half in the bag and "supervising" They are wonderful with lots of madam's goose gravy on top!

Thank you sweetie. Now get over to that Thanksgiving recipe thread and answer my question. Oh, I forgot to say pretty please with sugar on top.....

 

[Miss Kitty]

Thank you sweetie. Now get over to that Thanksgiving recipe thread and answer my question.

...man, Darlene...you are giving Afunn an aerobic workout this morning!!! :clap_1:

 

[kathydwells]

...man, Darlene...you are giving Afunn an aerobic workout this morning!!! :clap_1:

Hey, I am on a tight schedule. ;-)

 

[kathydwells]

...man, Darlene...you are giving Afunn an aerobic workout this morning!!! :clap_1:

I edited my post to put a please in there.

 

[Allifunn]

sorry I didn't see your "request" before I left for work...but Dbuck baby saved the day!
I am cooking for a Christmas dinner party for 6 Sunday night...I am having a blind date at the same time.....dinner will be at my friend Erica's house and she is inviting a man she wants me to meet..... :shock:
I am cooking:
Sea Island Shrimp
Champagne/Maple Scallops
Pecan Cheddar Spread with crackers

Sugared Almond and Strawberry Salad
Individual Beef Wellington
Potato Tart
Harcouverts
Sauteed Red & Yellow Peppers

Chocolate Walnut Torte
Panna Cotta with Hazelnut Praline and Orange Carmal Sauce
Do you think he'll be impressed.....:roll:
I love cooking...I am looking forward to cooking gourmet again!

 

[Jdarg]

sorry I didn't see your "request" before I left for work...but Dbuck baby saved the day!
I am cooking for a Christmas dinner party for 6 Sunday night...I am having a blind date at the same time.....dinner will be at my friend Erica's house and she is inviting a man she wants me to meet..... :shock:
I am cooking:
Sea Island Shrimp
Champagne/Maple Scallops
Pecan Cheddar Spread with crackers

Sugared Almond and Strawberry Salad
Individual Beef Wellington
Potato Tart
Harcouverts
Sauteed Red & Yellow Peppers

Chocolate Walnut Torte
Panna Cotta with Hazelnut Praline and Orange Carmal Sauce
Do you think he'll be impressed.....:roll:
I love cooking...I am looking forward to cooking gourmet again!

I am impressed- and if he's not, well ditch him!

Are recipes available for the cheddar pecan spread, shrimp and scallops? (insert begging smilie here)

 

[Sheila]

sorry I didn't see your "request" before I left for work...but Dbuck baby saved the day!
I am cooking for a Christmas dinner party for 6 Sunday night...I am having a blind date at the same time.....dinner will be at my friend Erica's house and she is inviting a man she wants me to meet..... :shock:
I am cooking:
Sea Island Shrimp
Champagne/Maple Scallops
Pecan Cheddar Spread with crackers

Sugared Almond and Strawberry Salad
Individual Beef Wellington
Potato Tart
Harcouverts
Sauteed Red & Yellow Peppers

Chocolate Walnut Torte
Panna Cotta with Hazelnut Praline and Orange Carmal Sauce
Do you think he'll be impressed.....:roll:
I love cooking...I am looking forward to cooking gourmet again!

Gullfriend,

If he's not impressed with YOU! He's not worth impressing. However, the menu is 4th date material. ;-) Date 1-3 is should be him impressing YOU! If he's not impressed, call me. I'll explain it to him. :funn:

 

[Allifunn]

I am impressed- and if he's not, well ditch him!

Are recipes available for the cheddar pecan spread, shrimp and scallops? (insert begging smilie here)

All recipes are available!! I will post...as soon as I can dig them up out of my spider-web ridden archives.....:roll: and BTW...I you!

Gullfriend,

If he's not impressed with YOU! He's not worth impressing. However, the menu is 4th date material. ;-) Date 1-3 is should be him impressing YOU! If he's not impressed, call me. I'll explain it to him. :funn:

I you too!!! You are too funny! I just don't know about this "dating" stuff...its been 30 years..... ...... but I think it will be fun...not funn...... yet....;-)

 

[Teresa]

I am just plain dissapointed in you Toots!!!!:roll: Riced potatoes are a family tradition and my kids LOVE them!!! Memories of Dad, Mike & Brad all ricing potatoes...dad half in the bag and "supervising" They are wonderful with lots of madam's goose gravy on top!

yes, there are some great rice potato making memories. but don't tell madam - potatoes are my favorite food on this earth and I just did not like those. neither did your bro. I guess that is our big hairy skeleton in the family closet - we don't like the riced potatoes!!!