2668 main courses christmas Recipes

porcupine meatballs appetizer or main course, raw white rice, celery salt, ground beef, garlic, minced, onion, minced, tomato juice, green bell pepper, chopped, whole cloves (optional and on amount to use ), oregano, worcestershire sauce, salt, combine the rice , ground meat, onion, green bell pepper, salt, celery salt and garlic. form into 1 1/2 diameter balls. heat, tomato juice , cloves, oregano and worcestershire sauce in a, skillet ., add the meatballs ., cover tightly ., simmer for 50 minutes., before serving., serve as appetizer or with vegetables as main, course .

maine shrimp , thoroughly rinsed, horseradish (optional) or sauce (optional), lemon, sliced (optional), salt, coarse (optional)

christmas with louise, as a joke , my brother, jay, used to hang a pair of panty hose over his fireplace before christmas. he said all he wanted was for santa to fill them., what they say about santa reviewing behavior and checking the list twice must be true because every christmas morning, although jay s kids stockings overflowed, his poor pantyhose hung sadly empty., year i decided to make his dream come true. i put on sunglasses and with a hat pulled down and went in search of an inflatable love doll. they don tsp sell those things at walmart., i had to go to an adult bookstore downtown. if you ve never been in an x-rated store, don tsp go. you ll only confuse yourself. i was there an hour saying things like, what does this do you re kidding me! who would buy that finally, i made it to the inflatable doll section. i wanted to buy a standard, uncomplicated doll that could also substitute as a passenger in my car so i could use the car pool lane, during rush hour. finding what i wanted was difficult. love dolls come in many different models. the top of the line , according to the side of the box, could do things i d only seen in a book on animal husbandry. i settled for lovable louise. she was at the bottom of the price scale. to call louise a doll took a huge leap of imagination., on christmas eve , with the help of an old bicycle pump, louise came to life., my sister-in-law was in on the plan and let me in during the wee morning hours, long after santa had come and gone, i filled the dangling pantyhose with louise s pliant legs and bottom. i also ate some cookies and drank what remained of a glass of milk on a nearby tray. i went home, and giggled for a couple of hours., next morning my brother called to say that santa had been to his house and left a present that had made him very happy but had left the dog confused. she would bark, start to walk away, then come back and bark some more. we all agreed that louise should remain in her panty hose so the rest of the family could admire her when they came over for the traditional christmas dinner., my grandmother noticed louise the moment she walked in the door. what the hell is that she asked. my brother quickly explained , it s a doll. . who would play with something like that granny snapped. i had several candidates in mind, but kept my mouth shut. where are her clothes granny continued., boy , that turkey sure smells nice, gran, jay said, trying to steer her into the dining room. but granny was relentless. why doesn tsp she have any teeth again, i could have answered, but why would i it was christmas and no 1 wanted to ride in the back of the ambulance saying, hang on granny! hang on! ., my grandfather , a delightful old man with very poor eyesight, sidled up to me and said, hey, who s the naked gallon by the fireplace i told him she was jay s friend. a few minutes later i noticed grandpa by the mantel, talking to louise. not just talking, but actually flirting. it was then that we realized this might be grandpa s last christmas at home., dinner went well. we made the usual small talk about who had died , who was dying, and who should be killed, when suddenly louise made a noise that sounded a lot like my father in the bathroom in the morning. then she lurched from the panty hose, flew around the room twice, and fell in a heap in front of the sofa. the cat screamed. i passed cranberry sauce through my nose, and grandpa ran across the room, fell to his knees, and began administering mouth to mouth resuscitation. my brother fell back over his chair and wet his pants laughing and granny threw down her napkin, stomped out of the room, and sat in the car., it was indeed a christmas to treasure and remember. later in my brother s garage, we conducted a thorough examination to decide the cause of louise s collapse. we discovered that louise had suffered from a hot ember to the back of her right thigh. fortunately, thanks to a wonder drug called duct tape , we restored her to perfect health., louise went on to star in several bachelor party movies. i think grandpa still asks about her whenever he can get out of the house

christmas pudding, brandy, melted dark cooking chocolate, melted white chocolate

ritz cracker, ground up, breadcrumbs, onion, fresh maine scallops, fresh maine shrimp, fresh maine crab legs, celery, sliced, bell pepper , orange and yellow, chopped, eggs, butter, melted, cooking sherry or 1/4 cup white wine, fresh garlic clove, chopped, salt and pepper, to taste

rockweed, whole 6-lb fish (striped bass, salmon, or bluefish, etc.), gutted and scaled, red bliss or medium maine potatoes, sweet potatoes, white boiling onions or small spanish onions, jumbo sea clams (optional; used for flavoring, not eating), soft-shell clams (steamers), mussels, periwinkles, linguica , chorizo or other sausage, live 1-lb chicken lobsters, ears sweet corn, extra-large eggs, unsalted butter

maine scallops, seasoned bread crumbs (i use italian ), melted butter, minced garlic clove (optional), lemon juice, salt and pepper

butter, cooked shelled maine shrimp, garlic salt, salt, pepper, chopped onions, melted butter, sour cream, breadcrumbs, salt

maine wild blueberries, water, white sugar, grated lemon rind, flour, brown sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, butter

maine potato, shredded, orange juice concentrate, water, orange marmalade, vegetable oil, egg, beaten, flour, sugar, baking powder, salt

christmas plum pudding, milk, double cream, vanilla ice cream, brandy

christmas honey fruit drops, mixed chopped candied fruits and peels , chopped candied cherries, raisins, and chopped pecans, bourbon, brown sugar, honey, butter or margarine, eggs, all purpose flour, baking soda, ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg, baking powder, dairy sour cream, combine fruits , nuts, and bourbon. cover, let stand several hours. in mixer bowl cream sugar, honey, and butter or margarine. beat in eggs. mix dry ingredients. add to creamed mixture alternately with sour cream. stir fruit mixture into creamed mixture. drop by tsp onto greased cookie sheet. bake in 350 degree oven for 10 to 12 minutes. cool on wire rack. frost, if desired. makes about 5 dozen cookies.

lean ground beef, onion, chopped, salt, pepper, beef broth, tomato soup , diluted with 1 can of water, stalks celery, sliced, carrots, peeled and sliced, potatoes, peeled and diced, peas (fresh or frozen ), dried parsley flakes, bay leaf

fish stock or clam juice combined with 5 cups water, olive oil, chopped onion, short grain rice, dry white wine, olive oil, shrimp, peeled and deveined cut into thirds, scallops , foot removed and sliced in half, horizontally, butter, salt and freshly ground black pepper, tomatoes, seeded and cut into fine dice, chopped parsley

flake pie crusts can be used for main course dishes or, by adding the optional sugar, for sweet fillings and tart shells. they contain the same ingredients as other pie crusts, but it s the way the shortening is incorporated into the flour that gives these crusts theirs name and characteristics., when you break a medium flake pie crust with your fingers, it separates into flakes rather than breaking clean. a crust that breaks clean is made with short flake pastry. to make a crust short, the ingredients are put together a little differently. short crusts are equally good and used just about as universally.

distilled white vinegar, live maine lobsters, canola oil, carrots, peeled, thinly sliced, onion, thinly sliced, fresh fennel bulb, thinly sliced, tomatoes, thinly sliced, fresh tarragon sprigs, fresh rosemary leaves stripped from branches (about ten .66-oz packages), butter, room temperature, assorted fresh wild mushrooms (such as oyster, crimini, chanterelle, and stemmed shiitake), cut into 1-inch pieces, fresh thyme sprigs, garlic cloves, halved

maine lobster, cooked and shelled, butter, half-and-half cream, salt , if needed