What did you have for Christmas dinner?

[Aethian]

Trout stuffed mushroom caps, venision steaks with noodles and salad, and apple pie.

I would have been over the moon with that dinner.

[Jester]

A very special dinner of my quick and easy pasta with red meat sauce.

No, not my signature red sauce that I've been developing for over 20 years. Just the quick one. But it was special, because it was served with beer....and I was not cooking for just one.

I'll spare you the details about dessert, other than to say it was sweet.

So, yeah, simple Christmas dinner, but one of the best ones I've had.

beachcombers to drink.

To Drink:

Wassail

Not familiar with either beachcombers or wassail. Please, details?

Trout stuffed mushroom caps...

I am drooling. Recipe?

[Cookie]

Not familiar with either beachcombers or wassail. Please, details?

I don't know about beachcombers but wassail is like a hot spiced cider. My recipe involves tea and pineapple juice as well. Non-alcoholic to start with, but quite spike-able.

[NecessaryCatharsis]

We don't really have 'recipes' so you may have to play with this but

Trout stuffed mushroom caps:

Mushrooms (we used mini bellas) peel and take the stem off
Cut up the mushroom stems, the bottom of green onions (the white part) and some celery and fry in a pan with butter and a squashed piece of garlic - set aside
Fry the mushrooms in the same pan, start with the top (so you can't see into them)
Make the dressing - 2 egg yolks, the juice from 1/4 lemon and black pepper, beat the crap out of it, add a little canola oil as you go, keep adding oil and beating until it looks like dressing (it is basically just mayonnaise, you could probably use that if you keep it on hand)
1/2 way through making the dressing flip the mushrooms in the pan and squeeze the rest of the lemon into them, when they are done put them on a baking tray with tinfoil
Shred a smoked rainbow* trout fillet (or two if they are small) into the bowl with the fried veg, mix with dressing, fill the mushroom caps
Sprinkle with grated cheese, bake for about ten minutes
Scrape any extra fat gel off the inside of the skin and then slice, fry it in the pan until crispy
When you take the mushrooms out of the oven sprinkle with the trout skin bits and a little parsley - voila!

Makes about 10 serving of apps

*Rainbow trout skin is easy to prepare and good to eat, if using other fish make sure you scale very well if you want the skin bits!*

[Cookie]

This sounds amazing, NecessaryCatharsis. I love the options you get when you work with the whole fish rather than buying filets. I would totally love to try some trout skin!

[telecom_goddess]

I made roast chicken with stuffing, mashed potatoes, and had yams and that was about it. Simple but good.

[Dreamstalker]

My dad ordered a "quaduckant"--same concept as a turducken, but it's quail/duck/pheasant. It was really good; I'd never had pheasant before. Now I wish I'd taken some leftovers... Side dishes were rice and green beans; it was just 4 of us so nothing fancy (also, we got in a bit of a time crunch due to my aunt not planning things out properly with her ancient kitchen facilities).

[Cia]

My snowbird parents didn't come home this year, so me and my brother made Christmas dinner: Trout stuffed mushroom caps, venision steaks with noodles and salad, and apple pie.

We were limited by things we could afford/catch and actually knew how to make. His wife said she is taking Christmas off next year and making dinner for us! (It was pretty good, but not what she is used to)

Trout stuffed mushrooms sound delicious!

[fireheart]

My dad ordered a "quaduckant"--same concept as a turducken, but it's quail/duck/pheasant.

I actually joked that I was having "turducken" for lunch on christmas day...just that it was already separated! (and missing the duck part...)

[Ellain]

We had ham, green beans with almonds, acorn squash (which I had never he'd before- yum!), duchess potatoes, and various muffins. We also had a really nice Swiss wine.

[KellyHabersham]

ham, mashed potatoes, rolls, jello salad, punch.........I know there was something new we had this year but I can't remember what it was.