Kanyon71 Posted October 23 Share Posted October 23 Ordered my new smoker yesterday that I’ve been wanting for a while now. Got me to thinking what will we do for our holiday meals this year. Thanksgiving: Smoked Turkey Ham (probably Honey Baked this year) Mashed Potatoes Sweet Potato Casserole Homemade Cranberry Sauce Stuffing Dressing (yes there is a difference) Glazed Carrots Rolls Pumpkin Pie Chess Pie Christmas Party: Not sure if we will have one since we moved. If we do. Smoked Beef Roast Smoked Pork Butt Mac’n’Cheese Masher Potatoes Gravy Rolls/Buns Glazed Carrots Christmas: Sadly we won’t be here so no cooking for me. Normally we smoke some roasts though. New Years: Smoked Prime Rib Twice Baked Potatoes AuJus Green Beans Rolls Various Desserts What do others have planned? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebear Posted October 23 Share Posted October 23 (edited) We are boring. We do the same thing every year. Mama does most of the cooking, and I do the baking. I do make the cranberry sauce, though. Thanksgiving Roasted turkey Dressing (no stuffing) Mashed potatoes Egg noodles Sweet potato casserole Green beans Squash casserole (maybe) Fried Squash Corn Rolls Deviled eggs Homemade cranberry sauce Pickles, green olives, black olives, cheese Dessert will probably include pumpkin pie and dirt cake. Not sure what else. No Christmas parties for us, we have no friends. Christmas Eve I'm usually lazy and fix a Stouffer's lasagna. Christmas Day Honey baked ham Turkey breast Mashed potatoes Egg noodles Sweet potato casserole Green beans Corn Rolls Deviled eggs Homemade cranberry sauce Pickles, green olives, black olives, cheese Dessert will be buckeyes, mints, brownies, cool whip cookies, chocolate chip cookies, sugar cookies, snickerdoodles, candy cane cookies, chocolate covered peanut butter Ritz, homemade marshmallows... and whatever else I come across and want to make! New Years day Smoked pork roast Mashed potatoes Black eyed peas Collard greens Turnip greens Green beans Deviled eggs Pickles, green olives, black olives, cheese Edited October 23 by bluebear 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanyon71 Posted October 23 Author Share Posted October 23 1 hour ago, bluebear said: We are boring. We do the same thing every year. Mama does most of the cooking, and I do the baking. I do make the cranberry sauce, though. Thanksgiving Roasted turkey Dressing (no stuffing) Mashed potatoes Egg noodles Sweet potato casserole Green beans Squash casserole (maybe) Fried Squash Corn Rolls Deviled eggs Homemade cranberry sauce Pickles, green olives, black olives, cheese Dessert will probably include pumpkin pie and dirt cake. Not sure what else. No Christmas parties for us, we have no friends. Christmas Eve I'm usually lazy and fix a Stouffer's lasagna. Christmas Day Honey baked ham Turkey breast Mashed potatoes Egg noodles Sweet potato casserole Green beans Corn Rolls Deviled eggs Homemade cranberry sauce Pickles, green olives, black olives, cheese Dessert will be buckeyes, mints, brownies, cool whip cookies, chocolate chip cookies, sugar cookies, snickerdoodles, candy cane cookies, chocolate covered peanut butter Ritz, homemade marshmallows... and whatever else I come across and want to make! New Years day Smoked pork roast Mashed potatoes Black eyed peas Collard greens Turnip greens Green beans Deviled eggs Pickles, green olives, black olives, cheese Ya we moved out of state for my job so we have no friends here either. Back home we had a huge party usually like mid December every year. Family, friends. Lots of food and drinks and fun. We did the same thing for NYE as that’s also our anniversary. We added much more drinks and would usually end up with some of the people staying there because of said drinks and playing like Cards Against Humanity until 3am to 4am. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gator Pam Posted October 24 Share Posted October 24 My menus will be in the Festive Meals Throughout the Holidays thread. Feel free to join me there as well! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bopeep Posted October 24 Share Posted October 24 (edited) We have pretty plain palates, so our Thanksgiving will just be: turkey dressing mashed potatoes turkey gravy deviled eggs rolls and, of course, desserts. I'll make a banana pudding. I don't know what others will bring. I'm trying to make gluten free dressing for my dil. Gator Pam told me how to make it come out the texture and consistency I want, so I'll be testing that this weekend. I don't know about Christmas this year. We've always had chicken and dumplins for our Christmas dinner at Mom's. We lost her in August and I don't guess we are planning to have an all family dinner anymore. I've been told that's the plan for years, but I don't like it. On Christmas day, my sisters and I will be together, but that day we usually just do sandwiches. I might surprise them with chicken and dumplins :). Edited October 24 by Bopeep 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubbalance Posted October 25 Share Posted October 25 I haven't thought to Christmas, but its just my little family so nothing big. We are going to be on vacation for Thanksgiving, so it will be a Publix meal in