Monday, December 26, 2005

Christmas Eve at 148 Home Avenue


A Menu for Chirstmas Eve Dinner
December 24, 2005

Pan Roasted Rib Roast
Shredded, Herbed, Orange Turkey
Creamed Mashed Potatoes
Orange Honey Carrots
Christmas Broccoli Salad
French Onion Baked Stuffing
Oat Dinner Rolls

Iced Tea
Russian Tea
Coffee

Apple Danish Cheesecake

I spent a great deal of time in the kitchen on Friday and Saturday preparing my annual Chirstmas Eve feast. Everything was homemade and lots of fun to prepare. It also takes a lot of time just to get the house ready.
Christmas Eve is always quiet with tradtional music playing and family conversations. The overwhelming pace of the holiday performances and preparations is mostly over, and there is time to reflect, and look forward to Christmas Eve services, and the most beloved day of the year the next day.
I have hosted Christmas Eve for nine consecutive years, and I have cooked for Christmas Eve several other years with the first time being in 1986-almost twenty years ago at the home of my grandmother; Nettie Powers. This is the house on Wyoming Street in Dayton where Brent now lives.

I would be happy to share any recipes. It is wonderful to have the time to cook great food and see it all come together with the complete setting of trees, poinsettias, candles, and fresh greenery.

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