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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsPre Christmas family dinner finished.Rather drunk. Ask me anything!
We always have a family Christmas dinner on the 23rd at our house and then again on the 25th at someone else's house.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,296 posts)What was on the menu?
Sounds like a lot of feasting going on!
Locut0s
(6,154 posts)Vegetarian lasagna
Lemon baked potatoes with herbs
Salad with pomegranate and walnuts
Mesquite Steaks
Bacon wrapped steaks
Bread
Oven baked vegetables, smothered in oil
Baked sweat potatoes.
Desert
Home made apple pie ( my own, I make a mean apple pie)
Lemon cheese cake
Ice cream.
Edit: some store bought some home made. I did about 50-60% of the home made stuff. All of the apple pie
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,296 posts)It sounds wonderful...
Happy digesting!
Locut0s
(6,154 posts)I hope that your Christmas is even better! Tis the season to indulge and selebarate. You don't have to have a big congregation, it's the love and affection that goes into the event that maters.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,296 posts)There will be a lot of great food and great conversation...
I'm looking forward to it a lot!
Locut0s
(6,154 posts)By and large it's a very liberal gathering and we like to get into family discussions of politics and world events. From a very left wing perspective most of the time
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,296 posts)But there's LOTS of other things to talk about, and we do!
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Locut0s
(6,154 posts)The sweat potatoes were there for the taking but trust me they never so much as touched my fork for a second. I love potatoes but for some reason sweat potatoes almost make choke
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Locut0s
(6,154 posts)20 hours in the sauna to make 1 sweat potatoe. It's a labour of love
God damn dyslexia
IrishAyes
(6,151 posts)Locut0s
(6,154 posts)Of course I was able to sleep in. It was a good dinner last night.