Countdown-Menu for Christmas & New Year
22 days and counting. What do you have planned for your Christmas and New Year’s menus? Christmas we’re doing the bacon-wrapped pork roasts with the assorted sides being brought by the rest of the ...
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My wife and I produced the first grandchild on either side of the family, which made our house "The Christmas House" and we've had Christmas day here since the early 90s. I've always loved having everyone over here and not having to drive anywhere, but I hated having to halt all the merriment with the kids to stop and set up the tables and set everything up for a sit-down dinner.
And then maybe twenty years ago my in-laws gave each of our families a fondue pot for Christmas and my wife and her brothers got the idea for us to kill the sit-down dinner and switch to a stand-up fondue in our kitchen.
It's a blast. It's utter mayhem with everyone forgetting which forks are theirs and accidentally leaving a scallop in the oil for fifteen minutes. We have to bring in extension cords because we can't run four pots on the same breaker. Totally worth it.
The day before, my wife and I and whichever kids are home for the holiday spend a few hours prepping the meats & veggies and making the sauces. One brother brings all the fixins for cheese fondue, another brings the dessert fondue, and we do all the "main courses" (meats & veggies).
It couldn't be easier and it's so much more fun than doing a serious sit-down meal. It makes an awful mess, but it's quicker to clean the mess than to set up and tear down all the tables and deal with the china and the silver.
I hope we never switch.
And then maybe twenty years ago my in-laws gave each of our families a fondue pot for Christmas and my wife and her brothers got the idea for us to kill the sit-down dinner and switch to a stand-up fondue in our kitchen.
It's a blast. It's utter mayhem with everyone forgetting which forks are theirs and accidentally leaving a scallop in the oil for fifteen minutes. We have to bring in extension cords because we can't run four pots on the same breaker. Totally worth it.
The day before, my wife and I and whichever kids are home for the holiday spend a few hours prepping the meats & veggies and making the sauces. One brother brings all the fixins for cheese fondue, another brings the dessert fondue, and we do all the "main courses" (meats & veggies).
It couldn't be easier and it's so much more fun than doing a serious sit-down meal. It makes an awful mess, but it's quicker to clean the mess than to set up and tear down all the tables and deal with the china and the silver.
I hope we never switch.
