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My Christmas Dinner Experience
Posted on 12/26/20 at 7:30 pm
Posted on 12/26/20 at 7:30 pm
I don't get around that great anymore so I told my family after Thanksgiving that I wasn't going to be cooking the whole meal for Christmas.
My mother lives next door to us (she's 96) and one of my brothers is there caring for my mom. We usually have the holiday meals together. This great year, we had to split the meal into 2 groups because my wife had been exposed to COVID at work.
I had a frozen casserole of mac and cheese left over from Thanksgiving, so that was one item. I said I'd also cook pork tenderloin, because my wife bought it by mistake and I'd never had it. It also gave me a chance to use my sous vide outfit. And I haven't had creamed spinach in a long time so I said I'd make that. It's not that involved anyway. So basically I only had to prepare 2 items.
So I asked my second brother, who was visiting my mother next door, to buy a side dish and some rolls of some kind. I suggested dressing, mirliton casserole or shrimp and eggplant. He set off to Rouses. I get a call from him from the store and he asks me if we want green beans or baked beans. I said baked.
The appointed time for our meal comes and I call next door and tell them we'll make partial plates and leave them by the door. I asked my brother if the baked beans were ready and he tells me, sure, they're in the can. He'll leave the can for us. He also neglected to supply any bread.
Don't get me started on his gift to us. It was a donation to an unnamed charity in an unknown amount. No card or anything. I guess he counted the 6-pack of Cheerwine he brought down as a present.
What was your experience?
My mother lives next door to us (she's 96) and one of my brothers is there caring for my mom. We usually have the holiday meals together. This great year, we had to split the meal into 2 groups because my wife had been exposed to COVID at work.
I had a frozen casserole of mac and cheese left over from Thanksgiving, so that was one item. I said I'd also cook pork tenderloin, because my wife bought it by mistake and I'd never had it. It also gave me a chance to use my sous vide outfit. And I haven't had creamed spinach in a long time so I said I'd make that. It's not that involved anyway. So basically I only had to prepare 2 items.
So I asked my second brother, who was visiting my mother next door, to buy a side dish and some rolls of some kind. I suggested dressing, mirliton casserole or shrimp and eggplant. He set off to Rouses. I get a call from him from the store and he asks me if we want green beans or baked beans. I said baked.
The appointed time for our meal comes and I call next door and tell them we'll make partial plates and leave them by the door. I asked my brother if the baked beans were ready and he tells me, sure, they're in the can. He'll leave the can for us. He also neglected to supply any bread.
Don't get me started on his gift to us. It was a donation to an unnamed charity in an unknown amount. No card or anything. I guess he counted the 6-pack of Cheerwine he brought down as a present.
What was your experience?
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Posted on 12/26/20 at 7:37 pm to Stadium Rat
That sucks
It was just me & my parents
I’m not much of a cook, I brought an appetizer & a dessert
My Dad did all the work, he is an excellent cook & enjoys doing it
It was just me & my parents
I’m not much of a cook, I brought an appetizer & a dessert
My Dad did all the work, he is an excellent cook & enjoys doing it
Posted on 12/26/20 at 7:57 pm to Stadium Rat
This is not exactly about Christmas dinner, but it’s something I recently wrote, so I hope you don’t mind. My birthday is on Christmas, FYI.
My mom used to make a cherry dump cake that I loved. Not an original recipe. And in the spirit of dump cakes, easy to make. You’ve probably made one or had some, too. A box of yellow cake mix, two cans of pie filling, a stick of butter. Pecans, optional. Well, for me, pecans required, but that’s irrelevant. Dump all the ingredients into a baking dish, bake, serve, eat, receive kudos.
My husband has never tried this dessert. Ever. He doesn’t like cherries. Fine. No one has to have dessert. I’ve made it a few times, myself, sometimes using two cans of cherry pie filling, sometimes using one can pineapple and one can cherry. Blueberry is good, too. He wouldn’t try the blueberry, either. Fine.
Since his retirement, he’s taken to watching lots and lots of YouTube videos. He’s catching up on pop culture that he’s missed out on over the years. He goes through phases of what he’s watching. Sometimes it’s pretty funny as he asks if I’ve ever heard of something that was popular ten years ago, but I digress.
A couple of weeks ago he asked me if I’d ever heard of the cowboy woman who has a cooking show.
“Pioneer Woman?”
“Yeah, yeah, her. She’s got some stuff that looks really good. I might try this one cake recipe. It has cherries. I mean, I don’t like cherries, but there’s pineapple, too. It just looked so good!”
Y’all already know where this is going. I told him it sounded suspiciously like Mom’s cherry dump cake. “Yeah, a little. But this is different. It looks really good.” He decided to make it for my birthday cake. He made it on Wednesday (that’s a whole other story about him thinking Wednesday was Christmas Eve, up until about 6 that night).
I was the first to taste. (Yep. Mom’s dump cake.)
“Well?”
“Delicious! Sort of like Mom’s, but different!” (Forgive me, Father...)
