chanukah should be the official holiday of the DS

For chanukah it is a mitzvah(commandment) to eat food fried in oil.

So I will get to eat chicken baked in its own skin so the fat can drip off the thighs and flavor them. No more ripping the golden crispy skin off.

Potato latkes held together with egg and fried in oil............yeah!!

The lesser tradition is to eat cheese- to celebrate Judith who plied the enemy general with salty cheese and wine, then beheaded him!! Bring on the protein!

the only problem is that bacon would not be on the traditional menu----now turkey bacon would make it but is no substitute for the pig bacon (imho).

so for all of us celebrating chanukah tonite let us rejoice!
okay my christmas friends please give details why christmas should be the official DS holiday....do not hold back give me the juicy details

Oh, I like your traditional food much better! YUM!

--gina

Don't forget about the deep fried jelly donuts! (Sufganiot)
I haven't tried but wonder if they could be made with Splenda and SF jelly.

 I LOVE to hear you talk about Chanukah that way! I'm Jewish too--but only 2 weeks out and I'm missing latkas terribly!!!!  I wondered how a DSr might view them since they are made with potatos.  HOWEVER, I just saw a recipe for them made with cauliflour and another with parsnips.  So that ups the fiber/nutrutional value.  I see my surgeon tomorrow and I'm going to BEG him to let me eat a soft cooked latka --but I'm CERTAIN he'll say no-no for my new tummy.

Chappy Chanukah! (and yes, I ment to write CHHHHHapy)

Sheri

This DSer is here to say potatoes are WAY easier on my system then cauliflower.

Guido Christmas at my house:


First course: Italian Antipasta
Includes: Salami, prosciutto, capicola, sopressata, pepperoni, provolone, asiago and every other cheese under the sun, oil and vinegar marinated mushrooms, eggplant, olives, sundried tomatoes - lord, the list goes on. 

Second course: Bread Soup
Cubes of italian bread, battered in egg and pecorino romano cheese, fried, and dumped in the most rich chicken stock you can make, topped with more romano.

Third course: Lasagna
Typical Lasagna with homemade pasta, meatballs, sausage, braciole, and pork skins.

Fourth course: Fresh Ham
Ham, mashed potatoes, string beans cooked in bacon fat and bacon bits, and broccoli rabe, cooked in olive oil and garlic.

Fifth course: Salad

Sixth course: Dessert
Cheesecake, canoli's, tiramisu, tartufo

Last course: Nuts


Can you taste the fat??
YUM!

Christmas goose?

Ham, turkey with sausage dressing, standing rib roast, scalloped potatoes, green beans cooked in bacon grease, duck, deviled eggs, eggnog, cheesecake, BACON.

Sorry---I just slobbered on my keyboard...

and send me the used fry oil for my bio diesel