I picked “Meat, cheese, classy party food” and the reality for tomorrow is that we will have a Trader Joe Brie in pastry, perhaps some other cheeses and then we will heat two frozen smallish Trader Joe pizzas, one plain and the other pepperoni and Zoom for 1-2 hours with a couple we often spend New Year’s with. I baked a lemon loaf cake for dessert which may or may or be good-I am not a skilled baker. Oh well.
@Kyeh these…I think they’re a form of mochi but not sweet. They puff up in the broiler, crispy outside and gooey inside; wrap with toasted nori strips and
sprinkle some soy sauce. Warm memories . Also got some green tea yokan
@llangley Yes! Looks so good .
That’s what my mother serves, but she’s 94 so we’ve been staying away until she gets that vaccination. Soon, I hope! (Ooo, yokan…!)
@Kyeh they were very good…not as good as my Mom used to make but the memories helped! Same with the soba, and turnip greens . I sure hope you’ll be able to see your Mom soon, it’s gotta be so hard to be apart right now.
@llangley Thanks! Yes, I think she should be able to get vaccinated soon, so that will be a great relief. Was this your first time cooking these meals yourself?
@Limewater Well, they have a full menu including appetizers and desserts, so that’s been our go to when everything else is closed. Great egg rolls and jalepeno poppers, decent cheesecake and chocolate cake.
@klh64 I’ll have to dig it up, but yes i do! I’ll post it here whenever i find it. One of the best parts is the top - rye toast with swiss cheese melted on top, kind of like french onion soup.
@ybmuG In the recipe box? Go figure lol. Its always my luck I tear everything apart only to find what I was looking for right where it was supposed ti be in the first place. Thank you so much. I will let you know how it turns out after I make it. Once when they had the " Send us your idea for a New Lays Potato Chip" I actually suggested Rueben Flavored lolol. Thank you so much and again Happy New Years to you. I hope 2021 is a much better year for all!
@klh64 sounds great. And thanks - you too! One alteration I might make is, especially if you are using sauerkraut, cook the sauerkraut in the bacon fat first for a bit before you add the stock. Just adds some flavor. You can do the same with the cabbage, especially if you think it was a little undercooked originally. I tend to add stock last for most soups. And heating the stock before you add it helps as well.
We usually go to our favorite seafood place, then come home for Champagne and dessert. But this being 2020, we’ll get pizza or Chinese food. I did get some extra fancy Champagne this year.
@chienfou One of my all-time faves. We had it last year, and I like to switch it up, so this year it’s Louis Roederer Brut Premier. I’ve had their regular Brut before and liked it, plus this one came in a pretty box, and I’m a sucker for pretty boxes.
New Years Eve is party food. Marinated meatballs, air-fried chicken wings, devilled eggs. New Years Day dinner will be bacon wrapped scallops, potatoes au Gratin, and probably leftover Christmas cookies with Culver’s frozen custard on them.
Tonight… Ham and cheese sandwich, spiced pecans, chips
Tomorrow… probably the same
Did I mention I am at work?? 1445-2315 (if it stays manageable) and back 0645-1900 tomorrow…
@PocketBrain
Do yours have fresh rosemary in them…? I love that recipe. I picked up 35 lbs of pecans in the yard this year and am still picking thru them after I had them cracked!
@Kyeh@PocketBrain
<OK, here you go (sorry for the wait)
These are super delicious and have a bit of heat due to the pepper and cayenne.
SPICED PECANS
Ingredients:
4 cups pecan halves
1½ tsp salt
⅛ tsp fresh ground black pepper
¼ tsp cayenne pepper
1 heaping tablespoon dark brown sugar
1 heaping tablespoon finely chopped fresh rosemary
1 tablespoon melted butter
2 tablespoons olive oil
Cooking directions:
1 Preheat oven to 350°F. Place the pecans on a baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes.
2 Remove from the oven. Season the pecans with the other ingredients and toss together until thoroughly coated.
3 Spread evenly on baking sheet.
4 Return pecans to oven for another 2-3 minutes, until toasted and fragrant, but do NOT overcook them
5 Cool and store in airtight container.
Do not leave out or substitute for the FRESH rosemary as that is the ‘secret ingredient’ that makes the recipe.
So far dinner is non-existent. I miss having new years dinner with my parents. This year I couldn’t even be bothered to do anything with friends. 7am will come way too early tomorrow for that.
Ordered a heat and eat appetizer meal from a local restaurant. So far we’ve had meatballs and crab cakes. My son and I will be eating appetizers for days.