For two days, he wouldn’t try it. Not hungry, ate too much dinner, blah blah blah. Meanwhile, I’m raving over it, finally admitting it is just exactly the same as Mom’s. Silence from him.
A little while ago, I heard him in the kitchen, talking to the two dogs.
“This shite is good! It is fricking delicious! shite. Too good for dogs, though. Damn, this shite is good.”
I’m snickering in the living room.
He walks into the living room. “I finally tasted it. Pretty good.”
(Dear Mom, up in heaven, thank you for this birthday gift.)
My mom used to make a cherry dump cake that I loved. Not an original recipe. And in the spirit of dump cakes, easy to make. You’ve probably made one or had some, too. A box of yellow cake mix, two cans of pie filling, a stick of butter. Pecans, optional. Well, for me, pecans required, but that’s irrelevant. Dump all the ingredients into a baking dish, bake, serve, eat, receive kudos.
My husband has never tried this dessert. Ever. He doesn’t like cherries. Fine. No one has to have dessert. I’ve made it a few times, myself, sometimes using two cans of cherry pie filling, sometimes using one can pineapple and one can cherry. Blueberry is good, too. He wouldn’t try the blueberry, either. Fine.
Since his retirement, he’s taken to watching lots and lots of YouTube videos. He’s catching up on pop culture that he’s missed out on over the years. He goes through phases of what he’s watching. Sometimes it’s pretty funny as he asks if I’ve ever heard of something that was popular ten years ago, but I digress.
A couple of weeks ago he asked me if I’d ever heard of the cowboy woman who has a cooking show.
“Pioneer Woman?”
“Yeah, yeah, her. She’s got some stuff that looks really good. I might try this one cake recipe. It has cherries. I mean, I don’t like cherries, but there’s pineapple, too. It just looked so good!”
Y’all already know where this is going. I told him it sounded suspiciously like Mom’s cherry dump cake. “Yeah, a little. But this is different. It looks really good.” He decided to make it for my birthday cake. He made it on Wednesday (that’s a whole other story about him thinking Wednesday was Christmas Eve, up until about 6 that night).
I was the first to taste. (Yep. Mom’s dump cake.)
“Well?”
“Delicious! Sort of like Mom’s, but different!” (Forgive me, Father...)
For two days, he wouldn’t try it. Not hungry, ate too much dinner, blah blah blah. Meanwhile, I’m raving over it, finally admitting it is just exactly the same as Mom’s. Silence from him.
A little while ago, I heard him in the kitchen, talking to the two dogs.
“This shite is good! It is fricking delicious! shite. Too good for dogs, though. Damn, this shite is good.”
I’m snickering in the living room.
He walks into the living room. “I finally tasted it. Pretty good.”
(Dear Mom, up in heaven, thank you for this birthday gift.)
This post was edited on 12/26/20 at 10:30 pm
Posted on 12/26/20 at 7:59 pm to Stadium Rat
My late SIL, who I loved dearly, would bring a can of corn as her contribution, back in the day. Eventually, that changed. She was a wonderful SIL, so I just laugh about it in hindsight.
Posted on 12/26/20 at 8:19 pm to Stadium Rat
We (wife, 9 and 12 year old) got together with my parents and my brother’s family- 2 boys, ages 3 & 4 who don’t eat ANYTHING except shite like chips, toast and yogurt. Thanksgiving was such a fricking ordeal of trying to get them to try different things, and trying to rationalize to children as if they’re adults. It’s exhausting.
Mom and I cooked everything except his contribution- the pink salad (whipped cream pineapple and jello mix). After all of the shite, and on top of everything, he showed up in a shitty mood, and as they were getting ready to leave, he made some comment about being tired and ‘no offense, but we didn’t really want to come for lunch.’ So when he said ‘we’re fixing to leave’ I said ‘Good’ which made him mad- no lie, he said ‘I said no offense!’ As if that was a good enough excuse. I spent the rest of the day pissed at him.
Isn’t family great sometimes?
Mom and I cooked everything except his contribution- the pink salad (whipped cream pineapple and jello mix). After all of the shite, and on top of everything, he showed up in a shitty mood, and as they were getting ready to leave, he made some comment about being tired and ‘no offense, but we didn’t really want to come for lunch.’ So when he said ‘we’re fixing to leave’ I said ‘Good’ which made him mad- no lie, he said ‘I said no offense!’ As if that was a good enough excuse. I spent the rest of the day pissed at him.
Isn’t family great sometimes?
Posted on 12/26/20 at 8:29 pm to LSUGUMBO
Be the bigger man and apologize to him. He was in the wrong but but he's probably going through marital problems. Reach out to him.
Posted on 12/26/20 at 8:32 pm to Darla Hood
My wife's birthday is Christmas day too.
Posted on 12/26/20 at 9:32 pm to Stadium Rat
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Don't get me started on his gift to us. It was a donation to an unnamed charity in an unknown amount. No card or anything
That sounds like a Cousin Eddie deal. I can just hear it. “Rat, we know how much you value charitable causes, so we got you the perfect gift. A very generous donation to the biggest most perfect charity, all in your name. Those folks are really gonna appreciate what you’ve done for them.”
