Christmas Eve dinner?

[jasonrann]

We always do Christmas dinner with my in-laws, at their house. Variety of things, from Golden Corral...pot roast, mashed potatoes & gravy, green beans, mac & cheese, and bourbon chicken with rice. Usually a chocolate cake and a carrot cake. Yeah, it's Golden Corral - but my wife's mom is an awful cook, so it beats the hell out of what a home-cooked meal would be.

Ain't gonna lie, I always thought Golden Corral was shite until I had it about ten years ago with my mom (no pic). Solid. Went again about six months ago here in KC and it was even better. I could just pull a chair up to the fried chicken/fish/shrimp section and be satisfied.

 

[Formerly Rockymtnole]

Ain't gonna lie, I always thought Golden Corral was shite until I had it about ten years ago with my mom (no pic). Solid. Went again about six months ago here in KC and it was even better. I could just pull a chair up to the fried chicken/fish/shrimp section and be satisfied.

It’s not bad.

 

[SeaPA]

Ain't gonna lie, I always thought Golden Corral was shite until I had it about ten years ago with my mom (no pic). Solid. Went again about six months ago here in KC and it was even better. I could just pull a chair up to the fried chicken/fish/shrimp section and be satisfied.

Their fried chicken is damn good - way better than any chain chicken places & only topped in my area by a couple of soul food mom&pop joints.

 

[jasonrann]

Their fried chicken is damn good - way better than any chain chicken places & only topped in my area by a couple of soul food mom&pop joints.

Yup, being from Iowa and having easy access to delicious broasted chicken makes me a little picky about it. Stroud's is a famous fried chicken place here in KC and IMHO, it is pretty overrated. $20 for a 3-piece dinner. Granted, the sides are good, but I'm there for the chicken. I typically go the soul food route. We have a Gus's and a few local joints that are very good and much less expensive.

 

[OutbackBowl2017]

GC…poors, Old Country Buffet for the win.

 

[THE_DEVIL]

I left you in very good spirits…actually you had already passed out so I had to do ALL the work.

Is this the part where I say you have a fabulous pitchfork big boy?
🤗

😇+17 points awarded😇

 

[SeaPA]

GC…poors, Old Country Buffet for the win.

I guess we could have ordered some of their aged pot roast that's been aging since they went out of business 3 years ago.

 

[SalAunese]

Turkish coffee and solyanka to end the day..

 

[Tenacious E]

And yes, I was just asked to cook them. Chateaubriand. Two of them. Going reverse sear. Oven to 122, pull and sear to 132, with my FIL/MIL getting the more done end pieces.

Update: I f$cking killed it yet again.

 

[BelemNole]

Update, had prime rib at my parents and……it still was meh. Just don’t get the hype.

 

[Herkster5]

Brined and smoked a turkey breast, and it turned out nothing short of amazing. Middle child went for fourths, and her diet consists of cereal and ramen noodles. I call that a win. Oh, we also had ham, mashed potatoes, green beans, corn, and homemade buns.

 

[Kelsers]

Brined and smoked a turkey breast, and it turned out nothing short of amazing. Middle child went for fourths, and her diet consists of cereal and ramen noodles. I call that a win. Oh, we also had ham, mashed potatoes, green beans, corn, and homemade buns.

Wet or dry brine?

 

[Herkster5]

Wet or dry brine?

Wet. No idea what tbw uses, but I take full credit for the stressful cook….on a pellet smoker 😂

 

[SolarHawk]

We play checkers while this man plays chess

I just had a keyser soze type revelation. What if Pepsi isn’t actually some backwoods redkneck hillbilly, but an epic troll job?!?