What's for Dinner, Sat., Dec. 12, 2015

[NJCher]

Pumpkin-ginger soup (made with coconut milk).

Tossed salad.


Cher

[fizzgig]

1. we're probably going to have six inches of snow by the end of the day

and it's going to be chili and cornbread tonight. it feels like i'm starting to come down with something and it's not exactly what i want, but it's what i have on hand and it's low effort.

i think i'm going to spend the day on the couch with a cup of tea. too bad we're out of whiskey.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

4. It's Dec 12, and here in SW Ohio...

we've got the windows all open, it's been in the low 60s or so all day.

[japple]

7. It was 71 degrees today and everyone was running around in t-shirts here in

NW Georgia. We've had our windows open today and hung laundry on the clothesline. Beautiful!

ETA: It seems weird to be decking our house with holly, balsam, pine, hemlock branches in 70 degree weather, but it smells heavenly, and we know this won't last.

We had field peas, greens & cabbage, leftover stuffing from Thanksgiving (frozen, defrosted), and tomato/pepper/avocado salad.

[Galileo126]

2. Wonton soup

Pork and shrimp wontons, frozen from the last batch I made. For the soup, I'm adding Napa cabbage, carrots, green onions and shiitake mushrooms.

[greatauntoftriplets]

3. Better get this in before the site goes offline.

Tonight is ribeye steak with sauteed onions and a baked potato.

Tomorrow night is pot roast with onions, carrots and mushrooms.

[NJCher]

5. 8 p.m. is the witching hour

I'm making shrimp-fried rice for tomorrow.

I'm also baking up some Christmas breads as gifts.

I will miss all of you!


Cher

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

6. pulled pork sandwiches, tater salad, coffee.

We hit the Christkindlmarkt today, and picked up a new quilted table-runner in a winter pattern as well as a roomy quilted purse with a pattern of cardinals and holly and such that will be my Christmas gift to the housemate's mother, as well as some stollen she got for her brother in law. What lebkuchen they had was pre-made, not made by hand, so I held off on that, and may just see what Jungle Jim's has on hand sometime.

Not exactly warm today, but not even really cool, t-shirt weather, so I wore my black Bernie 2016 shirt.

[Major Nikon]

8. Slow smoked St Louis style ribs, potato leek soup, baked beans, garden salad

75 degrees here today.

Smoked the ribs with a bit of cherry at 225F for 3 hours, then slathered them with a bit of BBQ sauce, wrapped them in foil and put them back on the pit for another 3 hours. They were good and tender, but not so much that they fall off the bones. Just the way I like them.

Washed them down with this...