Your holiday meals..... And recipes!?!

I'm hosting Christmas this year at my house. I've got a LARGE Spanish family coming (the gf's side) and they all know I can cook. They all love to cook also so it was an easy fit for me.

This year I want to make something over the top..... So far for proteins I'm thinking:

1 - Turkey
2 - Rabbit (stewed)
3 - Duck

I'm not sure how I want to cook the duck yet. The turkey will take about 6 hours in the oven so roasting the duck is kind of out. I'm thinking of pan searing duck breast and finishing it off in the oven and then serving it sliced over roasted veggies.

Anyways - I'm lookin for some ideas. What are some of the things you guys cook and what are the recipes if you don't mind sharing?

Can I come over for dinner?

Also..... Any duck or rabbit recipes are of top interest to me :-)

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Originally Posted by austinite

Can I come over for dinner?

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Sure..... Invites in the mail

Yay!

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For thanksgiving, we deep fried a duck and it was really good. Need a deep fryer though and do it outside.

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Originally Posted by Igifuno

For thanksgiving, we deep fried a duck and it was really good. Need a deep fryer though and do it outside.

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Umm. Did you not read?

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I've got a LARGE Spanish family coming

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Nothing deep fried, brother.

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Originally Posted by austinite

Umm. Did you not read? Nothing deep fried, brother.

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Why not, too easy? Or was that an ass joke? Lol

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Originally Posted by austinite

Umm. Did you not read?

Nothing deep fried, brother.

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Lmao they deep fry everything!

Not really but fried food is big

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Originally Posted by Igifuno

For thanksgiving, we deep fried a duck and it was really good. Need a deep fryer though and do it outside.

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I have a deep fryer.... I was going to do the turkey in it but last time I burnt the skin and I don't want to fvck it up.

A duck is a lot smaller tho for it might only take 10 minutes to fry

Hell yeah them Spanish be deep fryin those silly dancin bananas you like

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Originally Posted by Hazard

I have a deep fryer.... I was going to do the turkey in it but last time I burnt the skin and I don't want to fvck it up. A duck is a lot smaller tho for it might only take 10 minutes to fry

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Yeah I think it's about 5 mins/lb.

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Originally Posted by Igifuno

Hell yeah them Spanish be deep fryin those silly dancin bananas you like

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Lmfao! They do love their plantains

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Originally Posted by Hazard

Lmfao! They do love their plantains

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Pupusas too. Those are good... And about 1,000 calories each.

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Originally Posted by austinite

Umm. Did you not read?



Nothing deep fried, brother.

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Originally Posted by Igifuno

Why not, too easy? Or was that an ass joke? Lol

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Spanish dont use a deep fryer so to speak. It's all done with grease/oil in a pan so they can flip it and pretend they are cooking. ;)

my favorite is boneless leg of lamb covered with 1/4"-3/8" thick layer of sea salt, all the way around. put it on a suspended grill in a pan then roast in oven for 2.5-3 hours, start at 500 degrees for 30 minutes then lower it to 350 for the rest of the cooking time. if oven won't be available you can always use a grill. for serving you peal off the salt, it'll peal off like a shell. you'll end up with a very juicy, perfectly cooked, perfectly salted leg of lamb. no other spices needed. NOTE: make sure you get the meat with a fatty layer on it for added taste. don't worry the fat will all melt away by the time its cooked.

My nans making Schweinshaxe and sauerkraut always tastes great

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Originally Posted by Hazard

This year I want to make something over the top..... So far for proteins I'm thinking:

1 - Turkey
2 - Rabbit (stewed)
3 - Duck

I'm not sure how I want to cook the duck yet. The turkey will take about 6 hours in the oven

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Turducken with a side of rabbit?

I found rabbit in my shoprite!


Only $8 - it's frozen but I figured I'd pick one up and make scarpariella with it tonite

funny I have more rabbits that flies in my back yard, my kids hunts them all the time and BBQ them.

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Originally Posted by bass

funny I have more rabbits that flies in my back yard, my kids hunts them all the time and BBQ them.

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Lucky.....

I'd never kill them tho lol. I have nothing against hunting at all..... But I just don't want to kill the animals myself. I have a hard time doing it

Jerk. I'm at the front door. I've been knocking for an hour now. I can hear you. I know you're in there. Let me in, I'm hungry.

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Originally Posted by austinite

Jerk. I'm at the front door. I've been knocking for an hour now. I can hear you. I know you're in there. Let me in, I'm hungry.

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Must be at bass' door

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Originally Posted by Hazard

Also..... Any duck or rabbit recipes are of top interest to me :-)

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I went out to eat a couple of weeks ago and had duck breast seared with peanut butter powder and a dicey kind of apple sauce. great combo

I personally like to eat Italian Food on Thanks giving as well as Xmas. Xmas eve we have a few different courses

usually home mad calzone, pizza, fish, shrimp, salami pie....then toasted walnuts then pastries for desert

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Originally Posted by Hazard

Must be at bass' door

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Oh that was Austi?!

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Originally Posted by Rwy

I personally like to eat Italian Food on Thanks giving as well as Xmas. Xmas eve we have a few different courses usually home mad calzone, pizza, fish, shrimp, salami pie....then toasted walnuts then pastries for desert

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Same here Rwy the Italian side of my fam makes pasta dishes in addition to the traditional stuff for thanksgiving and Xmas.

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Originally Posted by Hazard

I have a deep fryer.... I was going to do the turkey in it but last time I burnt the skin and I don't want to fvck it up.

A duck is a lot smaller tho for it might only take 10 minutes to fry

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Chicken inside a duck inside a turkey...

Turducken - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Originally Posted by Honkey_Kong

Chicken inside a duck inside a turkey...

Turducken - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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I thought that is what you do when your woman is putting a bird in the oven, you sneak up behind her, shove her head into the oven so she cant move, tie her hands behind her back with her apron strings then stuff her bird... :p

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Originally Posted by Hazard

Also..... Any duck or rabbit recipes are of top interest to me :-)

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Fry the rabbit and dip it in queso!

If that ain't close to Spanish, then what is!

As for the duck breast, stuff/wrap with jalepeno and cream cheese, and then wrap all if it in bacon, and grill!

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Originally Posted by lovbyts

I thought that is what you do when your woman is putting a bird in the oven, you sneak up behind her, shove her head into the oven so she can move, tie her hands behind her back with her apron strings then stuff her bird... :p

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Hahahaha, me too! ;)

My favorite holiday meal recipe.

I buy a bottle of wine. Buy some tasty desert. Then go to someone elses house.

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Originally Posted by lovbyts

I thought that is what you do when your woman is putting a bird in the oven, you sneak up behind her, shove her head into the oven so she cant move, tie her hands behind her back with her apron strings then stuff her bird... :p

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With my luck, I'd ram her so hard in to the oven, she'd get burned and take my ass to court. I prefer clog-fvcking her over the kitchen sink.

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Originally Posted by Igifuno

Same here Rwy the Italian side of my fam makes pasta dishes in addition to the traditional stuff for thanksgiving and Xmas.

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Gotta do it that way!

Haz get to making some Paella and Spanish Omlettes!

That will really impress them.