Now, food from the feast at Mom and Pops on Christmas Eve…!!!
4 full racks of pork ribs fixin’ to be taken outta’ the smoker…fall-off-the-bone crazy-delicious…!!!!!!!
Deviled eggs are always fair game, even before the main meal…!!!!!
A pan of spicy boudin sausage, as our ‘lil sis’ husband is Cajun and they live in Lafayette, LA, so they brought some along from their favorite place…!!!!!
The rest of my buffet/serving island pics were taken well after the meal started, so some dishes may look a little…..sparse…!!!!!
Honey ham with cloves, made by SonIL as per late MILs recipe, and what’s left of the first 2 racks of pork ribs (you can see how many bones are left in the pan ‘cause “fall-off-the-bone”
)…!!!!!
Fruit salad, potato casserole, broccoli salad, pasta salad and peel-and-eat shrimp…!!!!!
Deviled eggs, what’s left of the shells and cheese, glazed carrots and a kale and sweet potato salad…!!!!!
At the back, on the cake plate, is what’s left of a garlic bread pull (basically, a bread version of a Bloomin’ Onion) and in front of that is a dish one of our nieces made which is, essentially, a savory “cinnamon” roll, made with roasted red peppers, cheese, garlic and a few other ingredients I can’t remember. I also can’t remember what was in the bowl with the orange lid.
Also, not pictured is a pot of beans and a pan of pork sausage on the stove.
Either way, everything I ate was absolutely delicious…!!!!!
And, as we all know, ya’ can’t have a huge feast without dessert, and, since all 26 of us were there, we had ‘em out the wazoo…!!!!!!!!!!!
My plate of pork ribs, a deviled egg, ham, shrimp with cocktail sauce, boudin, kale and sweet potato salad, shells and cheese, glazed carrots and potato casserole (I ended up goin’ back for more pork ribs from a freshly cut rack and more shrimp
)…!!!!!
And finally, my dessert plate of homemade pecan pie and homemade strudel from our family recipe…!!!!!
Some white elephant gift exchange fun up next…!!!