a hotel room. 2 years ago we did the same thing and my brother in law gave us all covid (he was already sick) so not really looking forward to it lol 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magickallight Posted October 25 Share Posted October 25 On 10/23/2024 at 9:16 PM, Gator Pam said: My menus will be in the Festive Meals Throughout the Holidays thread. Feel free to join me there as well! Look forward to your menus every year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magickallight Posted October 25 Share Posted October 25 On 10/23/2024 at 4:12 PM, Kanyon71 said: Ordered my new smoker yesterday that I’ve been wanting for a while now. Got me to thinking what will we do for our holiday meals this year. New Years: Smoked Prime Rib Would LOVE your recipe for the Smoked Prime Rib - I have never cooked or tasted that - but would LOVE to! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanyon71 Posted October 25 Author Share Posted October 25 1 hour ago, magickallight said: Would LOVE your recipe for the Smoked Prime Rib - I have never cooked or tasted that - but would LOVE to! SO I normally dry age it for about a week, trimming and changing the cheese cloth during the week. Then on the day of the smoke I take it out to bring to room temperature, I start the smoker up and get it to about 225, while it's coming to temp I will usually rub the rib in some good olive oil and then I use one of a rubs (depending on how we feel). I either make one up with garlic powder, sea salt, fresh cracked black pepper, onion powder and possibly a little rosemary. If we want a little more flavor a friend owns a company that makes rubs for sale and I order some of his Pitfaced OG rub it's little bit of sweet a little bit of heat and just overall really good. I try to let it sit in the rub for a little while then on to the smoker. I don't go by time I go by temps internal and I tend to pull it about 5 degrees before it's at the temp I want. It then gets wrapped and set for about 30-60 minutes (this lets the juices draw back in and allows it to finish cooking). Once we are ready, I unwrap and slice to the thickness we want. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magickallight Posted October 25 Share Posted October 25 1 hour ago, Kanyon71 said: SO I normally dry age it for about a week, trimming and changing the cheese cloth during the week. Then on the day of the smoke I take it out to bring to room temperature, I start the smoker up and get it to about 225, while it's coming to temp I will usually rub the rib in some good olive oil and then I use one of a rubs (depending on how we feel). I either make one up with garlic powder, sea salt, fresh cracked black pepper, onion powder and possibly a little rosemary. If we want a little more flavor a friend owns a company that makes rubs for sale and I order some of his Pitfaced OG rub it's little bit of sweet a little bit of heat and just overall really good. I try to let it sit in the rub for a little while then on to the smoker. I don't go by time I go by temps internal and I tend to pull it about 5 degrees before it's at the temp I want. It then gets wrapped and set for about 30-60 minutes (this lets the juices draw back in and allows it to finish cooking). Once we are ready, I unwrap and slice to the thickness we want. Hubby wants to know - bone in or boneless? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanyon71 Posted October 26 Author Share Posted October 26 6 hours ago, magickallight said: Hubby wants to know - bone in or boneless? I do bone in. I trim the bone before slicing. Makes some awesome prime rib ribs. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reinholt1 Posted October 27 Share Posted October 27 On 10/24/2024 at 11:58 AM, Bopeep said: I don't know about Christmas this year. We've always had chicken and dumplins for our Christmas dinner at Mom's. We lost her in August and I don't guess we are planning to have an all family dinner anymore. I'm so sorry to hear this Bopeep. I've been so caught up in my own little world since my old mother took ill and passed. My condolences. I don't know what your family situation is like.... If your siblings have their own family groups and grandkids and all I can easily see where they would not want to get together anymore. That's what happened in my family with my cousins. Everybody was saying it was just too much. But if that's not the case, I would urge you all to reconsider gathering... If it's not on Christmas proper then close to Christmas or maybe even New Year's. Bring the family foods in and just be family and celebrate your Mom's memory while you're together. So many holiday foods that I wish I could taste and enjoy... But it's just me now and I have nobody to cook for. Even if I cut down the portion sizes, that's a lot of food to make for just me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanyon71 Posted October 31 Author Share Posted October 31 Smoker arrived last week but didn’t get a chance to put it together last weekend. Hoping to do it this weekend so I can get a few smokes in on it before I do the turkey for thanksgiving. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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