The Christmas Dinner Thread 2020

[Grazor]

Boned and stuffed turkey.





Merry Christmas to all.

[tcrideshd]

Boned and stuffed turkey.





Merry Christmas to all.

That’s a turkey I could like

And Mike, I always have mine cut to 1 3/4” blazing hot fire and thinner steaks get too done for me. Rare is the boss, so thick ones work better, used to be able to eat the biggest damn porterhouse around Texas. But now I finish less than half, but breakfast is super great! Still miss our family meal at holidays, but with it just us steak rules

[outback]

Man.....I used to be able to eat like that, too. But it was always after a trash bag of homegrown.

Those were the days.

[gssixgun]

Pretty simple really

The Strufolli came out better than I had hoped for and made for a light dessert that we picked at all that night into the next day

The other thing that was a success was the Salad Dressing, I ended up making a Creamy Garlic/Lemon Vinaigrette it really set off the taste buds to the Lasagna

[Grazor]

That’s a turkey I could like

Yeah well if your memories of turkey were that it was so dry you needed a gallon of grandma's gravy to get it down it's worth the effort.
Hour and half on the barbie and done.
The darling wife got me a meat thermometer for Christmas, tried it out on turkey and came out spot on.
We like rare beef roast, so will take the guess work out.

[cudarunner]

Yeah well if your memories of turkey were that it was so dry you needed a gallon of grandma's gravy to get it down it's worth the effort.
Hour and half on the barbie and done.
The darling wife got me a meat thermometer for Christmas, tried it out on turkey and came out spot on.
We like rare beef roast, so will take the guess work out.

There was an American TV Chef by the name of Jeff Smith who was a Methodist Minister and in one of his cookbooks he said he hated to say it, but his Maternal Grandmother was a terrible cook. He said that every Thanksgiving, she would cremate a turkey and the entire family had to attend the services.

I have done the boned and stuffed bird before and got great results, but these days I find that 'Spatchcocking' the bird is far easier and the white and dark meats cook very evenly and both come out very moist.

The drawback is they aren't the Norman Rockwell Presentation.

[Grazor]

You could probably assemble it back together and it would look close...