so, what's on your new years eve table?

[mopinko]

we have a tradition of shell fish- king crab, shrimp, a little lobster. way too much butter.
i'm gonna make some bread the old fashioned way, as my bread machine seems to have lost it's brain. gonna make a cold bean salad. one vegetarian kid is not here, but the other will be around.
also gonna make the small half of the prime rib that we bought for christmas. not something that i like. big slabs of bleeding meat turn me off. i usually eat the end piece when that is what's for dinner. but now that we have vegetarians to cook for, there is usually something else, so i eat that.

thinking about spuds. something good besides oven browns, which the vegheads don't like cooked with the meat. i could just cook them in a separate pan. but trying to think up something more interesting.

might do some pasta.

how bout you?

[Stinky The Clown]

1. We're probably eating diner food someplace .......

..... Sparkly is performing tonight. Some of the company is sick. Therefor **I** am also performing. She's beautiful and can dance. I'm dumpy and old ..... but I can sorta dance. So I got recruited. This is tantamount to desperately recruiting feeble old men and young boys in a losing military action. I can hobble reasonably well.

Anyway ..... the last show is at 11 ...... and then we have a two hour ride back home.

We'll eat on the way ...... maybe even at a 7-11 ........

[mopinko]

9. that's so sad

7-11? just sad.

[Stinky The Clown]

20. We ate wings and quesos from the gin mill across from where we were performing.

We welcomed in the new year in the car, after the last show, in the parking lot, watching fireworks.

It was actually a fun New Year's.

[grasswire]

15. YOU will never be feeble.

Not with your sailor's mouth. :-)

[Shakespeare]

2. Indian food tonight (dinner out), and tomorrow the traditional lunch.

Pork, collards, black-eyed peas and cornbread, for a lucky new year. :9

[ginnyinWI]

3. going to a new vegetarian restaurant

We are not total vegetarians, but this looks like a great place. They have vegetarian, vegan and raw items on the menu. http://www.cafemanna.com/

[Warpy]

4. Salmon (stuffed) and peas, of course.

Is there anything else?

[mopinko]

8. mmmmm

been getting wild coho around here lately. mmmm.

[spinbaby]

5. leftovers

Last-night's brown rice is becoming fried rice tonight.

[Kali]

6. Old people alone.

I think this is going to be our first New Years Eve alone. We have had some kind of party every year since we have been on the ranch but most friends are "older" than us and can't handle the debauchery anymore, one kid is working and the other two are apparently going to a party elsewhere, despite one working all afternoon yesterday to stack cottonwood branches for the annual bonfire. Oh well. We decided to do a couple of ribeyes, dug out some shrimp for an old style cold shrimp cocktail and may make some kind of liquid cocktails too. Need to go to town for a bottle of bubbles and dog food, though. Was hoping to avoid that but...


What a year.

[mopinko]

7. yeah, our annual party duffed out a couple years ago.

they do it tomorrow. sad.

[ginnyinWI]

16. kids don't want to spend New Year's with their parents,

even if they are nearby, which ours aren't.

We'll put some rum in the leftover egg nog after we get home and put on a movie. :)

[bicentennial_baby]

10. Bloody Marys and Chinese delivery

Our trip to Western MA had to be aborted, due to the blizzard we're experiencing. We tried to get there, but watching all the cars spin out and hearing about the 10 car pileup ahead, we decided to turn around and come home. :o

So yeah, Chinese, or maybe pizza, and booze for us! :toast:

[Phentex]

11. Football snacks...

The Peach Bowl is now officially the Chick-Fil-A Bowl - ugh! :eyes:

It's GA Tech vs. LSU so I considered doing cajun. But I'm making some potato cheese soup, shrimp cocktail, sundried tomato spread, spicy cheese dip WITH VELVEETA, lol, and chicken apps. Plus the obligatory veggie plate.

Tomorrow we'll have our traditional New Year's Day stuff: collards, ham, rice and black eyed peas.

[hippywife]

12. No big celebration here.

Just our usual veggie stir-fry. Then tomorrow we're gonna eat all the junk we love but refrain from eating usually. I'm making spinach dip, queso with a block of pepper jack and a block of colby melted together, a block of cream cheese covered with jalapeno jelly, deviled eggs, olives and pickles. Got some Triscuits, plain tortilla chips, and some Town House crackers. You know, the snacky things that we can pick on throughout the day so I don't have to cook anything except maybe breakfast.

I'll be baking bread, though, too. Maybe some more fruit cake.

We have a running joke that goes like this:

Him: Dinner was very good.

Me: I slaved.

Him: Thank you for your slavery (but he says that last word kinda funny.)

I mentioned something about going out for dinner tonight, although I don't particularly feel like driving back into town; he can't because he had a back procedure this morning and can't drive today at all. So I said, "Well that clinches it then. The way we're ringing in the new year is an omen that I have another year of slavery ahead of me." LOL

Hope everyone has a wonderful evening.

Do you think we could all chip in some money to have Sparkly tape tonight's performance so we can see Stinky in action. I swear I'm picturing Telly Sevales in a tutu. Sans cigar now, I guess.

:rofl:

[sazemisery]

13. Lasagna, panzanella and Prosecco

Mr.sazemisery is trying his hand at preparing lasagna. Recipe he found online. I am doing the bread salad (panzanella) with tomatoes, black olives, anchovies, capers, on and on.

I also made a loaf of bread from my new cookbook, Artisan Bread in 5 Minutes A Day"

[wryter2000]

14. The new recipe for testing from Cooks Illustrated

They call it gravy. It's a long simmering tomato and meat sauce that Lidia Bastianich would call sugo. I tested it for them this Monday, and now I have a gallon of spaghetti sauce to eat.

