RECIPES FOR CHRISTMAS

Dad / Chef / Author ^ | Carlo3b

[carlo3b]

RECIPES FOR CHRISTMAS

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Holiday Ham with Fruit and Root Beer Glazed

 
BOILING AND SYRUP INGREDIENTS:

• 6  12oz bottles root beer (high quality)

• 1 red apple, sliced

• 1 green apple, sliced

• 1 cup red seedless grapes

• 1/2 orange, sliced

• 1/2 tsp cloves

• cracked black pepper to taste

• 1 tsp file (ground sassafras)

BOILING HAM:
1) Place ham in a heavy-bottomed black iron pot or dutch oven.
2) Surround the ham with apples, grapes, orange and cloves. Add root beer and dust with cracked black pepper and file. 3) Bring to a rolling boil and reduce to simmer. Boil approximately 1 hour and turn ham over and continue boiling until root beer is reduced to a thick syrup.
4) Remove ham and set aside. Continue to reduce syrup until it is the consistency of molasses.
CAUTION: Do not burn, or scorch. Remove syrup and place in a mixing bowl, allow to cool and reserve for later.

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 (5 - 10 pounds) smoked ham

• 1/2 cup root beer syrup (reserved)

• 1 cup Creole mustard

• 1/2 cup brown sugar

• 1/4 cup pineapple juice

• 1/4 cup cracked black pepper

• pinch of cinnamon

• pinch of nutmeg

• pinch of allspice

• pinch of ground clove

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
1) Place in the mixing bowl, all of the above ingredients except the ham. Using a wire whisk, blend all spices into the mustard mixture until well incorporated.
2) Place ham in center of dutch oven and coat completely with the sweet mustard mixture.
3) *Bake uncovered for 1 hour.
*Preparing a decorated the ham for the table centerpiece. Start by uusing a sharp paring knife to cut slits on eighth inch deep diagonally across the ham. Continue in the same pattern from the opposite side until even triangles appear from the cuts. Stuff with cloves and, using toothpicks, secure pineapple slices or fresh strawberries to the top of the ham before baking.
SERVES: 6
 
 

[carlo3b]

some favorites, Chinese Almond Cookies, Candy Cane Cookies, Russian Tea Cakes, pfefferneuse---yum yum yum!!!

OHMYGAWD..your killin me.....LOLOLOL

[carlo3b]

fried squirrel recipe

ARE YOU KIDDIN MY DEAREST FRIEND! It was the 1st recipe we all agreed upon!

[carlo3b]

You have mail...thanks

[carlo3b]

I've been baking cookies and making candy all day.

All day tomorrow, the whole family, and then some, will decent on my kitchen, family time...sigh....LOLOL

[carlo3b]

Thanks guys for keeping this bad boy jumpin! Later! I have a thousand things to do with the books today!

[Howie]

How about the Chitluns, headcheese, and mountain oysters? Just kidding! Don't want to cause you to lose your breakfast.

Read about a study that surmised that those folks eating a diet similar to their father's diet lived longer lives.

Those scientists could not possibly talk me into eating some of the stuff my dear hillbilly father ate.

One of his favorites was "redeye gravy" which is essentially cholesterol soup! He made it into his eighties before he passed so who am I to decide what he should have eaten?

[christie]

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[christie]

Send me a FReepmail if you want to get a copy of The Clinton Legacy Cookbookand want to pay by check.

[jellybean]

"What does love mean?"

  A group of professional people posed this question to a group  of 4 to 8-year-olds, "What does love mean?"  The answers they  got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined.  See what you think:

• "When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore.  So my grandfather does it for her  all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love."

Rebecca - age 8

• "When someone loves you, the way they say your name is  different.  You know that your name is safe in their mouth."

Billy - age 4

• "Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving `cologne and they go out and smell each other."

Karl - age 5

• "Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs."

Chrissy - age 6

• "Love is what makes you smile when you're tired."

Terri - age 4

• "Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is `OK."

Danny - age 7

• "Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen."

Bobby - age 5

• "If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend whom you hate."

Nikka - age 6

• "There are two kinds of love.  Our love.  God's love. But God makes both kinds of them."

Jenny - age 4

• "Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday."

Noelle - age 7

• "Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are  still friends even after they know each other so well."

Tommy - age 6

• "My mommy loves me more than anybody.  You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night."

Clare - age 5

• "Love is when mommy gives daddy the best piece of chicken."

Elaine - age 5

• "Love is when mommy sees daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford."

Chris - age 8

• "Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day."

Mary Ann - age 4

• "I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones."

Lauren - age 4

• "I let my big sister pick on me because my Mom says she only picks on me because she loves me.  So I pick on my baby sister because I love her."

