[Sca-cooks] Christmas dinner plans

[Elaine Koogler]

I believe that I have a recipe for eggnog from the Boar's Head Inn in
Charlottesville, VA somewhere upstairs...and my recollection tells me that it
was wonderful when we made it.  Tell you what, trade you that recipe for the
cranberry sauce recipe?

Kiri

Tara Sersen Boroson wrote:

> I guess it's time to start talking Christmas (yule, etc.) dinner plans!
>   What does everybody here have planned?
>
> Does anybody have a good recipe for eggnog?  I had one, but can't find
> it.  I really don't like eggnog, so this is one of those few things that
> I really can't intuit myself.
>
> Here's my menu so far:
>
> Hor d'ouvres
>         Brie w/fig preserves, hard cheese, crackers, apples
>         Tapanade (some stuffed in cherry tomatoes,) pita, crudite
>         Mixed nuts (and I don't mean my crowd of friends ;)
> Soup
>         Squash soup
> Salad
>         Spring greens, warm goat cheese, sugared walnuts and pears with some
> mild, mustardy dressing.
> Main
>         Turkey & gravy w/sage and giblets
>         Sausage (turkey) and fruit stuffing
>         Saffron couscous dressing
>         Veggies roasted with maple syrup and pecans
>         Cranberry sauce w/ brandy, dried cherries and walnuts
> Dessert
>         Clementines & Cherries
>         Truffles (habanero, rum, hazelnut, plain, maybe orange)
>         Cookies (some from the cookie exchange!)
>         Panforte
>         Flourless chocolate cake
> Other
>         Bread & Butter
>         Wine
>         Eggnog
>         Coffee
>
> The couscous and chocolate cake are kind of overkill, but both are my
> husband's favorites.  I'm going to try the couscous recipe with the
> large pearl Israeli couscous this time.  Breads will probably be a
> wonderful rosemary whole wheat I made a few months ago, and challah.  I
> really wanted to do a goose and a pudding, but too many people (i.e. my
> husband,) won't try either.  Maybe next year I'll feed twenty people and
> can justify making things that not everybody will like ;)
>
> This is gonna be fun.
>
> -Magdalena
>
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Elaine Koogler

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                                                     --  Kosh