# The perfect Xmas dinner, whatcha really want? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 21, 2017, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-perfect-xmas-dinner-whatcha-really-want/804998 "2017-12-21T15:30:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-perfect-xmas-dinner-whatcha-really-want/804998/1 "2017-12-21T15:30:09Z")
Xmas dinner, what are you having, what do you really want? Morgenstern’s perfect Xmas dinner menu. Homemade tamales with fresh homemade salsa and grated mild cheddar cheese. El Pato Mexican hot tomato Sauce mixed in the rice and green peppers for color. Fresh refried beans, slightly watery but not sloppy. Rolled taquitos with sour cream. Carne asada, grilled with cilantro and onions. Warm fresh tortillas. Apple pie and French vanilla ice cream. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-perfect-xmas-dinner-whatcha-really-want/804998/2 "2017-12-21T15:49:35Z")
I want friends for dinner. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-perfect-xmas-dinner-whatcha-really-want/804998/3 "2017-12-21T15:53:39Z")
What I want: Chinese food. But that’s true of most days What we’ll have: roast beef ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-perfect-xmas-dinner-whatcha-really-want/804998/4 "2017-12-21T15:59:38Z")
Seafood paella with shrimp, scallops, clams and mussels. Also a bit of Spanish chorizo and pequillo peppers for some smoky goodness. Accompanied by a really good Rioja. Desert is [chocoflan](http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/marcela-valladolid/chocoflan-recipe-1949457), as always. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-perfect-xmas-dinner-whatcha-really-want/804998/5 "2017-12-21T16:09:12Z")
I’d like the lobster dinner we had when we were in Portland, ME a few months ago. But my MIL is going with the same old turkey, ham, and ribs. At least she let me make the ribs - for whatever reason, she boils hers before putting them in the oven with BBQ sauce. No clue what sides she’s planning, but I know I’ll be helping in the kitchen - she’s 86 and she doesn’t need to be cooking for a dozen people all by herself. ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-perfect-xmas-dinner-whatcha-really-want/804998/6 "2017-12-21T16:14:45Z")
Norwegian Christmas ribs. A large chunk of skin on, bone in, pork belly. The skin scored into tiny squares. Roasted so the crackling is perfect. Potatoes and Norwegian surkål. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-perfect-xmas-dinner-whatcha-really-want/804998/7 "2017-12-21T16:17:15Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > I’d like the lobster dinner we had when we were in Portland, ME a few months ago. I’d like the [stuffed lobster](http://i1.wp.com/www.elexquisitopr.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Ostra-Cosa-langosta-1-ret.jpg?resize=1200%2C800) we had at Ostra Cosa in Puerto Rico last year. But I’m doing the ‘Prime’ rib as usual. (This year it’s really USDA Choice.) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-perfect-xmas-dinner-whatcha-really-want/804998/8 "2017-12-21T16:33:43Z")
I want: \*A ham steak the size of a manhole cover, \*Garlic mashed taters w/butter, \*Steamed broccoli, lightly buttered, \*Those rolls that look like baby’s feet, buttered, \*Carrots cooked in cinnamon butter, \*Some Longhorn Restaurant (killer) mac & cheese, \*Pumpkin pie, as much as you got, \*My Pecan Butter Balls (which I’m eating as we speak). Green bean casserole gets tossed outside for the wolves. ---
**Author:** ![howye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9adbd/32.png) [@howye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/howye)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-perfect-xmas-dinner-whatcha-really-want/804998/9 "2017-12-21T16:34:45Z")
Ham and cheesy potatoes. Which is nice, because that is what I am going to get. Although Morgenstern’s dinner sounds good. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-perfect-xmas-dinner-whatcha-really-want/804998/10 "2017-12-21T16:36:04Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I want friends for dinner. Like fried, or do you trick them into boiling themselves? 🙂 I want Bud Lite and chips and salsa, but my kids will be over so I’ll probably be stuck having turkey, mashed potatoes, corn, stuffing, and gravy…mmmmmmmmmmmm…gravy. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-perfect-xmas-dinner-whatcha-really-want/804998/11 "2017-12-21T17:08:46Z")
