Turdukin with southern dressing and candied sweet potatos.

Right now I am enjoying Bloody Bulls while the cooking is taking place.

Hopefully it willl warm up enough to enjoy an EPC later in the afternoon.:-)

Merry Christmas to All!:-)
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hopefully 4 fingers of Zaya in about 5 hours.
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We are having a standing rib roast, creamed spinach and garlic mashed red bliss potatoes with a bottle of Mollydooker Carnival of Love!
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Well ... I've decided to do a traditional Puerto Rican holiday dinner. Given that it's the first time that I've done this myself, it's been a three-day process. Four main dishes, plus dessert:

• Arroz con gandules (rice with green pigeon peas)
• Habichuelas rosadas con arroz blanco (pink beans with white rice)
• Pasteles (green banana and root vegetable masa/cake stuffed with savory meat or veggie filling, wrapped in a green banana leaf, and boiled -- kind of resemble tamales except they're nothing like them. LoL!)
• Pernil (pork shoulder picnic cut with skin-on, stuffed and marinated with mashed up garlic, onion, etc., and slow roasted)
• Bizcocho de ron (rum cake with a rum glaze)

Pork shoulder picnic cut
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Seasoned
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Pasteles
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What they look like cooked (this was a test run yesterday)
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Bizcocho de ron
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The pork is cooking right now (probably 3-4 hours left) and I'll do the rice and bean dishes closer to dinner time. I LOVE this kind of food!!!!!
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I'm shocked I was the last one who posted here. I'll have to drop another photo in later today....
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No Italians here yet? Seafood feast on Christmas Eve has been my favorite meal of the year for as long as I can remember.
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As promised....

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I made a perfect Prime Rib. Cooked it at 325 degrees until the internal temp reached 115.

:-)
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We did the traditional turkey this year with all the trimmings, and pumpkin pie with whipped cream for desert. Along with a couple bottles of fine wine, a good time was had by all, and the best part - leftovers!!
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My Christmas meal was ironic - I first watched Charlotte's Web, then stuck my ham in the oven.


Oink.
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Cioppino & Lasagna
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