To fuck or to cook?

[tmdiva]

Historically, my family has tried lots of things for Christmas Eve dinner (yes, Christmas Eve--I'm told this is somehow related to our Scandinavian roots), including ham and goose (shot by my father, even), but we've come back to a very Thanksgiving-ish menu of turkey and stuffing because we like it so much. Then we just eat leftovers on Christmas Day (after our traditional breakfast of scrambled eggs, bran muffins and frozen peaches).

The SFC's family does their big meal on Christmas Day at mid-day, and his dad and partner host a big feast on Christmas night. One year when my brother lived near the SFC's family, we had three enormous dinners (turkey, ham and stuffed pork loin roast) in 24 hours.

This year we're with my family, and I've been charged with acquiring a yam recipe and coming up with a non-pumpkin pie dessert. Since I'm off most dairy (it disagrees with Thor), I'm thinking maybe a really great chocolate cake, or a pear-almond tart. Any other fabulous ideas? Butter is okay, just not cream or milk.

tm