Warehouse for crab cakes in Old Town.

Going out to Italian in Bethesda.

I've got a roast and veggies in the crockpot, but after reading this thread, I'm wishing we were doing Melting Pot (or going over to whoever's serving grilled brats!). Maybe next year for Melting Pot.

Steakhouse with the kids. We have meals at the in laws and my folks for Christmas celebrations, so this outing is relaxing with no clean up by us.

Anonymous wrote:Chateaubriand, grilled asparagus (wife nixed the bacon wrap), seasoned fingerling potatoes baked with olive oil, spinach salad with sesame vinaigrette, and a bottle of Rhone blend (haven't picked one yet).

That sounds really, really good.

Anonymous wrote:Cioppino and crusty bread...

When do you buy the seafood for this? I wanted to make this but I was afraid the shellfish would die if I bought too far in advance.

Lobster risotto, roasted broccoli, salad.

Ham, green beans, mashed potatoes, cornbread, and apple pie. Yum!

We eat a bunch of appetizers on the floor and call it Christmas Picnic. This year it's crudités, fruit, Brie and crackers, cocktail wieners (guilty pleasure), quiches, mozzarella sticks, some god-awful frozen chicken bites and egg rolls DH picked out, sparkling cider and cookies.

Tomorrow we get gourmet.

Anonymous wrote:Do you know how foie gras is produced? It's really awful.

I'm French. I know. Have you tasted it?

Anonymous wrote:Do you know how foie gras is produced? It's really awful.

Oh my. Start a spin off thread if you like. This thread is about Christmas Eve meals.

Anonymous wrote:Foie gras!!! The kids could eat a whole one.
BIL sent them from France last week.

We used to feel bad about not sharing it with our friends (on Christmas Eve everyone does their own thing). But one Christmas Day, we offered it to our friends, who had no clue how to appreciate it. They called it "pate".

So now we go to Christmas Eve Mass, then eat our little foie gras feast without scruples!

Exactly.

Do you know how foie gras is produced? It's really awful.

Foie gras!!! The kids could eat a whole one.
BIL sent them from France last week.

We used to feel bad about not sharing it with our friends (on Christmas Eve everyone does their own thing). But one Christmas Day, we offered it to our friends, who had no clue how to appreciate it. They called it "pate".

So now we go to Christmas Eve Mass, then eat our little foie gras feast without scruples!

Anonymous wrote:Grilled brats!

Is that what they serve at Ruth' Chris?


Have no plans here yet-- melting pot is a great idea.