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[ness]

55 minutes ago, Mitch f said:

The cod looks great

Thanks. I know it’s a repeat but not much new going on here. We did beaver the other night but didn’t want to show up anybody 😄

[ness]

Family friend, sometimes babysitter and pure Scot, Mrs. Gilfedder made shortbread for us each year at Christmas. We all loved it, especially my dad. I've been doing this for many, many years:

[rps]

3 hours ago, ness said:

Family friend, sometimes babysitter and pure Scot, Mrs. Gilfedder made shortbread for us each year at Christmas. We all loved it, especially my dad. I've been doing this for many, many years:

Looks authentic!

You know I love stories, so here. While Nancy and I were living in England, on the weekends we took walking tours. Some of these involved taking a bus out  to some smaller town, like Bath. One weekend we headed toward Cambridge but the bus broke down. They emptied the bus in a small village. The guide discovered a local church was having a fund raiser. We went. They had flowers, and knit goods, paintings, needle point, and baked goods. One small table had shortbread. This delightful grey haired woman manned the table. There was a sample plate. We tried a crumb. We immediately picked up a package to buy. She apologized and told us she would have to charge a pound (at that time about $2.50). Nancy immediately picked up another.

So where is the recipe?

[Johnsfolly]

Christmas eve dinner.

Baked cod topped with S&P, prudhommes seafood magic seasoning, ranch dressing. Baked until flaky. Snap peas with bacon and onion. Handmade sweet potato gnocchi with a white wine, shallot thyme, rosemary brown butter sauce with a pinch (or a little more 🙄) of cayenne.

[ness]

15 minutes ago, rps said:

So where is the recipe?

Mine? Right here:

Ingredients
3 quarters butter cut into ¼ inch pieces
¾ cup sugar
3 cups flour
Sugar for dusting

Directions
1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
2. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with paddle attachment, cream butter and sugar on medium speed until well combined, about 3 minutes.
3. Add flour one cup at a time, beating on low speed until just combined.
4. Dust countertop with flour. Place dough onto counter and form into a ball. Dust the top with flour and press into a rough rectangle. Roll with dusted rolling pin to 1/4 inch thick. Using bench scraper, form into a rectangle.
5. Using a pizza cutter, cut the dough into ¾ inch wide strips. Going crosswise, cut into  1 to 1½ inch bars. Reform any left over dough into strips and cut to shape.
6. Using a bench scraper, lift bars onto a Silpat-lined baking sheet and arrange with ½ inch spacing. Place two pinches of sugar on each bar. Place in refrigerator for 10 minutes.
7. Dock each bar 4 times with the tines of a wet fork.
8. Bake at 300 degrees on convection setting for approximately 40 minutes, rotating sheet pan half way through. Color should be slightly golden, not brown.
8. Remove from oven and let cool on the sheet pan for 10 minutes before removing to a cooling rack.

 

[BilletHead]

             Braised Squirrel with garlic,

 @ness peas included!   First time try and another keeper. Loads of whole garlic cloves and it worked..

 Mashed taters and crescent rolls. Our Christmas eve meal, 

      

[rps]

4 hours ago, ness said:

Mine? Right here:

Ingredients
3 quarters butter cut into ¼ inch pieces
¾ cup sugar
3 cups flour
Sugar for dusting

Directions
1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
2. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with paddle attachment, cream butter and sugar on medium speed until well combined, about 3 minutes.
3. Add flour one cup at a time, beating on low speed until just combined.
4. Dust countertop with flour. Place dough onto counter and form into a ball. Dust the top with flour and press into a rough rectangle. Roll with dusted rolling pin to 1/4 inch thick. Using bench scraper, form into a rectangle.
5. Using a pizza cutter, cut the dough into ¾ inch wide strips. Going crosswise, cut into  1 to 1½ inch bars. Reform any left over dough into strips and cut to shape.
6. Using a bench scraper, lift bars onto a Silpat-lined baking sheet and arrange with ½ inch spacing. Place two pinches of sugar on each bar. Place in refrigerator for 10 minutes.
7. Dock each bar 4 times with the tines of a wet fork.
8. Bake at 300 degrees on convection setting for approximately 40 minutes, rotating sheet pan half way through. Color should be slightly golden, not brown.
8. Remove from oven and let cool on the sheet pan for 10 minutes before removing to a cooling rack.

 

Excellent and thank you!

[rps]

Christmas Eve dinner. Pasta with shrimp, broccoli, and toasted bread crumbs and Parmesan.

 

[BilletHead]

          Merry Christmas my foodie family and thanks @ness for getting this super what's cooking post started! It's an official Christmas with the making of the adult hot chocolate.

 

 

[ness]

Spent a chunk of the day doing quick visits with friends and relatives, dropping off shortbread. 

Just the two of us tonight. Did a small rib roast and was very pleased with the results. Maybe just a touch more done that I wanted -- I was pretty surprised by the amount of carry over cooking after pulling it at 120 degrees. Anyhoo, still delicious. Before: 

Roasted the veggies in the beef fat. After:

Then, grandmother's Date Nut Pudding, a ness family tradition:

I hope everybody had a merry Christmas!!