Inquiring Minds Want to Know!!!!
IF you are hosting Christmas Eve, Christmas dinner or a holiday do you tell people what you are serving?
If they ask but I usually make a variety of things due to dislikes and allergies and a daughter with an eating dissorder, it gets very complicated.
Is your menu predictable, do you make the same things every year or do you change it up?
Normally yes but this year I am totally switching it up, with being sick our whole Christmas is off kilter so I thought it was a good time to break tradition and do Prime Rib this year
Are you guests asked to contribute something to the meal OR if they ask do you accept them bringing something to contribute?
It depends on how many I'm hosting, some years it has been 25 plus so yes. This year everyone is helping in the kitchen prep and clean up for both Christmas eve and Christmas day, my girls will be home with their significant others so we will have 13 people and four dogs for two days so it is a lot of work!!
Do you cook some of your meal ahead of time or perhaps do your prepping ahead of time?
I always cook as much as I can prior, my turnips are mashed and in the freezer, home made buns in hte freezer and all veggies will be preppped except potatoes
Is your meal fancy or simple/relaxed.....
With just 13 of us it will be formal, we dress for dinner and the table is set to perfection one of my favorite parts..still stressing a bout using paper napkins!!!)I always thought it was important for my kids to know how to properly set a table as well as how to dine formally so we do it for the major holidays.
If I have a crowd (over 16) it will be buffet and casual, not much you can do with limited space.
include whatever you are comfortable sharing :sweet: