Beef jerky?
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At least the issues with Chicken flapping about were resolved.
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Potato sliders with fries.
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Well played Sir. 
The question is, did they?
I think youāre generally supposed to cut them up firstā¦
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Eased into the day here. Got up just after 9am had a nice cafetiĆØre. Kids got up and we did gifts at 10am, with messages flying back and forth from family in UK.
Lightly toasted Salmon bagel, capers, light cream cheese, mimosa/bucks fizz.
Thatās where itās up to so far.
Our favorite is surf and turf, so we will do a couple seafood things as appetizers spread out over the next 3-4 hours - garlic prawns, and crab legs.
Late afternoon/early evening it will be the main meal which is filet mignon. Iām a dab hand at cooking it in a heavy cast iron pan, get a nice char on the outside, finish in the oven to bring up to temperature, we all like rare/medium rare for a good steak, so that will be easy. There will be garlic and rosemary in the pan, then at the end I add butter and baste the steaks before serving.
Side dishes are going to be a bit weird. This is where we miss the UK and we want things they donāt eat much of here, so we will do roast potatoes, Yorkshire pudding, Brussels sprouts with bacon mixed in, and a creamy carrot and Swede mash.
Itās quiet, which is a perfect day off, just chilling out, with eats and treats on the go throughout. Iāll treat myself to a nice g&t later, been learning about different gins and we have a little collection going.
Merry Christmas to you and yours!
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Did the honourable thing today and was chauffeur for Mrs K to her family retreat in Southport. Get to cook tomorrow and trying a reverse sear for the first time. 5lb joint prime rib, 220F oven for 4 hours, rest then blast for 10 mins on the BBQ. Canāt wait 
Breaking in the new digital cooking thermometer with remote monitoring.
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Four hours? You can spend that time re-evaluating your political stance.
I know - fat chance.
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Ironically it will allow the fat to render quite nicely. Literally a fat chance.
As for political stance, you could feed a hell of a lot of people with a Ā£500 swanky restaurant billā¦ā¦
Reverse sear. Very nice. It should work out a treat.
And Merry Christmas to all, and stop bloody bickering! Letās win 6-3 tomorrow, then we can fight over where it all went wrong again 
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I love this fascination - and youāre not the only culprit - with my restaurant bills.
How much do you all spend on your cars every year? Or air travel? Or children?
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Cars: nowhere near enough
Child: way too much!
Merry Christmas COG and enjoy the champagne 
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Done little of late for reasons. Certainly burnt a fair few dinosaurs over the years though.
Missed me.
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Out of interest to any forumite thenā¦ where will you be sticking it.? 
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I enjoy the way chef Jean-Pierre presents his skill of cookingā¦
ā¦and one for the experts on here to judge :0)
No. Not seeing that. Not seeing that at all.