@rjquillin I didn’t know what that was…but my Mom used to make that for us too. Cold spinach tossed with dashi and soy sauce, sprinkled with katsuobushi?
Tomorrow is the one that really matters. Today, it’s whatever.
To paraphrase the 8 ball, ask again tomorrow
Pizza. Christmas cookies.
@katbyter Same here!
@callow @katbyter We ate all the Christmas cookies.
/giphy sad face
Poor @sammydog01 !
We will have cookies for a while yet.
I picked “Meat, cheese, classy party food” and the reality for tomorrow is that we will have a Trader Joe Brie in pastry, perhaps some other cheeses and then we will heat two frozen smallish Trader Joe pizzas, one plain and the other pepperoni and Zoom for 1-2 hours with a couple we often spend New Year’s with. I baked a lemon loaf cake for dessert which may or may or be good-I am not a skilled baker. Oh well.
Isolation with a side of Ennui, and for dessert, Disappointment.
But I’m sure 2021 will be better.
Umm, it will be, right?
Fermented fruit in liquid form, don’t really care what flavor or type. Just something that will help me forget 2020.
2020 hindsight now has a much deeper meaning.
I’m on a liquid diet…
/youtube One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer
Tonight: Cold soba noodles and broiled sticky rice cakes with nori, Mommy’s tradition…
Tomorrow: blackeyed peas and turnip greens, Daddy’s tradition…
@llangley
“Broiled sticky rice cakes” = mochi? My family has that New Year’s Day - only not this year.
@Kyeh these…I think they’re a form of mochi but not sweet. They puff up in the broiler, crispy outside and gooey inside; wrap with toasted nori strips and
. Also got some green tea yokan 
sprinkle some soy sauce. Warm memories
@llangley Yes! Looks so good
.
That’s what my mother serves, but she’s 94 so we’ve been staying away until she gets that vaccination. Soon, I hope! (Ooo, yokan…!)
@Kyeh they were very good…not as good as my Mom used to make but the memories helped! Same with the soba, and turnip greens
. I sure hope you’ll be able to see your Mom soon, it’s gotta be so hard to be apart right now. 
@llangley Thanks!
Yes, I think she should be able to get vaccinated soon, so that will be a great relief. 
Was this your first time cooking these meals yourself?
steak and lobster and bourbon.
I didn’t know “New Year’s Eve meal” was a thing.
Seeing that both Christmas and Thanksgiving dinners came from Jack in the Box this year, anything is an improvement.
@Fuzzalini Sounds to me like you made an excellent choice. I can only get Jack in the Box about once every five years or so due to geography.
@Limewater Well, they have a full menu including appetizers and desserts, so that’s been our go to when everything else is closed. Great egg rolls and jalepeno poppers, decent cheesecake and chocolate cake.
I usually do corned beef and sauerkraut just so I can make Reubens on New Year’s Day!
@klh64 have you ever made Reuben soup?
@ybmuG No I have not…is there a recipe you can give me ? Sounds great!
@klh64 I’ll have to dig it up, but yes i do! I’ll post it here whenever i find it. One of the best parts is the top - rye toast with swiss cheese melted on top, kind of like french onion soup.
@ybmuG Mmmm that sounds so good.
@klh64 found it! Was in the recipe box - go figure!
@ybmuG In the recipe box? Go figure lol. Its always my luck I tear everything apart only to find what I was looking for right where it was supposed ti be in the first place. Thank you so much. I will let you know how it turns out after I make it. Once when they had the " Send us your idea for a New Lays Potato Chip" I actually suggested Rueben Flavored lolol. Thank you so much and again Happy New Years to you. I hope 2021 is a much better year for all!
@klh64 sounds great. And thanks - you too! One alteration I might make is, especially if you are using sauerkraut, cook the sauerkraut in the bacon fat first for a bit before you add the stock. Just adds some flavor. You can do the same with the cabbage, especially if you think it was a little undercooked originally. I tend to add stock last for most soups. And heating the stock before you add it helps as well.
NYE, fish, like seared tuna. New Years day, steak.
We usually go to our favorite seafood place, then come home for Champagne and dessert. But this being 2020, we’ll get pizza or Chinese food. I did get some extra fancy Champagne this year.
@ahacksaw
Veuve Clicquot FTW !
@chienfou One of my all-time faves. We had it last year, and I like to switch it up, so this year it’s Louis Roederer Brut Premier. I’ve had their regular Brut before and liked it, plus this one came in a pretty box, and I’m a sucker for pretty boxes.
@ahacksaw @chienfou
Good choices, both. Roederer gets the nod for me. Their domestic Roederer Estate Cali Sparkling ain’t shabby either.
