SandwichShortOfAPicnic
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Never had spätzle. Wish I hadn’t looked it up. That’s now going on my fantasy ‘Eat All The Gluten Week’ list
What did you eat or cook today (December 2024)?
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Doing some prep for tomorrow: I'm attempting to make a 'Turducken' but in a roulade format as I didn't want the hassle of working with whole birds.
First down is chicken skin at the bottom, followed by some seasoned and pounded/flattened boneless chicken thigh, then duck breast, then on top you can see the turkey. There's a sage/salt/fennel/garlic rub on it.
The trickiest part was rolling it up and the first one took a couple of tries, but still didn't look that good. I was having doubts if it would work at this point.
I decided to freeze them for a couple of hours so the skin would retain its shape around the roulade while I trussed it. Here they are after I pulled the clingwrap off:
Bit of string to hold them together for when I fry them tomorrow; they're starting to look a bit better now and I'm feeling a bit more confident I can pull this off. The bottom one, I had run out of chicken skin as I'd underestimated how much coverage would be needed for the first one, so I used bacon to patch half of it.
Here they are vacuum sealed ready for their sous vide step which I'll start around midday tomorrow:
First down is chicken skin at the bottom, followed by some seasoned and pounded/flattened boneless chicken thigh, then duck breast, then on top you can see the turkey. There's a sage/salt/fennel/garlic rub on it.
The trickiest part was rolling it up and the first one took a couple of tries, but still didn't look that good. I was having doubts if it would work at this point.
I decided to freeze them for a couple of hours so the skin would retain its shape around the roulade while I trussed it. Here they are after I pulled the clingwrap off:
Bit of string to hold them together for when I fry them tomorrow; they're starting to look a bit better now and I'm feeling a bit more confident I can pull this off. The bottom one, I had run out of chicken skin as I'd underestimated how much coverage would be needed for the first one, so I used bacon to patch half of it.
Here they are vacuum sealed ready for their sous vide step which I'll start around midday tomorrow:
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Gotta get my Christmas nachos in before they ban the red dye:
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Christmas Eve and the table is dressed.
A light evening meal; Sparkenhoe Red, Brie de Mieux, Cropwell Bishop Stilton, and some locally sourced charcutterie.
A light evening meal; Sparkenhoe Red, Brie de Mieux, Cropwell Bishop Stilton, and some locally sourced charcutterie.
That looks so inviting!
Wonderful! Enjoy it and a very happy Christmas to you both!
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Thank you, and a merry christmas to you and your family.Wonderful! Enjoy it and a very happy Christmas to you both!
Christmas salad!
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Your missing something red
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Do our Christmas chocolates count?
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I decided that DH & I would have our gift exchange this evening with my Mom, Christmas Eve, as we will have guests with us three on Christmas day for Lunch.
I took with us over to my Mother's Senior Living Community apartment a nice linner for us to enjoy with a glass of wine, after opening our gifts.
Mom was over the Moon!
Linner was wonderful!
I took over holiday themed paper plates, napkins and disposable cutlery, just for convenience sake.
DH said that I made too much, there's no way that Mom would eat very much
RIGHT!
If I make food Mom likes, she eats ALOT!!!
I made up a full plate of food for her (a little bit of everything on the platter) and she ate it ALL!
I left some of the vegetables and the leftover Grapes for Mom and brought home the rest of us two.
I took with us over to my Mother's Senior Living Community apartment a nice linner for us to enjoy with a glass of wine, after opening our gifts.
Mom was over the Moon!
Linner was wonderful!
I took over holiday themed paper plates, napkins and disposable cutlery, just for convenience sake.
DH said that I made too much, there's no way that Mom would eat very much
RIGHT!
If I make food Mom likes, she eats ALOT!!!
I made up a full plate of food for her (a little bit of everything on the platter) and she ate it ALL!
I left some of the vegetables and the leftover Grapes for Mom and brought home the rest of us two.
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