I use to dread Easter due to having more ham. I have since went to asking what everyone wants to eat..if they want ham then I make something I want to eat. I am going for either prime rib or blueberry ribs this year.
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Yep. This. Exactly this. The dread is already starting to creep in. I'm really going to try to keep myself busy next week and avoid any PCBs. January especially is such a tough month.
I am going to try my darndest to convince everyone that we need either ribs or brisket or prime rib this year for Easter. Thanksgiving is for turkey, Christmas is for ham, Easter needs its own special meat.
I'm glad we already have milestone days, because any progress is good progress. I'm going to avoid thinking about the summer sweatfest right now and just think forward to our Bers Farewell Dinner next week. It will be even more Thanksgiving-like now because my wife bought all of the ingredients to make dressing for Christmas...only to be told by her grandmother that she was making the dressing herself this year. She thought our oven would still be broken. So now we're adding dressing to the menu!
Why not schedule some big family dinners? Maybe a monthly family dinner and pick a theme for each month's dinner. You get that family togetherness feel plus you get another countdown to the big holidays. During the hotter months you could smoke a ham or turkey and make colder sides.
Whenever we need that big family togetherness fix my SIL and I will plan a big family dinner.
Blueberry ribs? That combo sounds heavenly to me. We had a work banquet at a hotel restaurant and usually the food is meh at best. Well they served a fillet mignon with a raspberry reduction and it was heaven in your mouth. Since then I have tried different fruit glazes and reductions and have really grown to love them.
On my menu for Christmas dinner.
Lamb? LOL.
That actually crossed my mind, but it seemed a little too on the nose...lol.
I make a blueberry reduction and infuse it with your favorite bourbon. I usually use JD as my carrier since its the base for so many of my bbq sauces and dips.
We make a venison hind quarter with Smuckers Grape Jelly for New Years sometimes. It has to go inside a big turkey bag to cook. I might have to try raspberry with a bear roast..sounds delightful!
I hear ya. But I remember years ago someone on the main countdown on December 23 was saying "ohhhhhhhh no it's almost over". And I replied to them simply saying I understand but at the same point if something isn't ever over then it never happens and I want Christmas Eve/Day to happen.
And if January is one of those really cold January's...that's the worst. To someone like me a really cold January is like a really hot/humid July to someone like CW!
I glaze fish with a marmalade and orange juice reduction. It turns out amazing on whatever fish I use it on.
DAYS TILL THANKSGIVING: 337
DAYS TILL NOVEMBER: 315
DAYS TILL THE BERS: 254
Happy Christmas Countdown! Today folks we have arrived at a milestone. But we’ll get to that in a moment. First our counts show we have 337 days remaining until Thanksgiving, 315 until November and 254 until The Bers. Our milestone day today folks is we welcome in the Arrival Of Winter! The 3-season journey back to the #1 (by far) season of Autumn begins today. We continue along in our Happy Holidays portion of this thread with our Weekly Wednesday Poll talking about Winter vs. Spring vs. Summer!
We all know that Autumn is #1 (it technically includes 90% of the Christmas Season in it too folks which is crazy). So my question to you is out of the next 3 seasons how would you rank them in order of your favorite to least favorite?
DAYS TILL NOVEMBER: 315
DAYS TILL THE BERS: 254
Happy Christmas Countdown! Today folks we have arrived at a milestone. But we’ll get to that in a moment. First our counts show we have 337 days remaining until Thanksgiving, 315 until November and 254 until The Bers. Our milestone day today folks is we welcome in the Arrival Of Winter! The 3-season journey back to the #1 (by far) season of Autumn begins today. We continue along in our Happy Holidays portion of this thread with our Weekly Wednesday Poll talking about Winter vs. Spring vs. Summer!
We all know that Autumn is #1 (it technically includes 90% of the Christmas Season in it too folks which is crazy). So my question to you is out of the next 3 seasons how would you rank them in order of your favorite to least favorite?
- Spring, Summer, Winter
- Summer, Winter, Spring
- Winter, Spring, Summer
- Spring, Winter, Summer
- Summer, Spring, Winter
- Winter, Summer, Spring
- I’m going with E. You all know I love summer. Yes, it gets too hot sometimes but I still would rather be able to walk around in shorts everyday then be freezing going out. Plus it’s closer to The Bers. Spring is nice. Winter…well I can do without it to be honest unless it’s a mild winter. What about you? Plenty of options in today’s poll. Getting closer to Christmas friends…keep those turkey thoughts in your head which only we in this chat have this time of year. Have a great Christmas Countdown!
Watched a video this morning of a guy putting up his Christmas trains. I figure it takes him like 1/4 of the year to assemble, have it up and then disassembly.
I am E too!! I don't mind one storm a year but would not mind if we had none. Also, I am a fan chilly/colder weather from Thanksgiving to Christmas and then I am ready for a warm up.
Wow. Tough one.
Going stricktly by weather I would go with A. Spring has been moving up the last couple of years. It is a mirror image of fall.
Including seasonal activities/ weather combo I would go E. Even though I hate the heat, i still love many of the great summer activities.
Going stricktly by weather I would go with A. Spring has been moving up the last couple of years. It is a mirror image of fall.
Including seasonal activities/ weather combo I would go E. Even though I hate the heat, i still love many of the great summer activities.
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