[Rowdyboy]

17. Down in Mississippi we had ribeyes, twice baked potatoes and cheddar soup....

A neighborhood party with friends and champagne. Doesn't get much better.

[eridani]

18. Goulash--last of our Thundeing Hooves stewing meat

IF you can get local pasture-finished beef somewhere, go for it.

Borgracs Gulyas

2 tablespoons butter (or lard or margarine)
2 small or one large onion, chopped.
3 tablespoons sweet Hungarian paprika (Hungarian really makes a difference here)
2 cloves finely chopped garlic
1-2 lbs stew or kabob meat
1 teaspoon caraway seeds
1 teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon ground pepper
2-4 cups beef or chicken stock (water can be substituted-total volumn ~4 cups)
3 small or 2 medium boiling potatoes, cubed (1 to 1 ½ inch)
1 lb tomatoes, peeled, seeded, diced (or one 28 oz can diced tomatoes—15 oz would probably do in a pinch)
2 medium sized green peppers, deseeded, deribbed and chopped
1 teaspoon marjoram

Heat the butter in a 5 qt heavy Dutch oven or saucepan, add onions and garlic. Cook until lightly colored. Add paprika and coat the onions. Add beef and brown it, then caraway seeds. Add stock, salt and pepper.

Bring to a boil and partially cover the pan and simmer gently for 45 min hour. Add tomatoes, peppers, potatoes and marjoram, and cook over medium heat partially for another hour until potatoes are done. Remove the lid for the last 30 min to let the sauce thicken.

Eat it as is, or serve over rice or noodles. Three batches of leftovers for two of us.

[TygrBright]

22. ooooooooo, That looks SO GOOD!!

Maybe I'll try that with the bison chunks in the freezer I need to use up and the green pepper in the icebox that's getting a little wrinkly. We have some lovely hungarian paprika someone brought us as a gift from a trip to New York.

And some egg noodles to use up.

Bingo.

'Scuse me, gotta go down take those bison chunks outta the freezer.

hungrily,
Bright

[eridani]

23. That should work. The stew meat was very lean

Didn't dry out or overcook at all.

[Vinca]

19. Italian sausage soup.

The one at the link. It's delicious. I add 8 oz. of tomato sauce, oregano and basil as well. Also homemade whole wheat rolls.

http://www.recipezaar.com/Italian-Sausage-Soup-155674

[TygrBright]

21. Hoppin' John risotto!

A twist on the conventional hoppin' john. I'm making chicken broth in the pressure cooker as I type this, and have the black-eye peas soaking to cook a little later. Making chicken broth with the back, neck, wing tips of the chicken dismembered yesterday for last night's chicken adobo.

We will be heading out of town for the winter and I'm trying to empty the freezer before we go. I should be using up some frozen bison chunks in a stew today, but it's NEW YEARS! Hoppin' john is obligatory!

May everyone have wonderful kitchen adventures with yummy results in 2009.

cordially,
Bright

[AwakeAtLast]

24. We had chicken and broccoli fettuccine alfredo

I cut up some chicken breast, rub some lemon pepper seasoning into it, then saute it with some olive oil. While the pasta boils I add the alfredo sauce (from a jar, it's worth the time savings), cook the broccoli in the microwave, then combine it all together in a really big pan.

The secret ingredient? Add some fresh grated nutmeg to the store bought sauce.

My husband and daughter love it and ask for it all the time. I like it because it is pretty quick to make. Leftovers are good for lunch, too!

I do always buy one favorite snack food that we don't normally eat for watching the ball drop. Mine was Frito's and bean dip. Mr. WMU's was Lay's potato chips and french onion dip. Were pretty easy to please I guess.

Hope you all had a great New Year's!

:hi:

[mopinko]

25. our meal was fantastic.

i made cheese bread rolls, an old james beard recipe, with a nice spicy pepper mix added. and we had an old frugal gourmet recipe for bar-b-que shrimp.
here is a version i found on a message board, it leaves out the most important ingredient- 5-6 slices bacon, cut into bite size pieces. cook those first, then add other ingredients. i believe the frug insisted on margarine, but it works fine with olive oil. we also make it on the stove top. and it needs pasta to soak up all that nice sauce. a once a year treat for a healthy eater like me.

i made this recipe in the past. While the flavor was good, the shrimp were very mushy. Take note that they tell you to boil the ingredients and pour on the shrimp and then marinate. Is that what did it? Is that the norm to do? Charley, I saw your recipe on another board and I notice that you just marinate without boiling. I would like to make this again but don't want mushy shrimp. Thanks for the help.

New Orleans Barbecue Shrimp

Serve with a green salad and corn on the cob for a complete meal.

4 pounds unpeeled, large fresh shrimp or 6 pounds shrimp with heads on
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup olive oil
1/4 cup chili sauce
1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce
2 lemons, sliced
4 garlic cloves, chopped
2 tablespoons Creole seasoning
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 tablespoon chopped parsley
1 teaspoon paprika
1 teaspoon oregano
1 teaspoon ground red pepper
1/2 teaspoon hot sauce
French bread

Spread shrimp in a shallow, aluminum foil-lined broiler pan.Combine butter and next 12 ingredients in a saucepan over low heat, stirring until butter melts, and pour over shrimp. Cover and chill 2 hours, turning shrimp every 30 minutes.

Bake, uncovered, at 400° for 20 minutes; turn once. Serve with bread.

YIELD:Makes 6 to 8 servings PREP TIME:5 min. COOK TIME:Chill: 2 hrs., Bake: 20 min.