Bethany - age 4

• "When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you."

Karen - age 7

• "You really shouldn't say 'I love you' unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot.  People forget."

Jessica - age 8

Do it for the children!!

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[dennisw]

Split pea soup is great in winter. Here are some enhancements.

• Take your split pea soup recipe and use whole dried peas instead. Must soak the night before. Have much more body than the split ones. 
• Don't try to remove the translucent pea "husks". Just stir them in and they disappear.
• When serving the soup put some (cooking) wine and/or Worcestershire or A1 steak sauce at the bottom of the bowl and stir it in.
• For the adventurous a bit of minced garlic in bottom of their bowl
• Add a little cayenne to the recipe. (Not the individual soup bowl)
• Be sure to add enough salt. Peas can absorb a lot. Bland pea soup is terrible

 

 

Pease Porridge Hot

Pease porridge hot!
Pease porridge cold!
Pease porridge in the pot
Nine days old.

Some like it hot,
Some like it cold,
Some like it in the pot
Nine days old!

 

 

[Humidston]

FYI Carlo - I just got on Ebay to order a cookbook... did a search on "Clinton Cookbook" and yours wasn't listed.

[Nora]

Millions - how many folks do you want to serve? How substantially? Will you have any kitchen help? Are many of your guests likely to be fish only for Christmas Eve?

OK, OK, I'll quit prying. Here are a couple of faves around here:

Stuffed mushrooms. Wipe and stem your mushrooms whenever is handy, up to a couple of days ahead. Put the caps in the fridge, wrapped loosely in paper towels. Similarly, whenever is handy, up to maybe a week ahead, mix together equal parts of softened cream cheese and devilled ham. Put the ham mixture in a zip lock bag of convenient size and put in fridge. When ready to serve, cut a corner out of the ziplock and "pipe" stuffing into the caps. Bake at 425 5-7 minutes. You can make your own devilled ham with ham, onion, garlic, cayenne, and mustard in proportions you like. If you are anticipating lots of ins and outs, put your filling into several smaller bags, because once the corner is cut, you have to fold it back in and attach a binder clip to reseal.

While I am thinking about ziplock bags - Devilled eggs are incredibly popular, but usually run out early, because who has room for all those trays of eggs in a home fridge? You do of course! Get your eggs right up to the point at which you would stuff 5 or 6 dozen - then put your halves in a large container willy nilly (yes 2 will tear, inevitably. Use those to treat the cook). Put your filling into zip lock bags. As needed, cut out a corner and pipe those suckers full in minutes per dozen.

I usually set up a sweets table, even if it is a hors d'oevre party, because it is CHRISTMAS!!!

Somebody has already pointed out the virtues of Sam's - be sure to get their eclairs, cream puffs, and danish pastries while you are there. If you follow the directions for defrosting exactly, they are exquisite. Now having saved all that time (and probably money, truth be told) you can play. Chocolate fondue is great fun, and almost as good made with any of the "New World Order" melt canned frosting recipes. In addition to the cake squares, you can put out fresh fruit pieces, making it easy for your guests to pass on having too many sweets without calling attention to that choice. Another fun "impact" dessert if you have a trifle bowl is trifle. There is no way to make that stuff for a small family - it seems called to 8th Army size - but is soooo pretty. Whatever sweets you put out also grab some footed dishes of various heights and fill with Jordan almonds, candied citrus peel, candied ginger, King Leo peppermint sticks, and some of whatever candy Santa used to leave in your stocking; your party is made!

I guess the fact I have been making my list, checking it twice, scouring out the fridge and going through flour and butter at unprecendented rates is showing.....LOL

[christie]

Click on any of the links that say The Clinton Legacy Cookbookand you should arrive at the eBay page. If you want to pay by ckeck, send freepmail to carlo3b or christie.

I hear you missed the Houston meeting. The lucky FReepers who attended got the first copies off the press.

[jellybean]

Just a bump while I'm working on something else.

[Humidston]

Thanks for the help, but I've already ordered - this afternoon. First I went directly into Ebay, typed *Clinton Cookbook* into the search engine and only got two listings - neither of which was ours.

So I came to FR, found his link and used that to order. I sure am sorry to have missed the meeting, but I'm way too swamped this weekend. Anyway I just wanted to let Carlo know so he can discuss it with Ebay if he wants to.

[jellybean]

Hot Dog!!! I've ordered mine!!! Have you??

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[stanz]

That was a beautiful story. I have to go out now and buy some steaks!

[jellybean]

Yes, I really like that story. It's a reminder to savor the time we have with the ones we love.

[janetgreen]

Just ordered my cookbook tonight!

[carlo3b]

Thank you dear girl, we start to ship Monday morning... Happy Holidays!