What should I bring?

[darkemeralds]

Gah! It sneaks up on me every year. I need ideas.

As a single person with no kids living in a very small house, I ignore the damn thing as much as possible. I've never hosted a holiday meal, I have mutual-no-present pacts with all of my friends and family.

So when people around me start mentioning "Christmas" and "next week" in the same sentence, I'm invariably surprised.

But still, I do have friends and family, and they do like to sit down and eat together on festive occasions, and this year (next week...gah!) we're going to my mom's. I was going to volunteer a big pot of my fabulous-if-I-do-say-so-myself boeuf bourguingon, but my older sis was before me and trumped me with an offer of prime rib.

Younger sis then whumped me in the dessert category.

This leaves me holding the bag on some kind of potatoey, starchy side dish offering. Any ideas?

Comments

[kispexi2.livejournal.com]

One of my most favourite potato dishes is:

- slice some cooked, waxy potatoes fairly thinly but not thin-thin.
- slice/dice some fresh tomatoes
- slice some onions thinly
- grate up some Gruyere (must be Gruyere!) cheese
- have some (fresh if possible) thyme, oil oil, salt and pepper on standby.

Heat oven - hottish, if you want it to burn on top.

Grease a casserole dish (or whatever receptacle you have). Layer your ingredient thus;

- potatoes
- onions
- tomatoes
- cheese

addding a slug of oil, a scattering of thyme and seasoning to taste to each layer.

Bake until it looks like you want to eat it. It is WONDERFUL!

[emeraldsedai.livejournal.com]

It's the tomato that makes this one so enticing! Sounds delicious, and yes, I can see where Gruyere would be essential. Ooh, olive oil and thyme and spuds. Yum!

When you say waxy potatoes--like Yukon Gold? Remember, we have three kinds here. Russets are mealy, I know that. I THINK the smooth yellow ones are waxy.

[kispexi2.livejournal.com]

It is an absolutely delicious dish. I could eat a family size portion and still want more. :)

Yeah, Yukon Gold are the sort you need. (I know for sure because I grew some this year. Well, about 5 of them, but still ...)

[emeraldsedai.livejournal.com]

Then I'm in! Yukon Golds are readily available just up the street.

[kispexi2.livejournal.com]

I'm sure you'll love it!

And nice icon. :)