Christmas Dinner

Kerouac, skewers of scallops with smoked bacon are wonderful. (Not French bacon).

Ewwww... you Brits need help!

Actually, if the sausages are quality, they're good with the roast. There's not much about Christmas dinner I dislike, except the paper hats and the family rows.

vinnyd pigs in a blanket are the name of stuffed cabbage leaves with meat and rice in the usa besides the frank in a crust

#36 -- I've always just called that stuffed cabbage, gengis. Or maybe golubki.

#35 -- We don't do the paper hats and crackers either. (And neither did the Cratchits.)

How would you cook the Kobe beef? When I've had it as a steak or other 'Western' cut, it didn't work that well. Cubed and cooked on a hot stone it is wonderful although possibly a little impractical at home.

"This year it is my turn and I have decided that we will have proper lamb from an animal that never saw concentrate feed and was butchered at 14 months of age. Can any reader recommend a supplier?"

This one.

Recs. include:

"We get lambs in from all over the place and yours really are the best." Carl, Head Chef, St John Bread and Wine."