What are you cooking?

[Back in the fold]

I'll be smoking an elk

How do you keep it lit ?

 

[gwand]

It’s illegal to smoke elk. Don’t smoke elk and drive.

 

[WhistlingBadger]

How do you keep it lit ?

That is terrible even by my standards.

(but if you must know, you need a blow torch. And lots and lots of ratchet straps to get them to hold still)

 

[Fishmanic]

I'll be smoking an elk

or perhaps the elk will be smoking

 

[Magnum Man]

9 Roasts for a Christmas dinner at church, for those with no family to share Christmas with this year… 5 beef roasts, 4 pork roasts… pealed 25 lbs of potatoes, 15 lbs of carrots for 2 large roasters… I’ll have the staples, others bring a dish to pass if they are able… numbers went from a dozen, to over 50, in the last week…
I browned all the roasts ( fire kissed meat… yum, yum ) on the grill, before they went into the roaster… a beautiful sight, seeing the grill filled twice, with 2 inches thick of meat completely covering the grate…

 

[fishorama]

That's a very nice tradition, Magnum, yours too, Badger. Sounds yummy.

My husband only "cooks" grilled cheese on rye...& sometimes we have popcorn & cheese after a big lunch, lol. But he does fetch take out pretty well...usually. He's already putting out meal requests (yes, plural!!) for his B'day dinner in a week & a half. He thinks that means he "gets to" choose food for a month. He plays the pathetic card since his B'day is so close to xmas, he often missed out on special things as a kid

 

[jaylach]

So what is your Christmas dinner and what do you do for Christmas Eve?

As to the Eve I'm doing what I said above with the sliced chicken, broccoli and gravy with egg noodles but, this time, pork. What can I say? It is one of my favorite comfort foods and I wanted again.

For Christmas I'm not doing anything big. Will have a 10 once top sirloin steak with a baked tater and corn. Not fancy but I'll enjoy. There will also be sauteed onions for the steak and tater. Will probably do brown gravy for the tater and some cranberry sauce. Not really anything fancy but a nice dinner.

 

[fishorama]

I guess we're having grilled cheese on rye tonight, eventually. Maybe peas too. I'm having hunger pangs now, so hopefully not too much longer...I'm trying not to nag...

Tomorrow will be baked ham & pineapple with roasted potatoes & carrots, maybe broccoli or a salad. My husband wants au gratin potatoes with lots of ham for most of the leftover ham. He also likes fried ham, potatoes, onion & pineapple, me too. Or fried ham'n'cheese sandwiches. I freeze the ham in thin slices & "bits". The ham may last almost until Easter cheap ham sales if we don't get carried away. Not the healthiest of foods but there are those "quality of life" issues too...

I remember when we first got married that frozen ham was very much "lesser". Might have been turkey ham or just not a good low enough freezer temp.? Kind of a gritty texture, eww. I've done it a few times the last couple years & it works great!

Merry Xmas!

 

[Fishmanic]

Tomorrow on Christmas day I'll be cooking up a big batch of stuffed cabbage...one of my favorite dinners.. And I'll have leftovers for the following 3 days...