[maryellen]

appetizers:

stuffed clams
party puffs, small appetizers, artichoke hearts, olives.

1st meal:

stuffed shells w/ meat sauce and meatballs.

2nd meal:

spiral ham, kielbasi, sweet potatos, corn, potato salad (MIL is bringing red potato salad and the kielbasi)

dessert:

hazelnut coffee, chocolates w/ caramel, and desserts that my brother in law and his wife are bringing...


should i skip the stuffed shells and just do the ham dinner??

[Michele]

I"m serving:

antipasto
pasta with my homemade sauce with meatballs, spare ribs
italian baked bread
Salad
blueberry pie
ice cream and whippped cream
home made cookies

[tat2stuff]

WOW tough choice on who's party to crash

[DivineOblivion19]

Originally Posted by tat2stuff WOW tough choice on who's party to crash

Exactly what I was thinking!


I'm going to my parent's house. I'm not sure what I'll be eating!

[Madeleinemom]

Impressive dinner plans!!

ME: that would depend how many you have to feed. If it's not too much work, I'd leave the shells on the menu; it's nice to have options.

Here is ours this year; hubby is flying back from NYC that day, so it's just the two of us ( and he might not be too hungry, after he crashed the above two festivities, LOL):

Home made prime rib
Home made garlic mashed potatoes

Dessert: don't know yet

[Michele]

Madeleine: where did your husband end up staying in NYC?

[Miakoda]

I'm making the following:

Christmas Eve - - Shrimp and Corn Soup and french bread topped with Crawfish AuGratin

Christmas Day - - Seafood Gumbo (shrimp, crawfish, lump crab meat, crab claws, & oysters for pot #2....I don't do oysters) over rice and homemade butter pecan ice cream with some yummy fresh shelled pecans from a local orchard down the street

My mom is also making stuff but I'm not sure what.

[maryellen]

i am cooking for only 7 ... but they all eat like they are 14 people... i also have homemade pumpkin bread, banana nut bread to..

[Michele]

ME: i would skip the shells

[fearlessknight]

Spiral ham
sweet potatoes
turnip green
baked beans
potato salad
corn
dressing
bicuits
pecan pie

[maryellen]

i was thinking that, but wasnt sure.. i think a 9 lb ham, and the rest would be enough right?? it would have been 4 lbs of shells, plus the 9lb ham, plus the kielbasi, and everything else...

[Madeleinemom]

Originally Posted by Michele Madeleine: where did your husband end up staying in NYC?

Michele: I can't remember the name of the place, but will post it when he returns (we talk via cell).

He says it is clean and comfortable, with interesting guests (artsy types), and he has had a lot of interesting conversations (hubby is like the APBT - highly social ).

[maryellen]

ok ditched the shells...

[Miakoda]

Originally Posted by fearlessknight Spiral ham sweet potatoes turnip green baked beans potato salad corn dressing bicuits pecan pie

Y'all eat like us!

Although I haven't asked my mom what she's cooking, we ALWAYS have a honeybaked ham, sweet potato casserole, baked beans (complements of my great-aunt), potato salad, green bean casserole, creamed corn, & a pecan & pumpkin pie for desert.

[Wyldmoonwoman]

Yummm...I don't cook on x-mas, my mom does the cooking, but I am having x-mas eve italian fishes at my house...we power eat from noon till 10

drinks:
champagne punch, beer, wine

Appetizers:
Hot cherry peppers stuffed with anchovi and fontina
crab dip
cheese and crackers
lupini beans
shrimp coctail

then:
steamed and raw little neck clams...I am feeding them cornmeal right now so they aren't dirty

then:
king crab legs with butter

main dinner:
baked macaroni with alfredo and spinach
calamari putanesca served on crusty italian bread
cajun catfish
tilapia with spinach pesto
salad
green beans

then:
spiked coffee, nuts, exotic fruits, and cookies

then:
present pandemonium

Mom I think is making ravioli and beef tenderloin on x-mas

[fearlessknight]

Originally Posted by Miakoda Y'all eat like us! Although I haven't asked my mom what she's cooking, we ALWAYS have a honeybaked ham, sweet potato casserole, baked beans (complements of my great-aunt), potato salad, green bean casserole, creamed corn, & a pecan & pumpkin pie for desert.

LOL....yep...thats the TX and LA kinda thing to do!

[maryellen]

holy crap i am coming to your house xmas eve and day!!!

[DivineOblivion19]

Holy Crap!!!!!! I'm going to Wyldmoonwoman's house!!!!!!!!

[jennay2]

Well, Husband has duty. So we're eating whatever is cooked in the galley aboard the USS Chosin

[Michele]

Originally Posted by Madeleinemom Michele: I can't remember the name of the place, but will post it when he returns (we talk via cell). He says it is clean and comfortable, with interesting guests (artsy types), and he has had a lot of interesting conversations (hubby is like the APBT - highly social ).

thanks....my guess is somewhere in the Tribeca area.... since you mentioned "artsy"..lol