What specialty foods are you splurging on for December? (shrimp, Babka, snacks)
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This year I'm going all out and splurging. Are you? On what?
Here's what I've ordered:
Mexican: tamales from Vermont Country Store. Hunter Wold made the best ones but he's no longer with us and I'm not up for the challenge.
Fruit: clementines and mixed mixed fruits from Pittman & Davis
Scandinavian: 3 lbs. of lutefisk (I will make my own lefse to go with) from Marina Market
German: Kassler rippchen (smoked pork chops, Bavarian sauerkraut, Bockwurst, AND Moni Cheri chocolate covered cherries soaked in cherry liquor (one box for me; one box for my honey).
Jewish deli: bagels, cream cheese, lox, and chocolate babka from Zabar's.
im going to splurge on more local seafood - from lobsters to crab to scallops...I grew up in a small fishing village along the coast... as we worked during the day - from lobstering to dragging for scallops to fishing...we would enjoy the immediate harvest right on the boat... usually our lunch and snacks.... and we would also bring home seafood for the evening meals... i was curious & amazed at all the different varieties the sea had to offer and never got sick of any of it …. snails, to flounder, to mackerel, skate, cod, haddock, dogfish, stripers, bluefish, scallops, mussels, oysters, shrimp, and my favorites .. lobsters & clams..on extremely low tides- we could go around the mud-flats and "hand pick" for very large clams.....didnt have to dig for them...just see a clam hole in the mud and run your hand down and grab them..... didnt take long to get our harvest - then we would shuck them and fry them up..... i loved fishing ….so i usually ate what i caught - but was always amazed at fish that would go into lobster traps... the ugly sculpins were one of the best tasting..
yes, fresh seafoods, i want to get back to eating more and also trying to harvest my own...from weekend trips to fishing/digging clams.....etc. (its legal to dig for bloodworms ….and clams are in the same muck) .
also want to harvest more local protein.... from deer to rabbits, to moose and maybe bear..and turkeys..and game birds (all hunting seasons up here) ant to try more ducks and geese..
what i have to guard against is splurging on sugars i love- ice cream...
i treated myself for a couple dairy queen blizzards this past summer...my god...like a food orgasm... so good!!
did i read above someone mentioned standing rib roast?? i will also try to splurge more on those
Wow I love reading these ideas. It's going to be a lean year for me but no complaints. I'm new to the desert area and will focus on local offerings. My splurge will be the local tea cottage. The vendors at the farmer's market sell their locally grown produce and beef. I found orange bark there yesterday.
This year I'm going all out and splurging. Are you? On what?
Here's what I've ordered:
Mexican: tamales from Vermont Country Store. Hunter Wold made the best ones but he's no longer with us and I'm not up for the challenge.
Fruit: clementines and mixed mixed fruits from Pittman & Davis
Scandinavian: 3 lbs. of lutefisk (I will make my own lefse to go with) from Marina Market
German: Kassler rippchen (smoked pork chops, Bavarian sauerkraut, Bockwurst, AND Moni Cheri chocolate covered cherries soaked in cherry liquor (one box for me; one box for my honey).
Jewish deli: bagels, cream cheese, lox, and chocolate babka from Zabar's.
Guess who's dieting in January!!
Fun thread: I was about to say Lox and Bagels: you beat me to it. WE have them every Christmas morning along with pickled herring. Of course prime rib is our meat of choice for Christmas but my daughter is having Christmas dinner at her house so I won't have to spend $50 meat. I four younger daughter was here we would be adding lots of good seafood to our menu. I still might do some type of seafood appetizer for Christmas eve or day.
I always make a prime rib, I may splurge on some lobster too. Zabars is great!! Expensive but worth the splurge. I also recommend Wolferman's as well. I love their English muffins.
im going to splurge on more local seafood - from lobsters to crab to scallops...I grew up in a small fishing village along the coast... as we worked during the day - from lobstering to dragging for scallops to fishing...we would enjoy the immediate harvest right on the boat... usually our lunch and snacks.... and we would also bring home seafood for the evening meals... i was curious & amazed at all the different varieties the sea had to offer and never got sick of any of it …. snails, to flounder, to mackerel, skate, cod, haddock, dogfish, stripers, bluefish, scallops, mussels, oysters, shrimp, and my favorites .. lobsters & clams..on extremely low tides- we could go around the mud-flats and "hand pick" for very large clams.....didnt have to dig for them...just see a clam hole in the mud and run your hand down and grab them..... didnt take long to get our harvest - then we would shuck them and fry them up..... i loved fishing ….so i usually ate what i caught - but was always amazed at fish that would go into lobster traps... the ugly sculpins were one of the best tasting..
yes, fresh seafoods, i want to get back to eating more and also trying to harvest my own...from weekend trips to fishing/digging clams.....etc. (its legal to dig for bloodworms ….and clams are in the same muck) .
also want to harvest more local protein.... from deer to rabbits, to moose and maybe bear..and turkeys..and game birds (all hunting seasons up here) ant to try more ducks and geese..
what i have to guard against is splurging on sugars i love- ice cream...
i treated myself for a couple dairy queen blizzards this past summer...my god...like a food orgasm... so good!!
did i read above someone mentioned standing rib roast?? i will also try to splurge more on those
I am going to stop at the ALDI when I get back to the Midwest and get about five packages of their German cookies. And after recent threads, I may head into Kentucky and buy some country ham. That will probably be it.
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