I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas/Festivus/holiday, or whatever you cared to celebrate or not

[thewayne]

Ours was surprisingly no-drama, which was quite nice for a change. No snow, which was a little sad. We might get some Monday night/Tuesday, but that far ahead of the forecast I ain't holding my breath.

We had Chinese pulled-pork for dinner: cook it in the oven for three hours and it's pretty much fool-proof. Sweet potatoes and green beans were the sides. Far too many dishes to clean up to produce three dishes for consumption!

Comments

[kathmandu]

Sounds yummy.

[thewayne]

It's a bit of work, in which my wife shared. Last time that I made it, many months ago, I accidentally cut the eff out of my thumb while cutting the ginger. It's rare that I cut myself cooking, but it happens. Fortunately the rest of the steps after that are straightforward as I was out of action at that point. But no injuries yesterday!

I'll post the recipe if you're interested.

[motodraconis]

I'm interested! I'm thinking of eventually doing pulled reindeer in the pressure cooker. (The device came with a pulled pork recipe suggestion and I reckon reindeer might work just as well.)

[thewayne]

I don't see why it wouldn't!

[moonhare]

Ours was wonderful as well, thank you, in spite of torrential rains washing away the rest of last week’s snowfall.

[thewayne]

Glad to hear it!

It was a brown Xmas up here, there was a forecast for snow Monday night/Tuesday, but it's gone. Chance of rain, but no guarantees.

[warriorsavant]

The one Christmas tradition that I did miss was going out to a Chinese restaurant on Christmas Eve.

[thewayne]

Next year in Chinatown! :-)

Last year Christmas Eve we took my dad to the ER after a family dinner because he couldn't stop coughing. He'd seen a lung doc and his GP, neither did squat, which included failing to order a chest x-ray. 85 y/o man with a history of lung cancer, non-smoker.

Pneumonia with very peculiar blood chemo, astonishingly low WBC. Turned out to be his second cancer, leukemia. Spent Christmas in the hospital and was in for about a week. We spent most of Christmas Day there visiting, he felt fine, just couldn't stop coughing, but clearly his blood work showed he was not fine. When my wife and I left, there were VERY few places open, I remembered a Chinese restaurant about 3 miles away. Open, and empty. And they have the best pot stickers around! The rest of the menu is acceptable.

Anyway, they've become a go-to place. I think my parents are now using them for takeout, now that I've explained Jewish/Chinese food timing. :-)

[warriorsavant]

👍

[silveradept]

Yay for a no-drama holiday celebration, and for good food.