our holiday dinners went thusly:
Xmas eve: at my sister’s, snacking on cheese/crackers, then steamed Costco Dungeness crabs with lots of melted butter and lemon. That pretty much filled us up for the day. This was the first time we’d had the Costco crabs not only pre-steamed, which we love, but also frozen, because the fresh were picked over and cracked. The shell after defrosting/reheating isn’t pretty and had me worried, but the crab meat was as sweet and tasty as any other we’ve had. French bubbles to quaff. Cocktails out later with the BF when I got home (no self-driving, of course!)
Xmas day: To start, I made latkes with shallots instead of onions, topped with creme fraiche, chives, and smoked salmon. Turned out great.
Friend of my sister’s brought over spiral baked ham, German mustard, Parker rolls, an amazingly delish potato leek soup with shrooms, some apple strudel and persimmon cake-y bites. Gifted California bubbles accompanied. more cocktails with the BF, this time in-house.
Day after Xmas: At my sister’s again, helping her with her charges (as you may know, my sister boards dogs and the holidays are her busiest time of year). We’d saved a pack of Snake River Farms Wagyu-style beef tips, which we’d first ordered/tried over Thxgiving and fallen in love with. We saved them for our lunch today when we’d be good and hungry, and not fighting stomach real estate with other treats. i also bought some shrimp for Surf & Turf. WELL. DOGS HAPPENED. Actually, ONE PARTICULAR DOG happened. Long, stupid story short, one sneaky dog had the best steak of his life, we got none. NONE.
does he look at all sorry to you??? 
A lot of human wailing and gnashing of teeth happened, and then we ruefully ate our gambas al ajillo while the dog licked his chops.
I had dinner plans with a couple of friends tonight, and that brings us to the end of the Xmas holiday eating bonanza.
Now to go look at your delicious meals…
