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Singing.."Would like my
you to be neighbor?"

Okay, that posted wrong! Would you like to be my neighbor, courtesy of Mr. Rogers.

Hey Lemon, Must come with age! I knew exactly what you meant :^)
Thanks for the chuckle!

Cheers; Mass

Would you, could you be my neighbor too! Or a least me, as a invited guest!

We'll be deep frying a turkey again, this year. All the sides will be the regular things, mashed potatoes, stuffing, (made separately) can't deep fry that! Cranberry mold, fried apples, broccoli casserole. Probably will throw in some other things the closer it gets. My kids just like the basics, try to give them something unusual and it will just set there and probably meet the garbage disposal later. Not baking this year. Ordered a cake from the "Puffy Muffin". Cute name huh? They do all their own homemade baking and their cakes are too good to describe! I sure wouldn't mind having that lemon pie though! Too lazy to take that one on yet! Oh, I forgot, my family does not like ham, so I ordered the "Honeybaked" mini bone-in ham for my benefit,I love it!!

Well, for Festivus I’m gonna grill up a top shelf steak Sooner style, sautéed mushrooms and steamed broccoli.

For Christmas day, TB will have me cook a turkey breast on the outdoor spit. This year there will just be the three of us, as I’m still a little stoved-up and don’t feel up to hosting or being part of a crowd, here or there.

Miss Ada is having us over to eat at their place come Saturday. I’ve agreed to braise-up my marinated mushroom specialty on their grill. She is makin’ her holiday eggnog special for me. I’m a big fan of it, as it has a little kick.

TB will be takin’ them their sourdough Festivus cake. Newt and Little Lu will be comin’ over for their cake, by-and-by.

There are a lot of folk in these parts who are sufferin’ from the wind and flood damage to their homes and bidnesses a couple of weeks ago. Ever body is helping out as they can. As I see it, there are two shames; one, that so many have lost so much, and two, that so many didn’t have any flood or high water insurance. It don’t lessen the need any, but it sure don’t help any if you make a poor bed.

Gowin’ up in Texas, momma always said, “You make your bed; you sleep in it.” That’s what I like about compassion and hospitality. There are some times you don’t say that to folk who are hurtin’. Hurtin’ times can bring out the good in people that might not otherwise show through as much.

Help those in need as you can, draw loved ones close and enjoy your holiday in whatever manner you might observe it. That’s the word; “hospitality.” May you feel the joy from hospitality of others, and pass it on.

Paddy

Well, it seems from my post that I have had quite enough of the eggnog. There isn't a lot of festive in my Festivus though. Hubby is down sick, daughter if off on her own (for now), and I'm not feelin' all that swell myself. Turkey breast seems too much. Already had my fill of ham. Seven fishes? That would send hubby runnin' for the "throne"! Soooo...probably do something kinda ordinary. Maybe veal scalloppini, with mushrooms, and a wonderful Sherry (vintage) that I've been saving. Don't know what I've been saving it for, or maybe I just don't remember! (There's your opening, Mass) Serve it with homemade fettucchini, buttered up with fresh parsley, and a crusty loaf of sourdough. We'll see how it goes.
Been baking Christmas cookies, about 12 dozen assorted, but none of them are going to make it out the door. I've got about 1 dozen left, hubby eats them as fast as they come out of the oven. Bless his heart! Of course that's probably why he's sick!
Poor neighbors, I'm not making any more!

Hi Mass. We're having 7 in for Christmas dinner. Last week I ordered a 10 lb prime rib that I'm doing on the Weber using the recipe I posted a week or so ago. Mare is handling several side dishes on the stove top and in the oven. Christmas eve here will find us eating our traditional Christmas eve dinner of several different kinds of tamales (tomatillo chicken, chipotle pork, red chile beef, spicy pork, and chorizo & black bean) and posole.

Feliz Navidad from Arizona.

OUSooner

Hey Sooner, you doing the tamaledera?

Lemon,

Every year at Christmastime we buy a coupla dozen homemade tamales from a local Mexican lady for our Christmas eve dinner. I'm not familiar with the term "tamaledera". Como se dice "tamaledera" en Inglés?

OUSooner

Hey Sooner, it's the party where family and friends all get together to share in the "fun" of making tamales. Everybody gets a task.
Pronounced....tuh mah la dare uh. So, technically, your not having one.
They can be fun, messy, but fun.