@ahacksaw @chienfou @mike808
Iron Horse Vineyards Resilience
@ahacksaw @chienfou So elegant!
Homemade chili!
New Years Eve is party food. Marinated meatballs, air-fried chicken wings, devilled eggs. New Years Day dinner will be bacon wrapped scallops, potatoes au Gratin, and probably leftover Christmas cookies with Culver’s frozen custard on them.
@duodec
Culver’s frozen custard? I’m sooo jelly
/image Culver’s frozen custard
Spam & cabbage.
@PocketBrain Stir fried with a little soy and sesame?
/image spam and cabbage stir fry
@2many2no @PocketBrain Is that Hawaiian?
@Kyeh @PocketBrain Could be, but more likely Korean or Vietnamese. Spam is pretty popular in SE Asian food. It’s good with ramen too.
@2many2no @PocketBrain I’m not a fan of Spam, but that looks very good.
@2many2no @Kyeh @PocketBrain Then how about the Spam, Spam, cabbage and Spam?
@Kyeh @mehcuda67 @PocketBrain
/youtube Monty Python SPAM
@2many2no @Kyeh @mehcuda67
Well, it’s not got much Spam in it.
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Why do I love that the vid clip appears to have Portuguese subtitles?
Tonight… Ham and cheese sandwich, spiced pecans, chips
Tomorrow… probably the same
Did I mention I am at work?? 1445-2315 (if it stays manageable) and back 0645-1900 tomorrow…
@chienfou actually making spiced pecans right now.
@PocketBrain
Do yours have fresh rosemary in them…? I love that recipe. I picked up 35 lbs of pecans in the yard this year and am still picking thru them after I had them cracked!
@chienfou
Naw, this is a candied recipe. Vanilla and cinnamon. I want to do some Cajun, tho.
@chienfou @PocketBrain Wow, so lucky to be able to grow your own pecans! Would either of you be willing to share your pecan-spicing recipes?
@Kyeh @PocketBrain
Be glad to. Watch this space for updates…
(Don’t have the recipe on me at this time)
@Kyeh @PocketBrain
<OK, here you go (sorry for the wait)
These are super delicious and have a bit of heat due to the pepper and cayenne.
SPICED PECANS
Ingredients:
4 cups pecan halves
1½ tsp salt
⅛ tsp fresh ground black pepper
¼ tsp cayenne pepper
1 heaping tablespoon dark brown sugar
1 heaping tablespoon finely chopped fresh rosemary
1 tablespoon melted butter
2 tablespoons olive oil
Cooking directions:
1 Preheat oven to 350°F. Place the pecans on a baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes.
2 Remove from the oven. Season the pecans with the other ingredients and toss together until thoroughly coated.
3 Spread evenly on baking sheet.
4 Return pecans to oven for another 2-3 minutes, until toasted and fragrant, but do NOT overcook them
5 Cool and store in airtight container.
Do not leave out or substitute for the FRESH rosemary as that is the ‘secret ingredient’ that makes the recipe.
@chienfou @PocketBrain Thank you so much! Sounds delicious. I had something like this at a party once and always wanted to have them again.
So far dinner is non-existent. I miss having new years dinner with my parents. This year I couldn’t even be bothered to do anything with friends. 7am will come way too early tomorrow for that.
@RiotDemon
tossing back my sandwich while monitoring 2 COVID pts in my ER, one that is approaching 48 hrs here…
Adulting (and 2020) both suck!
@chienfou ended up eating a few chocolates and then some ramen noodles.
Adulting is great.
@RiotDemon So I take it you’re working tomorrow?
@Kyeh heck yeah I am.
Woooooooo, retail! Yay!
/s
@RiotDemon Essential worker!
Had PEI mussels in a simple white wine, tomatoes, shallots and garlic treatment.
Tomorrow is the good stuff. Black-eyed peas and oyster dressing stuffed cabbage rolls.
@mike808
yummm.
Ordered a heat and eat appetizer meal from a local restaurant. So far we’ve had meatballs and crab cakes. My son and I will be eating appetizers for days.
@iluvmingos
you say that like it’s a bad thing…
@chienfou LOL, I’m actually pretty happy not to have to cook or hear “What’s for dinner?” for a while!
Just finished our soba, hot, with hōrensō.
@rjquillin I didn’t know what that was…but my Mom used to make that for us too. Cold spinach tossed with dashi and soy sauce, sprinkled with katsuobushi?
I mean there is no such thing new years food but how can you fail with meat and cheese
@unksol you could have some of that extra turkey!
@tinamarie1974 I might slap some cheese on it… Still alot in the fridge