Posted on 12/26/20 at 9:55 pm to Tiger Ryno
quote:
Be the bigger man and apologize to him. He was in the wrong but but he's probably going through marital problems. Reach out to him.
He apologized this afternoon. His wife does suck, and I think he’s probably miserable in his marriage, but he always gets a pass for his attitude and the things he says and the way he acts (he’s also the baby of 4). He certainly doesn’t have to come for lunch. He could come after lunch for presents and not stay as long if it’s that big of a deal.
Posted on 12/26/20 at 11:03 pm to Stadium Rat
Some friends were going to their parents for Christmas dinner and the dad ended up in the hospital Christmas Eve. He’s ok but didn’t go home until today so we invited them for dinner. I bought a big standing rib from Calandros and was going to cut in half and just cook half but decided with their addition to cook it all. They brought a Mac and cheese, stuff for martinis and champagne. After dinner we sat down and the kids played guitar and sang Christmas carols for us as we enjoyed more cocktails.
My days of arguing with siblings at holiday gatherings are pretty much done. Most of them are dead anyway. The rest we all just kind of no bueno.
Oh well....good friends (who know how to make a good old fashion or martini) are wonderful to be around.
Pic of prime rib. All I have since well...I mentioned the martinis above.
My days of arguing with siblings at holiday gatherings are pretty much done. Most of them are dead anyway. The rest we all just kind of no bueno.
Oh well....good friends (who know how to make a good old fashion or martini) are wonderful to be around.
Pic of prime rib. All I have since well...I mentioned the martinis above.
Posted on 12/26/20 at 11:10 pm to Stadium Rat
SR, I think we live pretty close to each other, If you ever need anything let me know.
Posted on 12/26/20 at 11:16 pm to Martini
Calandros does a very nice prime rib. That looks great!
Posted on 12/26/20 at 11:26 pm to t00f
quote:Can you get me a new brother?
t00f
Posted on 12/26/20 at 11:30 pm to Stadium Rat
I’ll let ya know
Posted on 12/26/20 at 11:56 pm to t00f
Ya know, I just lost my oldest brother in August, and we miss him a lot. He was the guy that invented the oyster knife and he'd do anything for you, even though he didn't have a lot.
Posted on 12/27/20 at 5:56 am to Stadium Rat
No offense but it reminds me of the Seinfeld episode where George creates the "Human Fund" for Christmas gifts. Maybe you should invite him back over to celebrate a little Festivus celebration to air your grievance. Everyone endures a holiday not much different with some family member(minus the Covid exposure)and it may well not be the last of such. I say don't let it bother you. Call him and make amends and be grateful that you are above ground and still breathing. I do hope you get to feeling better and enjoy yourself and family & friends for New year's.
Us, we had two family members, sister-in-law and brother-in-law-in-law (married couple) pass away 18 days apart. Then I had a high school friend pass away 5 days after the SIL. For six weeks straight beginning Nov. 2 we had to deal with 3 deaths, funerals or anniversaries of our mother's passing(32 days apart 6 years ago) and my younger brother passing. A few years ago my sister and brother-in-law passed away 12 days apart.
So be grateful that you are able to still make meaningless snide remarks over silly things because an alternative is more heartbreaking and permanent.
Us, we had two family members, sister-in-law and brother-in-law-in-law (married couple) pass away 18 days apart. Then I had a high school friend pass away 5 days after the SIL. For six weeks straight beginning Nov. 2 we had to deal with 3 deaths, funerals or anniversaries of our mother's passing(32 days apart 6 years ago) and my younger brother passing. A few years ago my sister and brother-in-law passed away 12 days apart.
So be grateful that you are able to still make meaningless snide remarks over silly things because an alternative is more heartbreaking and permanent.
Posted on 12/27/20 at 6:58 am to Stadium Rat
quote:
He was the guy that invented the oyster knife
Posted on 12/27/20 at 7:04 am to Stadium Rat
That sounds pathetic. I can picture your family.
Posted on 12/27/20 at 7:37 am to Cajunate
quote:
So be grateful that you are able to still make meaningless snide remarks over silly things because an alternative is more heartbreaking and permanent.
That’s my POV too this year. Had too many losses and upheavals and near misses to care about the stuff that once annoyed me. I’m trying to practice radical gratitude. Canned beans are better than no beans.
Posted on 12/27/20 at 7:45 am to Cajunate
No amends need to be made. This isn't the first time for this kind of thing and I'll bet it won't be the last.
Mo Jeaux,
I've mentioned on here before that my brother invented AN oyster knife - the one picture above.
Mo Jeaux,
quote:Sorry.
He was the guy that invented the oyster knife
I've mentioned on here before that my brother invented AN oyster knife - the one picture above.
This post was edited on 12/27/20 at 9:50 am
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