jmcquown > wrote:
> Even if you don't celebrate Christmas (please don't lets get into a
> religous debate!) do you plan to cook anything special on or about
> December 25th?
>
> I am going to cook a small standing rib roast. Season well with S&P.
> Cut slits in the top of the roast and stud it with slivers of garlic.
> Pat with dried thyme. Drizzle a little neutral oil to set the seasonings.
>
> Place it in the oven at fairly high heat to begin with, then turn it
> down and let it cook on very low heat for a couple of hours.
>
> I had a recipe my mother cut out of a newspaper about cooking standing
> rib roast. It involved cranking up the oven then turning the oven
> completely off and just letting the roast sit there. DO NOT Open the
> oven door. I remeber that!
>
> I've got the hand written recipe around here someplace. It really did
> make for a perfect prime rib roast. The slices graduated from well done
> at the ends to beautiful medium-rare in the middle. Absolutely juicy
> and tender througout.
>
> I'm going to be buying a much smaller roast this year so I'm winging the
> cooking times. I'll start it out hot and turn it way down. Yes, I have
> an instant read meat thermometer. I'll be hoping for no more than
> medium rare on this rib roast.
>
> Jill
>

We are having a very untraditional dinner of Indian food on Christmas Day.
Ill probably make up for that by serving a traditional €œAmerican€�
Christmas dinner when its just the 3 of us the following weekend.