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Help - im hosting xmas eve - what should the menu be?
hi girls ---- i just volunteered to host my families xmas eve this year for the first time - its small - only 8 people and have no idea what to do for a menu --- any ideas?
thanks in advance
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Posted 12/6/05 12:07 PM  |
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LadyMaravilla
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Sonia
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Re: Help - im hosting xmas eve - what should the menu be?
Well, my mom does turkey or chicken in the oven. We make homemade mashed potatoes, pasta salad, and green salad. I'll be making an apple crisp for dessert. I have an awesome recipe for mashed potatoes. FM me if you want it.  Good luck!
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| Posted 12/6/05 12:20 PM |
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Elbee
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Re: Help - im hosting xmas eve - what should the menu be?
Standing Rib Roast, roasted red potatoes, green beans, broiled asparagus
glazed spital cut ham with brown sugar and raisin gravy, mashed potatoes, glazed carrots, corn
Shrimp scampi over rice with garlic bread and a nice salad
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| Posted 12/6/05 12:20 PM |
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KPtoys
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Re: Help - im hosting xmas eve - what should the menu be?
we always do seafood. I get the honor this year but haven't planned the menu
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| Posted 12/6/05 12:23 PM |
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LFitzy79
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Re: Help - im hosting xmas eve - what should the menu be?
We usually have more people than that...but generally it's one macaroni (either baked ziti, penne alla vodka, manicotti, stuffed shells, etc), one chicken (either franchaise<--usually, parmigiana, marsala), a meat (either spiral ham, sliced steak), always paella, salad, and bread.
What have you eaten at your relatives houses? Do you have a dish that you make really well?
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| Posted 12/6/05 12:29 PM |
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Kelly
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Re: Help - im hosting xmas eve - what should the menu be?
Is the family Italian? It seems alot of Italians do fish, fish and more fish on Christmas Eve.
I take it you were not told ahead of time to do fish, fish, fish?
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| Posted 12/6/05 12:37 PM |
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saraH
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Re: Help - im hosting xmas eve - what should the menu be?
i am not italian, but fh is and his mom always does the fish. but its more like shrimp, baked clams, ect. plus macaroni, chicken etc
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| Posted 12/6/05 12:38 PM |
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Bebalina
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Re: Help - im hosting xmas eve - what should the menu be?
i hosted last year and we always do seafood
so i did mussels
baked shrimp
shrimp tomato sauce over linguine
that sorta thing
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| Posted 12/6/05 1:00 PM |
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KarenK122
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Re: Help - im hosting xmas eve - what should the menu be?
We always do seafood....this year we're having:
first course
baked clams
mussels
crab legs
fried calamari
Second course
pasta with seafood (lobstertail, shrimp, mussels, clam) sauce
Third course
fried shrimp
seafood salad
vinegar peppers
crab cakes
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| Posted 12/6/05 1:05 PM |
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LadyMaravilla
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Re: Help - im hosting xmas eve - what should the menu be?
Posted by KarenK122
We always do seafood....this year we're having:
first course
baked clams
mussels
crab legs
fried calamari
Second course
pasta with seafood (lobstertail, shrimp, mussels, clam) sauce
Third course
fried shrimp
seafood salad
vinegar peppers
crab cakes
Can I come over too! Sounds good!! 
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| Posted 12/6/05 1:06 PM |
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Sweetpea130000
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Re: Help - im hosting xmas eve - what should the menu be?
Posted by LadyLainez
Posted by KarenK122
We always do seafood....this year we're having:
first course
baked clams
mussels
crab legs
fried calamari
Second course
pasta with seafood (lobstertail, shrimp, mussels, clam) sauce
Third course
fried shrimp
seafood salad
vinegar peppers
crab cakes
Can I come over too! Sounds good!!
I was thinking the SAME thing!
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| Posted 12/6/05 1:14 PM |
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patti08
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Re: Help - im hosting xmas eve - what should the menu be?
We're Italian so the only thing I've ever had on x-mas eve is fish fish and more fish.
Whatever you cook don't make it too complicated. Remember to enjoy!
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| Posted 12/6/05 1:19 PM |
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Boobobunny
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Re: Help - im hosting xmas eve - what should the menu be?
We usually do the a Fish Dinner...and some sort of pasta...no MEAT on Christmas Eve.
My sister usually does Christmas Eve because her and her husband are chefs and make unbelievable sauces for the fish.
She also does dinner buffet style because usually eveyone has to work and gets to the house at different times...so she puts all the food in chaving dishes to keep it warm...and as eveyone arrives they fix themselves a plate.
by the time we are ready for dessert everyone is at the house...so we all sit around the table together for that.
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| Posted 12/6/05 1:21 PM |
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saraH
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Re: Help - im hosting xmas eve - what should the menu be?
ps - since we are not italian, we always had either ham or chinese food on christmas eve....
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| Posted 12/6/05 1:22 PM |
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KarenK122
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Re: Help - im hosting xmas eve - what should the menu be?
Posted by Sweetpea130000
Posted by LadyLainez
Posted by KarenK122
We always do seafood....this year we're having:
first course
baked clams
mussels
crab legs
fried calamari
Second course
pasta with seafood (lobstertail, shrimp, mussels, clam) sauce
Third course
fried shrimp
seafood salad
vinegar peppers
crab cakes
Can I come over too! Sounds good!!
I was thinking the SAME thing!
Your all welcome : ) You just have to treck out to Coram
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| Posted 12/6/05 2:49 PM |
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tourist
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Re: Help - im hosting xmas eve - what should the menu be?
Posted by BNL2005
ps - since we are not italian, we always had either ham or chinese food on christmas eve....
We are Italian & my family has Chinese food on Christmas Eve!
We never really celebrated it--The 4 of us just got something quick in between cookinf for Christmas day.
I may be having MIL & FIL over & I dont' know what to make.
I'm thinking maybe pork tenerloin. On previous Christmas eves we'd have steaks at FIL's mother's house & Sandwhiches ( sometimes with a ham) at MIL's parents' house.
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| Posted 12/6/05 3:00 PM |
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Re: Help - im hosting xmas eve - what should the menu be?
thanks ladies.... this gives me such a starting point - ive never done this before and wasnt sure...
it will be my family and DH (his family is down in florida) we normally do the lasagna thing - but DH is very italian and is used to "everything fish" on xmas eve - so would like to start that again..
my family isnt that into fish so i will have to do a bit of each......
thanks for the help and please keep the ideas coming
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| Posted 12/6/05 3:49 PM |
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LadyMaravilla
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Sonia
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Re: Help - im hosting xmas eve - what should the menu be?
good luck & keep us posted on what you decide to do!
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| Posted 12/6/05 3:52 PM |
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DRMom
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Re: Help - im hosting xmas eve - what should the menu be?
We do this with my in laws and we do all cocktail party style food. One thing that my MIL makes since my nephew has food allergies is mini sausages in a sweet sauce that actually cook and sre served in a crockpot. We make zuuccini pie(bisquick-this is so good) fresh mozzarella and tomato, etc.
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| Posted 12/6/05 4:10 PM |
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dm24angel
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Re: Help - im hosting xmas eve - what should the menu be?
I do ours most years and we are doing cocktail food. And theres usually sooo much.
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