What I want is my Daddys smoked wild duck, but, alas, we will have a fried Turkey and all the holiday-ish sides. I am doing a fresh ham this year,(a request), hope it turns out ok. And ,YAY, pies!! ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-perfect-xmas-dinner-whatcha-really-want/804998/12 "2017-12-21T17:52:54Z")
I was planning on making lasagna for Xmas Day, then my sister must have seen a few spirits and decided to invite us and our mom over. Everything on her menu is stuff neither I nor our mom should have (ham, venison loin, company potatoes, green bean casserole). So I moved lasagna to Xmas Eve, and will have a nice slab for lunch before we go over to sis’s house. Lasagna Chewy garlic bread Salad ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-perfect-xmas-dinner-whatcha-really-want/804998/13 "2017-12-21T19:39:38Z")
Our traditional meal: Spaghetti & meatballs Ham Cheesy potatoes Hawaiian buns & Italian garlic bread Green salad Dessert will be an entire table covered with assorted Christmas cookies and bars and also ice cream! And that’s what I really want. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-perfect-xmas-dinner-whatcha-really-want/804998/14 "2017-12-21T21:07:16Z")
For years when I was married and hosted holiday events, I rotated holiday meals: Prime rib for New Year’s, ham for Easter, turkey for Thanksgiving and goose for Christmas. Each dinner had its own traditional side dishes. For Christmas, the sides were potatoes roasted in goose fat, stuffing, gravy, Brussels sprouts sauteed with butter and dill, simmered sweet and sour red cabbage with molasses and juniper berries, fresh winter salad, homemade rolls, a massive relish tray, corn fritters, pumpkin pie and a traditional Christmas pudding made with persimmons and hard sauce. I really want that dinner. With someone else cooking it. What I’ll actually have: Who knows? I’m kind of in the mood for meat loaf. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-perfect-xmas-dinner-whatcha-really-want/804998/15 "2017-12-21T21:15:02Z")
I want filipino Lechon, even though I’ve never had it. I just really, really want it. ---
**Author:** ![BobBitchin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@BobBitchin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobBitchin)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-perfect-xmas-dinner-whatcha-really-want/804998/16 "2017-12-21T21:17:33Z")
What I want and am having. Thick juicy steak Baked potato with everything 1lb thick cut bacon Jumbo shrimp BBQ baked beans Garlic bread Optional: crown and Coke After dinner, me and Mrs. Bitchin’ will sit in the circle and digest.🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-perfect-xmas-dinner-whatcha-really-want/804998/17 "2017-12-21T21:18:36Z")
> [@BobBitchin](#): > > What I want and am having. > > Thick juicy steak > Baked potato with everything > 1lb thick cut bacon > Jumbo shrimp > BBQ baked beans > Garlic bread Each? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-perfect-xmas-dinner-whatcha-really-want/804998/18 "2017-12-21T21:38:40Z")
BTW, if Santa is reading the Dope (per chance), I want a smoker for Christmas. So next year I can have that wild duck! I promise to be REAL good! ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-perfect-xmas-dinner-whatcha-really-want/804998/19 "2017-12-21T22:43:55Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Green bean casserole gets tossed outside for the wolves. What have you got against wolves? (I kid, I kid.) Roast beef, mashed potatoes, corn, Hawaiian rolls (which I’ve never had before), and a giant chocolate chip cookie, decorated for Christmas, from the bakery. Which is what we’re having. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-perfect-xmas-dinner-whatcha-really-want/804998/20 "2017-12-21T22:57:21Z")
For food I want a fat young goose. Beats me why exactly, I probably just picked up the idea from A Christmas Carol. But I love goose, there aren’t many good times to make one, so why not Christmas? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-perfect-xmas-dinner-whatcha-really-want/804998.md?page=2)